THIS Thursday, the sky will shed tears, the cloud will scream, heaven will quake and the stars will mourn, the arrival of a guest uninvited, given a brutal exit from mother earth, for being a man of peace. Yes, another soul will go down under the rubbles of sand.

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a Lagos-based development financier, is considering potential investments worth $3 billion across sub-Saharan Africa over the next year, its chief executive has said.

BENIN – GOVERNORSHIP candidate of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State for the July 14, gubernatorial election, Maj-Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (rtd), has promised that if elected, women and youths would be given priority in his administration’s soft loans and jobs creation schemes.

BENIN – GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has condemned what he called politics of tribalism being preached by the opposition in the state, saying that the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, would continue to preach the message of peace, unity and development in the state.

Omatek Ventures Plc has disclosed that it has restructured its credit facilities with its bankers following the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, operative and witness in the on-going trial of former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Raymond Omatseye, Mr Ibrahim Ahmed, yesterday, told a Federal High Court, Lagos, that Omatseye did not benefit from contract awarded for the purchase of office equipment for the agency.

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Shareholders of Unilever Nigeria Plc have commended the board and management of the company for their consistency in creating value for them through steady dividend payment over the years.

A blind couple, Batula Umar and Adamu Faidawa, and a Muslim convert, Isa Gamber from Lantang in Plateau State were among the first set of 100 couples who tied the knot at a mass wedding conducted yesterday at the Kano Central Mosque by Kano State Shariah Police, Hisbah Command.

UGHELLI – youths of Idheze, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, have given a seven-day ultimatum to Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, to vacate their land or incur the wrath of the community.

A coalition of Lagos – based Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, led by Engr. Jerry Okuwosa has called on President Goodluck Jonathan not to assent to the National Health Bill of 2008 to avoid selling the future of Nigerians to foreigners.

The Net Asset Value, NAV, of Mutual funds listed on the Memorandum Quotation segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, appreciated by N1.264 billion in one month, between March and April 2012.

MEMBERS of Edo State chapter of National Council of Women’s Societies, NCWS, yesterday marched through some major streets in Benin, Edo State, decrying recent killings in the state in particular and the nation in general.

AGAINST the backdrop of President Goodluck Jonathan’s promise of a remarkable improvement in power generation and distribution , the country still supplies barely 3,600 to 3,800 megawatts of electricity currently. With the prevailing situation, doubts are high about the possibility of his administration delivering on his promise a year after.

While software piracy stifle innovation, harm local economies, the software giant, Microsoft in collaboration with the Nigerian Copyright Commission.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has described as fulfilling, the battle for the abolition of on-shore-off-shore-oil dichotomy as more funds accrue from the Federation Account to the affected states for meaningful development.