THE All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, weekend described the victory of the party in the just-concluded supplementary election in Imo State as a mass revolt against perceived mal-administration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government in the state.

As part of the Federal Government’s airport rehabilitation programme, the Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Fidelia Njeze, will on Tuesday commission the expanded apron, perimeter fence and road at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, otherwise known as Operation Restore Hope, yesterday, warned against planned attack on the country’s oil and gas installations by self-styled freedom fighters, saying it will deal decisively with any former militant caught violating the amnesty agreement.

Edo South Senatorial District, weekend, demanded for the position of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, in view of the performance of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the area, which returned all its candidates in the April 26, elections.

The Borno State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security personnel of connivance with the state branch of the All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, to deny its candidate victory in the April 26 governorship election.

THE increasing rate of unfair employment policies in the country was weekend brought to fore, by the Campaign for Democracy, CD, Women Arise for Change Initiative WACI, which decried the wanton exploitation of Nigerians by local and multinational companies through casualisation.

Against the background of the reported global food price increases, the Federal Government has been implementing strategies to check its impact on the country. Prof Sheikh Abdullah, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Chief Afam Obiago,Economic Adviser to Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State says the state government opted for a N50-billion bond as part of measures to improve the state’s economic potential.

By FAVOUR NNABUGWU Nigerian Insurance industry has lost yet another of its founding fathers. Barely a year after the death of Chief Akin George, the sector is again hit by the death of Mr. Talabi Adebayo Braithwaite, Doyen of the Nigerian Insurance industry. Having put in 53 years of his working life into the insurance […]

The Fayrouz brand has in-creased its visibility in the market by about 30 per cent with its beach party connectivity initiative.

The Management of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has announced the promotion of 29 members of staff following the conclusion of its 2010 appraisal exercise. The newly promoted staff cut across different cadre and divisions within the company across the country.

Hi Readers! When I asked Tayo where mama was, she pointed to the main house.
“But the guards told me that you and she had left!” I protested. “If I found you here, or rather, if you came out to find me in the garden, it means mama is also here in the farm/retreat house with you. Are you trying to prevent me from seeing her or, is she refusing to see people?”

Since Nigerian Breweries (NB) commenced the Gulder Ultimate promo, there’s been an increase in the balance sheet of the brand’s portfolio, which invariably has lifted the brand’s equity in the market all because it has lived to the expectations of the drinking public, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal.

As Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) cleans up Lagos as a result of indiscriminate political posters display, the Agency says it will not give waiver in future elections.

Last week, the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) sparked off a debate on the minimum wage. The debate is that states cannot pay the new N18,000. The minimum wage had been pegged at N7,500. This is about 140 per cent increase.