The implementation of Export Expansion Grant (EEG) in Nigeria is bedevilled by dishonesty and scheming behaviour of some export manufacturers in the country.

A pan Africa equity firm, Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management Company, has disclosed that it has opened its new office in Lagos, Nigeria. In a statement sent to Vanguard from its London office, it said that the expansion of Kingdom Zephyr’s activities into Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous country and second largest economy, is seen as an important strategic move for the firm.

The International Telecommunication Union’s , (ITU) one-size fits all universal charging solution has been further improved to maximize the benefits for end users by extending its use to a wider variety of devices and making it even more energy efficient.

Umuchinemere Pro-credit Micro Finance Bank (UPMFB), Enugu, has stepped up its support for poverty eradication by disbursing N42.3m to 746 ‘active poor’ in Enugu metropolis and the rural council areas of Ezeagu, Udi, Nkanu East and Nkanu West of Enugu state within the 4 months of 2011.

A Lagos High Court, has been urged to reject a plea by a service provider company, XL Management Service Limited, asking the court to prevail on Bank PHB Plc from receiving the outstanding N25 million debt owed the bank.

CHIEF Chuba Egolum, national chairman of Ndigbo for Better Nigeria (NBN) and vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP (Anambra Central), was in the trenches to enthrone democracy in the country during the dark days of military rule on the plank of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO. To deepen democracy, he told Vanguard in this interview that all Nigerians must back President Goodluck Jonathan, whom he said must hit the ground running. Excerpts:

HOST communities to Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, operation at Jones Creek, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, have threatened to disrupt further activities in their areas should the company fail to recognise them as stakeholders in the on-going privatization of the facility.

A police corporal and a civilian were recently shot dead by rampaging robbers, in Iganmu area of Lagos.

Detectives at the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations Depart-ment, Panti, Yaba, Lagos have arrested a 22-year-old lady who allegedly stabbed her brother to death , in Mushin area of the state.

DEPUTY Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said the emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan as the President-elect at the just concluded 2011 polls was a victory for democracy in Nigeria.