THE President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has urged the Federal Government to ensure that the investigation into last Saturday’s helicopter crash in Bayelsa was thorough, reports JOSEPH ERUNKE.

Chief Ikoh is the head of Mezie Obodo, a socio-political group in the South-East. In this interview, he describes the moves being made to reconcile former Abia State Governor Orji Kalu and the incumbent, Chief Theodore Orji, as a development that would uplift the state. He also calls on the National Assembly to create an additional state in the South-East

Bayelsa State could best be described as civil service state which internally generated revenue is nothing to write home about, but the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson, conscious of the role played by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the growth of any economy established this unit of government to revive the sector in the state where everything in the predominantly riverine state revolves around the Government House.

2012 witnessed remarked changes in various sectors of the economy, especially the banking industry. While government tried to map out new strategies to reposition the economy for greater growth, experts are of the opinion that government needs a pragmatic approach to actualise the transformation of the economy.Sunday Business takes a look at the activities in the various sectors during the outgoing year.

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A syndicate specializing in hijacking loaded petroleum products in Delta State, kidnapping owners/drivers of affected trucks and holding them hostage until the products are illegitimately sold have been exposed by the police.