THE Minister of Power Dr.Lanre Balalola at the weekend told the Management of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) that a technical team be set up between his Ministry and the country’s apex bank for a holistic and effective application of the N500bn set aside to boost development in the power sector.

DIVIDEND growth forecast from next year as company puts annual rise in production at 2% Rome: Eni SpA, Italy’s largest oil and gas company, expects refining to return to profit from 2012 after boosting sales and efficiency. It forecast dividend growth from 2011.

WARRI- ATRADITIONAL ruler and contractor in Burutu council area of Delta state have converted an N9m government owned 3-bedroom bungalow at Ekogbene community to his private use just as some concerned indigenes have called on the state government, security agencies and EFCC to wade into the matter so that the building be handed over to the community.

ABUJA — Minister of Aviation, Mr. Babatunde Omotoba, has reiterated federal government’s commitment towards training of Air Traffic Electronics Personnel (ATEP), with a view to ensuring the safety of the nation’s airspace.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has reiterated its commitment towards ensuring highest quality standards in the accounting profession.

THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has promised to provide the enabling environment for Omatek to thrive, especially in its international business operations relating to the establishment of Omatek Factories in other ECOWAS countries.

Ecobank has advocated collaboration among banking partners and regional financial regulators in West Africa to strengthen the payment system. Ecobank Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Arnold Ekpe stated this at the Inter Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) Regional Policy Workshop on Payment Systems and Cash Couriers in West Africa.

In its bid to make the life of its teeming corporate and individual customers easier through convenient banking transactions, Spring Bank Plc has packaged a suite of mobile and web based pay products that guarantee customer satisfaction.

Airlines are recovering strongly from economic crisis, as passengers, freight and pricing power return, the airline industry association, IATA, has said, halving its forecast for a 2010 loss.

IN an effort to boost electricity supply to the Lagos Water Corporation Plant in Akute on the outskirts of Lagos, Oando Plc has invested the sum of 25 million dollars on the construction of an Independent Power Plant (IPP) to boost the supply of water to indigenes of the state around the area.

The post amnesty dialogue for all stake holders in Niger Delta ,organized by Vanguard newspapers was early this morning aborted by two explosions outside the perimeter fence of the Delta state Government Annex, Warri, Delta state – venue of the dialogue.

The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State, Baba Adisa Bolanta last week celebrated what was tagged, ‘harvest of arrests of criminals’ in the State when he paraded no fewer than 36 suspected criminals arrested at different locations. During the arrests, the command also recovered assorted guns, arms and ammunitions.

ALL that is not given is lost” is the guiding principle that seems to propel Sunshine For The Less- Privileged Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, NGO, that has taken it upon itself to cater, as much as it can, for the needy in Nigeria.

“THE people that did this are just simply animals; they’re not human beings at all,” angrily exclaimed a parliamentarian, Chuks Ojukwu at a bus-stop gathering in Lagos. He was reacting to the gory pictures of the women and children who were murdered in their sleep in Jos by some fanatical, blood-thirsty Fulani herdsmen.

Shock , Surprise , madness were some of the adjectives used to describe the action of those that detonated dynamites to disrupt the opening of Vanguard’s Post amnesty dialogue at the Government House, Annex in Warri today.