ONITSHA — IT was a day of excellence for the twins, Miss Faith and Ruth Egbunike-Agbakoba as they celebrated their awards, twinship and successes in academic life in far away Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America recently. The celebration was sponsored by the Brazilian government. Their celebration stemmed from the fact that they won the first prize at the just concluded 15th World Congress Competition on Health and Biomedical Informatics.

A group, Concerned Citizens of Bayelsa State has called for the removal os Senator Heineken Lokpobiri as the Director General of the Timipre Sylva. Campaign Organisation for Bayelsa State governorship election.

Lagos State Government on Wednesday reiterated its determination to tackle the traffic gridlock in the metropolis by putting in place multi-strategic solutions to address the challenge currently being encountered by motorists in some parts of the state.

NSUKKA — THE University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, kick-started activities marking its 55th anniversary weekend, having been established by the former ceremonial President of Nigeria and Owelle of Onitsha, late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and some of his contemporaries in October 1960, the same month the country got independence from the British colonialists. Speaking on the occasion, the Enugu State governor Ifeanyi Ugwanyi who was the guest lecturer, said that the first indigenous university had acquitted itself in the area of research and learning.

The naira on Wednesday firmed against the dollar at the parallel market.