Authorities of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, yesterday, dismissedwaved aside allegations by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that operatives deployed to Kebbi and Sokoto States border with neighbouring countries had been ordered to be withdrawn saying no such directive written or verbal was ever given.

SEC has come up with a new rule that dividend would be returned to the company to start up a new business outside its original business after one year of release without claim from shareholders. In this interview, shareholders disapprove of such rule. They argue that companies do not release the dividend warrant until after four months and that the dividend warrant would also go through other processes, therefore the directive cannot work unless the Companies and Allied Matters Act is ammended.

First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, was yesterday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, to commiserate with the families of Bayelsans who lost their lives in Saturday’s tragic road accident along the Ahaoda axis of the East-West Road in Rivers State.

Nigerite Limited, a complete building solutions company has launched a new product called Unique Ceil, an embossed ceiling which comes with a tastefully finished pattern, into the competitive Nigerian building industry. The new product unveiled at the company’s premises in Lagos last week comes in a standard dimension of 1.22m x 1.22m (4feet x 4feet) and 3mm thickness. The new product which is grey in colour can also be painted to any colour of choice by prospective consumers.

Are UK house prices rising or falling? Two national indices published last week had painted sharply contrasting portraits of the UK property market, adding to erratic data over the past month that has left economists increasingly puzzled.

Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Mr. Dakuku Peterside, has promised to defend the interests of traders and non-indigenes in every part of the state.

OFFICIALS of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA, otherwise called Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, Federal Taskforce are at daggers drawn with the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, over control of traffic on federal highways in the state.

Shelter is one of the three basic needs of human beings, as it shares prominence and priority with food and clothing. Every normal human being aspires to own a house, hence, shelter is a human right.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP- led Federal Government of siphoning N800 million for a water project that was never executed in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state.

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has called on politicians to avoid acts capable of plunging the country into crisis.

Politicians in Zamfara State and their supporters have been advised to conduct themselves decently and in a democratic way or face the wrath of law.

Former governor of Kogi State, Ibrahim Idris, has said that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would win the March 28 presidential election despite propaganda to the contrary by the opposition.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Senator Andy Uba has asked Nigerians to be calm over the shift in election dates in the country, saying that it was an opportunity offered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to organize a credible elections which Nigerians would be proud of.

On the top 10 performing stocks were the shares of Airline Services and Logistics, ASL Plc, Seplat Petroleum Development Company plc, Cadbury Nig. Plc, Okomu Oil Palm Co. Plc, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria, CCNN Plc and Vitafoam Nig. Plc.

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has implored Nigerian politicians to avoid hate speeches and campaigns ahead of the forthcoming general elections.