“I am aware that Edo state has the best wood around this part of the world and economic agents would want to explore this to the benefit of the state”, the governor stated.

He said, “The only true militants that I see are those who felt a sense of nationalism, because they felt the area, Niger Delta, not the nine states being touted as Niger Delta, have been oppressed and marginalised and decided to take up arms rightly or wrongly.”

So, all the palliative measures will come and at the end of the day, it will still not solve the problem. It is the development of the Niger Delta that is the solution to the problem,” she said.

Aregbesola is also seeking an order of the court to restrain Osun State government from arresting him in connection with the bomb blast that rocked the state secretariat, Abeere on July 14, 2007.

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By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, last week flagged -off another round of the Sub-National Immunization Plus Days (SNIDs) at Ikota Primary School, Lekki Expressway, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state with a pledge to seriously address the various challenges beseting immunization activities in the state. The prevailing situation has left […]

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According to him, “The failing University system was resultant from lack of research skills in modern methods — there is disconnect between research and economy; under-funding, which result in constraints of equipment for carrying out state of the art research; over loaded teaching and administrative schedules, which leave little time for research, etc.”

To determine the extent/level of distortion; advise on possible review and make suggestion on ways and means of ensuring efficient implementation of the outstanding parts of the plan.

A consortium of eight Nigerian banks led by UBA, as the lead bank, are in a $265million supplementary refinancing deal for ExxonMobil and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The banks are United Bank for Africa Plc, Oceanic Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Skye Bank, Zenith Bank, Bank PHB, Access Bank and Union Bank Plc.

Insurance companies operating in the country have the options to freely go into Merger and Acquisition (M & A) or have the law compel them to do so as the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) says 51 insurance companies operating in the country are too many.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review its decision on the uniform year-end for banks in the country, urging it to instead, adopt a double year-end for the banks.

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) normalised, Tuesday, as the value of listed equities, driven by losses on the share prices of blue chip companies, dipped by N136.83 billion.

African Petroleum (AP) Plc, a quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has begun the second phase of donation of helmets to motorcyclist nation wide being part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (C.S.R) in building the nation.

The Lagos State Association of Microfinance Banks has entered into partnership with PROBANK, a Greek banking group, to create a common software for microfinance banks in the country.