Ondo State Government has paid N200 million as counterpart fund to support small and medium-scale enterprises, the Commissioner for Employment and Productivity, Mr. Taye Akinyele, said in Akure.

ENUGU- THE General Overseer of the Assemblies of God Church of Nigeria, Prof Paul Emeka, yesterday, asked Nigerians, particularly those living in the southern part of the country, not to be afraid over the threat by Boko Haram to disrupt the Christmas celebration.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, said it has put machineries in motion to harness the opportunities inherent in the Exchange Traded Fund, ETF, market, projected to hit N800 trillion ($5 trillion) by 2015.

Nollywood stars are getting wiser by each passing day. After pint-size actor Chinedu Ikedieze popularly known as Aki wedded secretly penultimate Friday, star actress and movie producer Oby Edozieh has followed suit.

Rivers State Government has budgeted N427 billion for 2012, N11.9 billion higher than that of this year.

Members of the House Committee on Environment of the National Assembly have assured necessary support for the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) in effort to achieve its mandate in the area of oil spill management in Nigeria.

Federal Government has been advised to grant more powers to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in Nigeria to enable them combat terrorism effectively.

GlaxoSmithKline,(GSK)has joined hands with the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, (ACPN), to initiate a scheme called Neighbourhood Vaccine to create easy access to affordable vaccines.

Senate President David Mark, former Secretary to the Federal Government, Babangana Kingibe and former Nigeria’s number one golfer Umoh Edet have emerged as victors of the weeklong President Cup Golf Championship concluded in Abuja last weekend.

National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has got the approval of the Head of Service of the Federation to expand its administrative structure by creating four more departments and one unit at the directorate headquarters.

THE lingering environmental pollution, degradation and economic rape going on in the Niger Delta is not only attracting the sympathy of the international community, but has also started to draw the attention of some concerned oil exploration companies operating the oil rich region.

Chairman of Union Assurance Company Limited, Mrs. Funke Osibodu has said that the company will continue to meet its obligations to policyholders despite the challenging business environment.

THIS may come as a shock for some, but Christmas is a real difficult time for some folk. You may or may not celebrate the holiday as the birthday of Jesus or you may just celebrate it as a national or family holiday, or you may even choose not to celebrate it at all.

Following the approvals received from shareholders, it appears that Union Bank Nigeria (UBN) Plc shares will be oversubscribed as they have generally expressed keen interest to pickup their rights.

IT is heart warming that on the matter of deregulation of key sectors of the economy, there are references. A simple case is the telecommunication industry. Today, the country is better for it as every Nigerian now has access to telephony.