STRATEGIC communication remains a critical success factor or element of any human endeavour, issue or institution. Strategic communication is a well-planned and well-coordinated means of passing well-designed messages from an individual or institution to its identified stakeholders or general public at the right time, in the right quantity to achieve well-defined objectives.

OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Health at a news briefing in Cotonou, have explained issues surrounding the admission of a patient with the Ebola virus from Nigeria at the County Hospital, CHD, of in Porto-Novo, Capital of the Republic of Benin. According to their statements, the analyzes have not yet revealed the disease even if the patient has symptoms associated with it. For now, there is a suspected case of the Ebola disease.

A 54-year-old stock broker, Bioye Eluwole, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N30 milliom scam.
The suspect allegedly sold 300,000 units of shares belonging to one of his clients without authorisation.

THOUSANDS of beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s SURE-P programme in Edo state yesterday expressed their support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid.

Intercontinental Distilleries Limited, IDL, has expanded its distributors’ businesses with over N200 million.
The company said the amount it gave as reward to the distributors in the 2013/14 trade partners award ceremony is the only way to help expand the distributors businesses, and eventually help employ more hands, thus reducing unemployment in the process.