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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and United States Secretary of State John Kerry have rounded up the talks on Syria, which they have been holding in Geneva for more than 12 hours. Coordination of Moscow and Washington's efforts in fighting with terrorists in Syria was the main issue on the agenda, according to Tass, Russian news agency. Talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that lasted more than 12 hours were dominated by discussions of the situation in Syria and Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told a news briefing here upon their completion. He said he was thankful to Lavrov for speding the whole day at the table of negotiations, adding that the talks had been long but constructive. Coordination Just a few issues remain to be resolved on Syria and experts will continue working on them next week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "Just a few issue that requiring detailing are left," he said. "Experts will continue workin

(Nigeria) Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Monday Igbuya, on Saturday commended Deltans at home and abroad for projecting the state in positive direction. He also paid homage to prominent personalities who laid the foundation of the state. Igbuya who spoke to journalists in Asaba on the journey traversed and the tasks to accomplish in the period ahead said the Sixth Assembly in its first year made tremendous progress. “We have accomplished great tasks. However, we can never consider what we have achieved to be sufficient. We are determined to accomplish even more and greater tasks. We shall raise Delta State to the level of the most prosperous in the country,” he said. The Speaker who described members of the Delta State House of Assembly as noble characters not only demonstrated his conviction about collective governance but commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for his judicious use of resources and meticulous planning to overcome potential challenges. “Government is a seri

(Nigeria) Youths in the People's Democratic Party, PDP, have told the party’s senator, representing Ogun East Senatorial district, Buruji Kashamu to be bold enough to declare openly for the ruling All Progressives Congress , APC and stop pretending to be member of the PDP. The youths under the auspices of the PDP Youths Congress, PDPYC, said Senator Kashamu was more of APC than the PDP and he should rather join the APC formally instead of going about masquerading as PDP member while at the same defending the APC Federal Government. In a statement by its Convener, Mr. Oluwole Durojaiye, PDPYC said it should be clear to all lovers of the PDP, especially in the Southwest that Senator Kashamu is an agent of the APC and was ready to do everything to destroy the PDP. The PDPYC, which said that Senator Kashamu was already acting as the mouthpiece of the APC, noted that he (Kashamu) will be a better replacement for Alhaji Lai Mohammed as the APC National Publicity Secretary, since he h

(Nigeria) The new President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, has advocated the reform of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Mahmoud, who made the call in his inaugural speech in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,  said that the reform should limit its role to investigation. He said under the reform, the commission`s mandate to prosecute should be handled by an independent highly resource prosecution agency. ``The critical institutions involved must be repositioned, re-equipped and re-tooled to confront the problem of corruption on a consistent and sustainable basis. As a start, we commend the efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Institution for the work it is doing and for its modest achievements. `` However, going forward, the NBA must demand the reform of the institution itself. We need to define its mandate more narrowly and more clearly,” he said. Mahmoud said, ``In my view, its broad objective as an investigative and prose cur

(Nigeria) The President of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Mr Ayuba Waba, has said that the union will no longer condone the maltreatment of its members by some governors who refuse to pay salaries. Waba said this during the opening ceremony of the 3rd National Delegate Conference of the Judicial Workers Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, in Katsina State on Friday. He said that NLC would no longer watch such governors to be toying with the lives of their workers. “We are aware that some governors have not paid their workers’ salaries and pensions for the past seven months. “We have directed our chairmen in the 36 states to start protecting their members that have been denied their monthly wages. Some state governors are only interested in paying contractors with the objective of receiving gratifications from them. “The NLC will not fold its arms and allow such governors to continue having a field day, while toying with the lives of civil servants. The NLC will give support to any state chai

(Nigeria)The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has directed commercial banks to conduct Know Your Customers' Businesses, KYCB, to ensure customers do not transact illegal or illicit remittances through the banking industry. The CBN gave the directive to authourised dealers, mainly banks, on Friday in a circular signed by the acting Director of Trade And Exchange Department, Mr W.D Gotring and titled, ``Illicit international money remittances through the banking system’’. The apex bank had observed that some Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, were operating accounts either as companies or masking themselves as individuals for the purpose of illegally receiving money transfer flow. They then claimed to onward disburse such funds to recipients in the country. The CBN had directed the commercial banks to identify and freeze those accounts receiving illicit flows. It also directed them to submit mandate and account details of such accounts held in foreign and local currencies to the CBN. The

(Nigeria) The Presidential Amnesty Office on Friday said 22 beneficiaries of its foreign education programme had graduated as Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and had returned to the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, disclosed this in Abuja. He said the beneficiaries were trained at the Royal Jordanian Air Academy and were equipped with EASA licence on return, adding that without the licence, they would not be useful in the aviation industry. He said that the licence made the beneficiaries certified aircraft maintenance professionals needed in modern airline operation. "Worldwide aircraft maintenance business is enormous, and expanding with the passage of time. "Approximately 500, 000 passenger and cargo aircrafts are currently in service worldwide. Moreover, about four million smaller private aircrafts are being used for business or pleasure. Thus, aviation is an ever-