A manufacturer, Mr Edwin Ibude, on Saturday said high cost of production due to the erratic power supply, still posed a challenge to the manufacturing sector in Nigeria.

State governments have been urged to seek ways of removing impediments to business growth in their states to pave way for wealth and employment creation. Executive Director of Jos Business School, Mr. Ezekiel Gomos made the call at the opening of a workshop for top civil servants in Plateau State on Deepening Public-Private Sector Partnership for Business-Friendly Environment.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan,Sunday, said he was disappointed over Prof. Chinua Achebe’s decision to reject, once again, the conferment on him of the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR, even as eminent literary artists have also expressed mixed reactions on the issue.

Following the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) disclosure that Iran may be seeking a nuclear weapon, experts say oil could exceed $150 on rising political tensions in the Middle East and hit the $200 level if Israel attacks Iran. Khalid Al Awadi, a Gulf energy analyst in the Gulf, puts forward this scenario.

The spiritual leader , One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj ji, has called for the sack of both the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala over their alleged faulty economic policies that would be counter-productive.