In a bid to stem the rising rate of inferno in Lagos metropolis, the Lagos state government has boosted its fire service with state-of-the-art equipment worth several million dollars.

Millions of fish consumers are heaving a sigh of relief as fresh import quotas for fish issued by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has brought down prices across the country.

SENIOR Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has described the election of a former Head of State, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd), as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a fatal error.

THE auditorium of Quorra, at the Naval Training Command, Apapa , Lagos was a beehive of activities last Wednesday, as women later discovered to be widows of fallen naval personnel thronged to the venue.

Nigerian architects were last week, tasked to raise their game in order to be more competitive and yet deliver more value to their clients. The charge was given at the second annual ATO lecture in Lagos, by the Principal Partner, ATO Architects, Arc. Ayoola Onajide.

ABUJA — AS the Senate resumes plenary today, some of the aggrieved Senators, who lost out at the just concluded primaries and threatened to impeach the Senate President, David Mark, met yesterday at an undisclosed venue to strategise on how best to carry out the threat.

Following the continuous decline in the prices of crude oil in the international market, the amount the Federal Government is paying on subsidy for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, has dropped to N4.48 per litre.

Chief Godson Ezenagu, a Commissioner for Agriculture during former Governor Peter Obi administration, has been declared the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Awka North/South House of Representatives.

Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, will today begin an indefinite strike over lingering disputes with government, following inability of government to resolve the issues.

Akure—No fewer than 42 shops and houses were razed by last Saturday’s gas explosion in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said 349,343 jobs were created in the economy in the third quarter of 2014. This is contained in the Communique issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, after its Monetary Policy Committee Meeting, MPC, held in Abuja.

A 42-year-old man, Emeka Okere, has been remanded in prison custody by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos over allegations of armed robbery.

Lagos—A 30-year-old receptionist, Gladys Obaro, was yesterday charged before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court for allegedly withdrawing N160,000 from her boss’ account, using her ATM card.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, refused to grant a fresh ex-parte application seeking to restrain Mr. Aminu Tambuwal from further acting as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

It is one of the safest investment products. Yet many people know little about it. The banks are not also helping matters. They rarely inform or educate their customers about it. And why should they, when it is more expedient for them for the customer to invest his money with them via fixed deposit than investing the money in Treasury bill.