Ahead of 2015 business year, operators in the e-commerce ecosystem expect astronomical growth that will be driven by increased conversion of the offline market.

“Looking from the fact that the funds from the Federation Account are not judiciously utilized by the states and they are not accountable to the people and the state legislature, our concern is that even if they get money from bonds and it is not invested, the state will be left with a huge debt burden , which will hurt in the long term.” Dr Usman Muttaka, Head of Department of Economics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

LAGOS — Save for mother luck, Mrs. Martina Nwizu, her son and four other occupants of a Nissan Quest with number plate LAGOS KJA.746CX, as well as Mr. Tony Ajeh, a Toyota Corolla driver with number plate LAGOS ME 436.AAA, would have been dead, when a fully-loaded articulated truck rammed into their vehicles, yesterday, at Otto Woff Bus-stop on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos.

LAGOS—THE All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has promised to make Lagos work for everyone if he is elected into office by focusing on Security, Economy, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Social Welfare and Good Governance.

Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has condemned the incessant attacks on innocent citizens in Ambe-Madaki Village in Sanga Local Government Area of the state as well as weekend’s murder of the District Head of Zangang in Atakar Chiefdom, Mr. Yohanna Daniel Shinkut, describing the acts as ‘’devilish and unwarranted.’’

The year 2014 was an impressive year for e-commerce in Nigeria. All the indices indicated very positive and tremendous improvement for the sector.

OWERRI — The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Imo State, has deepened as one of its chieftains, Chief Jude Iheakanwa, last week, dragged the party, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Mr. Paschal Nneji, to the Federal High Court, Owerri, challenging the substitution of his name as the Imo East senatorial candidate of the party in the forthcoming general elections.

Lagos—Medical doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, yesterday dismissed reports that doctors at the hospital were on strike, describing as a false.”

Lagos—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Professor Yemi Osinbajo at the weekend punctured the economic policies of the Federal Government, saying it lacks safety net for an economy on the brink of recession.

WARRI—Angry military pensioners in the country have given President Goodluck Jonathan a 30-day ultimatum to pay pension arrears or risk actions that may jeopardise next month’s presidential election.

West and Central Africa’s largest carrier, Arik Air has unveiled an online travel package product, Arik Explorer which incorporates airline seats with hotel and other ancillary options like car hire and travel insurance.

ABEOKUTA—Tragedy struck, yesterday, in Showo village, Obafemi-Owode Local government Area of Ogun State, when five persons, including a three-year- old- girl and her young mother, lost their lives while seven sustained serious injuries in a multiple road accident on the Abeokuta-siun-Sagamu Road.

DR. Fred Oghenesivbe, is the Director of Media and Political Communication for Otega4governor Campaign Organisation. In this interview, Oghenesivbe says that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Olorogun O’tega Emerhor remains the most suitable, trusted, qualified candidate to be adopted by the Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU) for the 2015 elections

Guinness Nigeria Plc has explained that the increase in its investment in capacity expansion was as a result of increased demand for its products , even as its dividend payout to shareholders in 2014 financial period reduced, following a strategic decision made by the management.

ABAKALIKI — THE embattled Ebonyi State Chairman of Progressive Peoples’ Alliance, PPA, Prince Samuel Uche Udeogu, weekend, insisted that no amount of plot by those he described as enemies of progress, could remove him as Chairman of the party.