GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State was recently appointed Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation. At an interactive session, Amaechi among other things, reels out plans of the campaign organisation and also clears the air on knotty issues

The banking industry has been under pressure due to policy measures of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to tighten money supply. In this interview, Mr. Oyewale Ariyibi, Head, Finance, FBN Holdings Plc explained how some of these policies impact the operations of the company, and efforts of the company to improve on its efficiency and deliver returns to shareholders.

MINISTER of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has said the Federal Government is set to sponsor 100 first class graduates for further studies abroad.

NO fewer than 12 persons cheated death yesterday when the commuter bus in which they were traveling, suddenly caught fire at Amaraku, Isiala Mbano Local Council area of Imo State and burnt to ashes.

YENAGOA—The people of Nembe in Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, have turned down the 10 bags of rice and one goat intended as Christmas gift to the community by ENI otherwise known as Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC.

Local palm oil and vegetable producers in the country have demanded that the Federal Government withdraw the 75 per cent import duty waiver granted to importers of crude palm oil being brought into Nigeria through the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos.

The Patrick Utomi-led United Niger Delta Energy Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, yesterday warned Pastor Chris Okotie against utterances that can incite the public against national peace.

No fewer than eight members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Ogun State House of Assembly are set to leave the party following the controversies trailing the primaries to various elective positions in the party ahead of the 2015 general elections.

The police in Lagos have arrested four members of a 10-man robbery gang, which specialised in burgling and looting shop within Alaba International Market and its environ. The suspects identified as Azuka, aged 27; Onyenge e, 35; Arinze, 22; and Afolabi, 21 were arrested while the leader one Friday and five others are currently at large.

OBONG Umana Okon Umana and Mr. Udom Emmanuel have many things in common. They are from Akwa Ibom State, fair in complexion and the leading governorship candidates in the 2015 election in the state. Both are well-read, former secretary to the state government (SSG) under Governor Godswill Akpabio’s Administration and are eminently qualified to govern the state, if elected.

WARRI—Vice-President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Bishop Simeon Okah, has described Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s development policy, Delta Beyond Oil, as “too full of theory and lacking meaningful physical results.”

Stakeholders in the maritime industry have expressed mixed reactions on the fortune of the sector in the out-going year, 2014. While some said that the fortune of the industry improved slightly in 2014, others were of the opinion that operators faced a worse situation this year compared to the previous year.

Pastor Elijah Okon Usen, the Area Superintendent of The Apostolic Church, Maboju in his end of year message yesterday, spoke about the need to repackage for next year.

He inspired the saints to see next year as the appointed time to rewrite the history of our lives. The coming year he said should be one in which we should be ready to talk about the good tidings of great testimony……..

A professor of constitutional law, Itsey Sagay, has given the judiciary a pass mark as an arm of government, in 2014.

THREE and half years after the present House of Representatives was inaugurated, it has passed a total of 101 bills, 120 resolutions while 23 bills were rejected