ANY mention of Nigeria’s capital Abuja in other parts of the world usually evokes an instant feeling of nostalgia to the Nigerian, especially once the foreigner asks you about the famous Ladi Kwali – a woman of talent who brought the world’s attention to pottery -making.

The bearish trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, continued Wednesday, as the indices for measuring the performance and value of listed equities, the market capitalisation and All-share index, both dipped by 0.85 per cent each.

The first international conference dedicated exclusively to the relationship between tourism and the media is to be held by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Croatia under the title Tourism in the Headlines

Biological control programs by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and partners on cassava green might have brought benefits worth more than $1.7 billion to Nigeria, Benin, and Ghana in 18 years.

The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector is crucial to the attainment of the vision 20-20-20, which envisages that Nigeria will become one of the twenty most developed economies in the world by the Year 2020.

THE President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency, James Victor Gbeho, has invited the private sector of the Peoples Republic of China to participate in the sixth ECOWAS Trade Fair scheduled to take place later in the year in order to strengthen the partnership between West Africa’s private sector and their Chinese counterparts.

It is typical of the popular cliche: “One man’s meat is another man poison”. While some desperately crave for rainfall, others pray fervently against it, particularly when the aftermath comes with loss of lives and property.

ONDO State government has secured a $60 million World Bank health investment loan following the positive assessment of the State’s Safe Motherhood programme also known as “ABIYE” by the Bank.

Residents of Ago, Okota area of Lagos State, have appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola to rescue them from the agony that has become their daily experience as the access road to the growing surburb in Isolo Local Government Area has been washed off by erosion.

TACTICAL is a word that is often used in football circles especially among the Coaches when they plot their graph of winning. But beyond the men who shout themselves hoarse on the sidelines, tactical has been given another meaning by administrators who use it to retire government money.

THE United Nations, UN, Thursday, said the country had shown signs of progress in thAe achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs.

The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has dismissed claims of the factionalisation of the party, saying it was another scheme by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to weaken the CPC’s pursuit of its petition at the presidential election tribunal.

Coordinator, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-South Youth Vanguard, Mr. Bekes Akpere, has lauded President Goodluck Jonathan for the re-appointment of Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke to head the Petroleum Ministry.

Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has pledged to make Oyo “a state of best option” after Lagos in the South West and Nigeria, even as he reiterated his determination to alleviate the suffering of the masses through the provision of affordable, decent and cost-effective houses.

CHIEF Joshua Tanimowo Olugbemija, Chairman of Newsstand Agencies Limited, Lagos-based distributors of international newspapers and magazines, is dead. He died on Sunday, June 26, 2011, aged 78.