The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been urged to increase the number of specialised banks in the country.Officials of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) told NAN in separate interviews on Thursday in Lagos that the increase would enable the real sector to have more access to credits.

The assumption of duties last week of the new management team at the bank also mean a task of redefining and reinvigorating the bank that has gone through a period of severe crisis occasioned by the irregular sale of the shares divested by the O’dua Group, Lucky Fiakpa writes

By Laja Thomas THE crisis rocking the leadership of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) seems to be getting worse by the day, with INEC’s withdrawal of recognition given to Chief Michael Koleosho as National Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy.

Receiving the donations, the Leader of the Legislative Arm of the Warri South-West council and also a member of the Welfare Committee for the displaced, Mrs. Rose Tulu, thanked Reyenieju for his timely response and goodwill.

The CBN has already directed that banks should make provision for the loans which implies that the facilities will be provided for though not lost as banks will eventually recover the loans when prices of shares go up to the level of the facilities granted.

After a meritorious 24 months reign as president of the 50-year old Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Mr. Adeyemo Adejumo, will on June 19 hand over the mantle to a new president of the Institute, Patience Saghana writes

Following the recent signing of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) and the setting up of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), experts in the sector have called for increased participation by all Nigerians, through effective monitoring of all procurement exercises in the public sector.

He also inspected the new Niger Hospital along Emenike Street in Diobu as well as the new Maxilo-Facial Dental Hospital under construction at Garrison junction, Aba road Port Harcourt

With the global paradigm shift from traditional to new media, how best to use mobile phone as a tool in conflict situation and political hot spots was focus of discussion at the just concluded Global Media Forum, (GMD) in Bonn, Germany where no fewer than 1,200 participants from about 100 countries gathered to discuss conflict prevention in the multimedia era.

That is an internal affair and by the way MEND has never publicized its command structure so I suspect he was misquoted to be referred to as the acting leader of MEND
Who is actually in-charge of MEND?

MTN Nigeria,at the weekend an nounced that it has exhausted the 0803, 0806 numbering ranges, and has unveiled a new numbering prefix 0813. The numbering according to the company,would be available in the market from Monday.

Harris Stratex Networks, global providers of end-to-end solutions for mobility and fixed network applications, last week, said that in a bid to serve its Nigerian customers better, it had embarked on expansion of its Nigerian operations through the opening of a new service centre.

Mr. Andrew Aroh is the President, Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), Nigeria. The Society, with international Headquarters in New York, United States of America (USA), concerns itself with professional issues in the satellite communications industry. In this interview with, Laide Akinboade, he bares his mind on moves by the body to enhance expertise in telecommunications among Nigerians and promote networking among professionals.
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By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA — Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from four of the Niger Delta States have expressed strong opposition to President Umaru Yar‘Adua’s alleged decision to give opposition party Governors the right to nominate members into the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board.

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Leader of Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has appealed to the security agencies to decisively deal with kidnappers whenever and wherever they are caught.