Chairman of the Leadership Group, publisher of Leadership newspaper, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah will today resign as the chairman of the company to enable him pursue a presidential ambition under the All Progressive Congress, APC.

Lagos—NATIONAL Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, yesterday in Lagos put Nigerians on notice of its plans to picket and cripple operations of power companies in the country over alleged unfair workers practices and extortion of customers among others.

The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, yesterday, said that the Federal Government will deploy more troops in a renewed war against vandals of gas supply pipelines to the 10 completed National Integrated Power Projects valued at over $16 billion.

A socio-cultural organisation, in Edo State, Orhionmwon Progressive League, has urged delegates to the on-going national conference to ensure that all issues arising from the country’s history and experience were opened for discussion, insisting that there should be no ‘no go’ areas for the delegates.

Yesterday’s CAF Confederation Cup 2nd 1/8th draw to determine the teams to finally qualify for the group stage of the Confederation Cup was one in which Nigerians and Bayelsa United Supporters heaved a sigh of relief, writes Paul BASSEY.

What would have prompted two friends, one of them an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC and the other, an official of Nigeria Customs Service to throw caution to the wind to beat an innocent civilian to death?

THE teeming Nigerian women entrepreneurs,recently attracted the interest of international payment card solution providers, MasterCard, as it went into collaboration with Youth for Technology Foundation,YTF, in Nigeria,to boost entrepreneurial capabilities of over 1500 Nigerian women with technology hands-on trainings.

THE Federal Government has stated that it will enforce the ban on Aramex International Limited, following alleged indictment on unethical practices and manoeuvring of Nigerian courier companies.

STAKEHOLDERS at the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web forum on affordable internet have identified lack of fibre infrastructure, desired investment model to address the present challenges, public private partnership and multiple taxations, are major factors militating against the provision of affordable internet to Nigerian masses.

BHARTI Airtel International has announced strategic partnership with Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite Services operator to provide Airtel customers across 17 countries in Africa, with mobile satellite products and services.