The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria had recorded over $3billion worth of investments in the sugar subsection since the implementation of the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan, NIRP.

South Africa’s SuperSport fires coach Johnson

Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, yesterday, formally declared his intention to run for Imo governorship poll on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on residency training programme in all federal hospitals with effect from Thursday, 28th of August, 2014.

THE recently held International Youth Day Conference in Abuja was an occasion for President Goodluck Jonathan to address economic, political and other issues with specific relevance to the Nigerian youths.

The widening Ebola virus crisis has caused sporting chaos with Sierra Leone having to field all players from outside the country in the African Cup of Nations to avoid a growing quarantine.

FIGURES from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, show that for 2012, the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, for the 36 states of Nigeria was about N555 billion, out of which the 19 states of the North generated N87 billion or 15 %; the South West generated N261.2 billion or 47%; the South-South accounted for N150 billion or 27% and the South East N45 billion or 8%. In other words, the South generated N 468 or 85 % of the total IGR for 2012.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan to run for a second term in office.

Five days after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) suspended its strike, resident doctors in the Federal Government-owned hospitals in Lagos State have yet to resume work.

Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, parents and other stakeholders have expressed divergent views on the decision by the Federal Government to postpone the resumption date of all primary and secondary schools nationwide till October 13 following the recent outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the country.

I can say that I am not very surprised by the decision of the panel and I can also say that I am not disappointed. I would have been surprised if they had done anything differently. They had difficulty hiding their bias. Any human being doing anything honest and transparent will naturally be happy to have it witnessed by the public and especially the media.

IN the last two weeks the media have been awash with the return of the duo of Jim Ovia and Tony Elumeleu to the banking industry. What looked like the end of an era in 2010 when the CBN rolled out a policy fixing the tenure of bank chief executives for two terms of five consecutive years has in itself entered the second phase.

Gunmen, in the early hours of yesterday, stormed an apartment in a block of flats in Unity Estate, Akowonjo area of Egbeda, killing a man, his wife, his child and their maid.

HISTORY was made yesterday in Igbodo Kingdom of Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, when a day old baby boy was crowned to become the crown prince of the kingdom, ostensibly to forestall any succession controversy in future.

Three hotel attendants, who allegedly recorded a customer’s sexual affair and demanded a ransom of N10 million, were on Thursday charged before an Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.