THE Nigerian embassy in Cote d’Ivoire was, yesterday, attacked by yet to be identified armed groups in Abidjan.

The management of Oceanic Bank International Plc has said its sponsorship and unwavering support for the prestigious annual Calabar Festival is to contribute to tourism and economic growth in Nigeria.

THE build-up to the 2010 Ivorian Presidential election was as dramatic as the election itself. The election which produced two presidents, two prime ministers, two governments, two armies and two capitals will go down in Ivorian political history, paradoxically as one of the freest and fairest, ever held in the world’s greatest cocoa producing country.

The recently concluded Abia Economic Summit presented a platform for prominent indigenes of the state to advise the state government on the way forward as the spate of kidnappings and violent crimes are brought to their knees by the Joint Military Task Force in the commercial city of Aba and environs.

Dell Computers has said it would be launching new product in the coming year, even as it appointed Redington Nigeria, an IT player as one of its distributors in Nigeria for Dell Consumer, Small & Medium Business Products.
Dell’s Head of Global Product and Management, Middle East, Turkey and Africa Pearce Clune, at a product presentation to Redington dealers and computer vendors said the company would be entering 2011 with mid/ high range products, some of which will be launched in Nigeria earlier 2011.

First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Ondo State Government and Olam Nigeria Limited, estimated at about N7.55 billion ($50 million) to establish agricultural plantations in the state.

AS political parties across the country continue to hold their congresses and conventions, members of the ruling party in Ogun State, the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] are at daggers drawn aiming for the soul of the party. At the centre of the struggle are two groups with one believed to be the Governor Olugbenga Daniel group in control of the party structure, the other led by Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye are struggling to take over the party machinery in the state.

A group of us friends are in our late 20’s and my friends are always telling me how their girlfriends praise their prowess all of the time. I’ve had some hot affairs but not all these girls told me I drove them wild. How can I really tell if I drive them wild in bed enough to tell me I’m the best they’ve had?

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has frowned at the decision of the Federal Government to replace Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, handling the Benin-Ore Road with a local contractor due to the incessant kidnapping of expatriate staff of the company.

The Democratic Peoples Party, DPP,candidate in the re-run gubernatorial election in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru, and his deputy, Chief Okenmor Tilije, have met with Anioma National Council, ANC, seeking the group’s support to actualise their ambition.

After several socio-cultural and political groupings in Nigeria have placed before the National Assembly demands for 42 new states, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, Tuesday, said it was not possible for the present National Assembly to create any new state before the expiration of its tenure in June 2011.

THE Senate has approved the borrowing of $1.537 billion from international development banks, out of the $3.702 external loan earlier requested by President Goodluck Jonathan to develop infrastructure in the transportation and power sectors.

Deltans have been urged to rally round, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as he begins the race for the forth-coming governorship re-run election in Delta State.

The Minister of Interior, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho, Tuesday, said the Federal Government would no longer tolerate unnecessary influx of expatriates into Nigeria when such manpower could be locally sourced.

MINISTER of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has described the death of elder statesman and frontline nationalist, Pa. Anthony Enahoro, as a national loss, especially at this time of political transition when the nation would have benefitted immensely from his wealth of experience.