THERE is uneasy calm in Gombe State. Politicians, especially from the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, have been virulently divided along personal and political lines in the interpretations of the situation. Even Bookmakers who predicted early take-off of the new government are tingly placed on tenterhooks, and have consequently launched themselves into a tirade of guesses. The populace too, are anxious. And everything has remained in insipid state since May 29 when power changed hands in the state.

The Nigerian Export- Import (NEXIM) Bank said it would commit a total sum of N285 billion within the next five years to support non-oil exports in the country.

Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, has launched a new advertising campaign with the objective of encouraging employees as well as their employers

To commemorate 2011 International Day of the African Child and Children’s Day, First City Monument Bank Plc, FCMB, in partnership with UNICEF, is organising a ‘photography to painting’ competition amongst junior secondary school students across selected schools in Lagos State.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has called for public private partnership in a bid to effectively manage ship-generated waste within the Nigerian marine and coastal environment.

South Africa on Tuesday launched a nine billion rand ($1.3-billion, 911-million-euro) fund that aims to create 150,000 jobs in three years to fight the country’s 25 percent unemployment rate.

A consultant to the defunct National Economic Intelligence Council, NEIC and former member of the National Working Committee of the ruling PDP, Dr James Abu has taken a swipe at the privatization programme of the Federal Government describing it as a failed project.

During a visit to Asaba, Delta State, recently for the presentation of the Delta Leisure Resorts’ Master Plan presentation, I stumbled on a leisure cum sports facility located within the Government House.

African countries should develop closer ties with both traditional and emerging partners, to boost sustainable and inclusive growth, according to a United Nations-backed report released Tuesday.

THE swearing-in of Jonah David Jang, as Governor of Plateau State for a second term was, as usual, celebrated with pomp and pageantry, borne out of the expectation by many that he would consolidate on the achievements of his first tenure.