A fluctuating trend was recorded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), last week, as profit-taking forced down the value of listed equities, represented by the market capitalisation, by N247.20 million.

A group of young entrepreneurs from the South South and South East geo-political zones, yesterday, asked all who have politically fallen apart with former governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, to mend fences with him.

Shareholders of Union Bank Nigeria Plc have commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the ongoing reforms in the banking sector which has started yielding results in the bank.

THE Presidential opinion poll on the website of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has placed former Vice- President, Atiku Abubakar as leading President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential “war” with 22 votes.

SEVERAL houses and goods worth millions of naira were destroyed at the university town of Uli, Anambra State weekend, when a tanker loaded with fuel fell along the road and caused an inferno that took several hours to put under control.

NIGERIAN governments should be ashamed of their attitude towards the future of the country. This attitude is not entirely surprising since governments are fully interested only in the present as it affects them and their cronies.

THE United States energy firm, Chevron, said yesterday it had suspended production from an oil pipeline in Delta State, which was breached on Friday.

IF the 12,000-member Concerned Citizens of Bauchi State Residents in South-West Nigeria, CCBRS, had its way, Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, would not be re-elected on account of poor performance and non-fulfilment of campaign promises.

If you called Enugu East Senatorial District the engine room of Enugu State politics, you may not be far from the truth. Reason: the zone is the most populous and most cosmopolitan of the three senatorial zones. With six local councils, it also leads the other zones of Enugu North and Enugu West by a pole gap in terms of producing political leaders.

A LOT of what would make the 2011 elections successful is being hinged on the personal integrity of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega.

The Coordinator, National Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, Alhaji Lawal Isa, has warned of an impending scarcity of petroleum products if the Federal Government fails to yield to the demand by oil marketers and transporters for a review of the freight rate.

A coalition within the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the national leadership of the party to take a decisive position on the lingering crisis that is threatening the existence of the party in the state.

ACADEMY Press Plc, a foremost name in the nation’s printing industry last week unveiled a N150 million ultra-modern building equipped with state of the art appliances as its new corporate office.

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has disclosed that it has begun the recovery of more than $2.3 billion in crude sales, royalties, taxes and other payments, which were not remitted to the Federation Account by operators in the nation’s oil and gas industry.

FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has expressed worries over what he described as the inability of the Edo State Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to organise free and fair congresses, warning that the party may be heading for the rocks if urgent steps were not taken to address the issues.