The World Bank has ranked Nigeria 147th among the best places for doing business. It also ranked the country as the 122nd for best countries to start a business.

The Sen-ate, yesterday, uncovered N10 billion belonging to the National Poverty Eradication Programme, NAPEP, that got trapped in some failed financial institutions in the country, while N150 million meant for the supply of spare-parts for the tricycles, otherwise known as Keke NAPEP, was carted away by a contractor.

A Lagos High Court judge, Justice Ebenezer Adebajo, yesterday, faulted the prosecutorial power of Lagos State using The State of Lagos, which stalled the trial of a teenager and three persons accused of armed robbery.

Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, yesterday, visited Ambemebiri, Okrika, hometown of late Mrs. Charity Oba, mother of Dame Patience Jonathan, First Lady of the country, in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State.

THE House committee on Aviation investigative hearing on alleged purchase of N255million bullet proof cars by the Minister of Aviation continues today amidst doubts that Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah will honour the summons asking her to appear before the committee today.

The UN’s refugee agency on Tuesday urged Cameroon and other nations not to expel Nigerians who have fled their homes amid fighting between Boko Haram Islamist rebels and government troops.

STANDARDS Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has raised alarm over cloning of Made-in- Nigeria fabrics by dubious people.

RIVERS StateGovernment has denied claims by the faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, led by Felix Obuah that six commissioners in the state were set to dump Governor Rotimi Amaechi for Obuah’s faction of the party in the state.

Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has said that for Nigeria to be a software capable country in the knowledge economy, more start-ups were needed in software coding, and assured that her ministry will intervene in software coding academy through necessary support.

FEDERAL Medical Centre, Umuahia (formerly known as Queen Elizabeth Specialist Hospital), Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria is a 327-bed tertiary hospital and one of the leading health care providers in South Eastern Nigeria.