CONCRETE Technology Incorporated (CTI) Nigeria Limited, has introduced into the Nigerian market a revolutionary coating system designed to protect existing concrete and providing all surfaces and floor coverings with new look and design.

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Prince Chibudom Nwuche has told opposition parties in the country interested in the presidency to go and campaign to the people for votes instead of doing their campaigns on the pages of newspapers alone.

Professor Tess Onwueme is one of Africa’s foremost female playwrights and a Distinguished Professor of Cultural Diversity and English at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, USA. The playwright, who has not only published severally, but is so globally studied was recently honoured with a new appointment as her university’s Professor of Global Letters.

The poet, Ikeogu Oke, was the first writer in the year to feature at the regular Guest Writer Session organized by the Abuja Writers’ Forum (AWF). In this report, TUNJI AJIBADE, highlights on the key issues frothing from the reading.

In our Thespian discourse today, Dr AbdulRasheed Abiodun Adeoye of the Department of Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, discusses the role of a stage director as a critical factor in the realisation of theatrical objectives.

AS numerous supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South-West await the arrival of President Goodluck Jonathan to kick off his presidential campaign in the zone, six committees have been inaugurated to make the campaign successful.

FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja has accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of masterminding the destruction of his campaign billboards in Ibadan metropolis.

Benue State government has approved the award of a N21.6 billion contract for the construction of 21 township roads under the Phase II of construction and rehabilitation of urban roads in the state.

Abia State government has denied allegations by Progressive Peoples Party, PPA, and other opposition parties in the state that Governor Theodore Orji ordered the removal and destruction of their posters and billboards in all parts of the state.

THE Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, says it spent about N5.53 billion between 2005 and 2010 on various economic empowerment programmes, that had improved lives and raised the standard of living in the Niger Delta.

BANDITS struck at a petrol station in Asaba, Delta State, on Saturday night, killing two security guards attached to the station.

AS the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, commence the prosecution of the former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, at the Federal High Court in Benin tomorrow, over alleged money laundering, there is anxiety in the state Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, over alleged plans by the Commission to also arrest some officials, who worked under his administration.

A total of 1,069 Nigerians have been evacuated from crisis-ridden Cairo, the Egyptian capital, to Nigeria after a successful 48 hours operation jointly coordinated by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Adviser, NSA.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr Hafiz Ringim, weekend, disclosed that over N15 billion had been released to the Nigeria Police Force to purchase equipment and other necessary logistics, with a view to ensuring a successful general elections come April.

The Christian Wake planned for Uche Okafor in Dallas last weekend could not hold because of the terrible snow that froze the city and even heavily attendance at the Super Bowl scheduled for the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.