ABUJA – The Nigerian Content Development Fund which was signed into recently into law by President Goodluck Jonathan would boost the Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Monitoring Board, Engr Ernest Nwapa said on Thursday.

Access Investment and Securities (AIS) Limited has called on investors to take advantage of the gains presented by its newly introduced mutual funds — the Access Fixed Income Fund and the Access Balanced Funds.

MoneyGram International has entered into a strategic partnership with First Bank of Nigeria Plc to provide money transfer services in the bank’s over 500 locations across the country.

Citibank has flagged off its Third annual Diversity week for in over 54 countries in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

IN keeping with its commitment to facilitate development in Nigerian communities and in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, Centrica Energy has entered into strategic partnership with the Maritime Academy, Oron, Akwa Ibom State, to train the youths in various trades.

In readiness for the 2011 general polls, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said delineation of more constituencies in the state would bring government closer to the people, ensure that their votes count and encourage accountability.

LOCAL Government Area workers’ executives in Delta State, have been charged to be loyal to their council boss and desist from constituting themselves into demi-gods, bent on truncating council’s set objectives. The workers were also warned against disobeying the rules of engagement.

The Electoral Reform Network, ERN, has called for the unbundling of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before the 2011 general elections, to guarantee free and fair polls.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Monday issued a two-week ultimatum to the management of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to prevail on Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Chevron/Texaco, Agip Energy & Natural Resources and 18 other firms to pay dockworkers for tonnage handled in off-shore operations for the past three years, or members would down tools nationwide.

Emotions ran high MOndday at the Oduduwa, Ikeja office of the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba, following startling revelations of how the dismembered remains of a teenager was exhumed from Era cemetery in Ijaniki area of Lagos, 12 hours after it was interred.