Peace has finally returned to the oil producing community of Ekamtagbene, in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, after series of intra-communal crises, following a leadership tussle in the area.

Diamond Bank Plc has invested more than N30 billion in a geometric power project in Aba that will generate sustainable power supply for the industrial city all year round.

Some female students of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, Port Harcourt, have been displaced, following a dawn fire, which razed one of the female hostels on campus.

February and March have been observed to be the hottest months of the year in Nigeria and the rest of West Africa. However, this year in the Lagos area, we have had three noticeable rainfall events during January and we have, in early February, been experiencing the cooler temperatures brought about by the harmattan.

ENUGU—THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Tuesday, vowed to mobilise the masses against anti-people politicians in the country with a view to forcing them out of public offices.

ABUJA — The Annual Operating Levy, AOL, regulations were aimed at creating and providing an effective and efficient administration of an annual operating levy regime which would specify the mode and methods of assessment of AOL, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah has said.

The House of Representatives has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on the implementation of the Digital Awareness Programmes, DAP, and the Emergency Communications Centre, ECC, projects across the country, describing the projects as major citizen empowerment programmes whose impact will be felt across the nation and beyond.

Kwara State government, yesterday, gave relief materials worth N11 million to the victims of rainstorm in Ilorin.

It would be recalled that the first rainfall two weeks ago blew off rooftops of several buildings in Ilorin, the state capital, rendering many residents homeless.

DELTA State Government has renewed its war against kidnappers and oil thieves, with the reconstitution of Delta Waterways Security Committee, DWSC.

Again, stakeholders in the Nigerian IT industry who gathered in Lagos at the weekend for the 2013 Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) President’s Dinner were worried, saying that unemployment will remain unabated except youth entrepreneurship through software development for job creation is encouraged.

First Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Mike Umeh has expressed fear that the lingering crisis in Nigerian football, occasioned by the purported sack threat on Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi might linger on longer than expected and could jeopadise Nigeria’s World Cup qualification chances if not properly handled.

Former President of United States of America, Bill Clinton, said yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, that the inability to manage the nation’s natural resources well was one of the three major challenges Nigeria was facing as a nation.

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has introduced a reloadable prepaid card offering customers financial control, convenience and security. The UBA Prepaid Card which is available in Nigeria and 18 African countries where UBA has presence is accepted at all VISA acceptance points, on over 1 million ATMs, 30 million POS/Merchant Terminals in over 179 countries across the world.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, has assured that the 10th Biennial Police Games “Port Harcourt 2013”, scheduled for Rivers State, from 3rd to 9th March, 2013, will not only provide a platform for the Police, the Military and other security agencies to showcase their sporting prowess; it will also be a veritable tool for further strengthening the relationship among these sister agencies.

ABUJA — Following the public outcry that greeted the dilapidated structures of the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Army engineers to renovate the premier Police institution.