Despite the challenge occasioned by malfunction of the biometric registration technology in the conduct of last Saturday’s 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, yesterday, said the credibility and integrity of the exercise was never in anyway undermined.

Investment value, represented by the market capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, dropped Tuesday, by N73.44 billion.

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has emerged winner of the 2010 “Best Trade Finance Bank in Nigeria in recognition for its role in facilitating trade in Nigeria and on the African continent.

Nestle Nigeria Plc has rewarded the overall winner of the 2011 Maggi Cook for Mama competition, Miss Ochonogor Deborah Adaeze of Government Secondary School, Byszhin, Abuja with N500, 000.

For employers in the Chemical and Non-metallic products sub-sector of the Nigeria’s economy, the 2010 financial year that ended June 1, 2011, provided a unique opportunity to indirectly set agenda for the new government that emerged after the April general elections and to warn of the danger posed by rising unemployment, poverty and deprivation to the stability of the country.

Having observed the manner in which good policies made by the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) have, on several occasions, been thrown into the dustbin each time a new Education Minister

About 20 per cent of children’s population require Special Educational Needs (SEN) which go beyond physical and sensory impairments to include also behavioural and learning difficulties.

The crisis in Delta Steel Company, DSC, Plc, Aladja, Delta State over non-payment of salaries took a worse dimension, Tuesday morning, when furious workers locked out the Indian staff that reported for duty.

CAMPAIGN for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has faulted the sack and intimidation of 20 union leaders Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, Ondo State by the institution’s management and called for their immediate reinstatement.

FOUR suspected armed robbers among a gang that had been terrorizing Kwale and its environs in Delta State for the past two months, met their waterloo, as youths of the area arrested them while robbing some traders travelling through Obiaruku to Onitsha, yesterday morning.

In another move aimed at delivering convenient and accessible services to its teeming customers, Oceanic Bank has announced that its ATMs can now accept Euromoney MasterCard and Visa.
This connotes that all foreign and local cardholders in Nigeria can now take advantage of Oceanic Bank’s extensive ATM Network for their daily transactions like cash withdrawals, bill payments, mobile recharge and non financial transactions such VISA iPIN for internet based transactions.
According to a statement released by the Bank, the bank’s extensive ATM network is available to all such cardholders, including those without existing account relationships with Oceanic Bank. “The beauty of the EMV (EuroMoney, Master Card and Visa) platform is that any Chip+PIN card, foreign or local, can conveniently access their bank accounts on EMV-compliant ATMs like those of Oceanic Bank.
The statement further stated that “ a bank customer from the UK can conveniently withdraw the Naira equivalent of funds in his foreign bank account from any of Oceanic ATMs in Nigeria; similarly, any other local bank customer can use his Visa Card and MasterCard/Verve Combo to withdraw cash from an Oceanic ATM”.
Oceanic Bank applauds the strategic direction of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in advocating the upgrade of all bank cards to the more secure EMV, Chip+PIN platform.
This development has assisted the e-payment sector to restore customer confidence and promote the associated benefits of embracing alternatives to cash transactions in line with CBN policy.
In a related development, Oceanic Bank has recently upgraded all its ATMs to enable cardholders get their Visa Card Internet Personal Identification Number (iPIN) required for purchases on the web.

A platform has been provided for youths in Nigerian universities to actualise what they learnt and also have opportunity to know the real world. It has been acknowledged that our young people are innovative

The National Universities Commission, NUC, for the first time in the history of course accreditation in public and private universities in Nigeria , has accredited two rare courses at the Western Delta University , Oghara, Delta state, a private university.

Access Bank Plc has emerged the winner of the 2011 Financial Times/International Finance Corporation, FT/IFC “Sustainable Bank of the Year Award” for Africa and Middle East region.

The Malta Guinness Street Dance (MGSD) judges prune to five the number of crews on the dance floor as Hepzibah is evicted.