A chastened parade of energy executives, analysts, academics and government officials from several countries delivered speeches and participated in panels as part of IHS’s CERAWeek energy conference, worrying over prices and making a profit, and speculating on what it could all mean for economies and consumers around the world. Associated Press, AP, reports five major themes from this year’s conference.

The consequences of the historically unprecedented result of Nigeria’s recent Presidential contest will reverberate for years to come in various sectors of the national polity, but in the immediate aftermath of the defeat of the incumbent ruling party’s candidate issues arising from the circumstance will probably be felt most keenly in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s home base of Bayelsa State.

Textile traders in Itoku market in Abeokuta have taken their complaints over the seizure of their textile materials by officials of the Nigerian Customs Service in the state to the Ogun State House of Assembly.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has issued new electricity tariffs that became effective for commercial and industrial consumers from 1 April 2015 and that would become effective for residential consumers from 1 July 2015. The new tariffs are in the Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, 2.1 for the period 1 April 2015 to December 2018 and they replace the tariffs in MYTO 2 for the period 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2017.

Vitafoam Nigeria Plc has explained that its performance in 2014 was impressive as its profit went up by 11.8 per cent. Speaking to the capital market community during the company’s fact behind its financial figures for 2014, the acting Group Managing Director, Mr. TaiwoAdeniyi said that the company would continue to sustain its culture of ensuring shareholder value.

Former Managing Director of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Raymond Omatseye, yesterday, insisted that the contract awarded by the agency under his leadership was within the threshold allowed by NIMASA Act.

To figure out if you need life insurance, you need to think through the worst-case scenario. If you died tomorrow, how would your loved ones fare financially? Would they have the money to pay for your final expenses (e.g., funeral costs, medical bills, taxes, debts, lawyers’ fees, etc.)? Would they be able to meet ongoing living expenses like the rent or mortgage, food, clothing, transportation costs, healthcare, etc? What about long-range financial goals? Without your contribution to the household, would your surviving spouse be able to save enough money to put the kids through college or retire comfortably?

A passionate plea has been made to medical doctors in the health sector to play a leadership role as head of the medical team with a view to ensuring harmony among all health workers and above all better medical outcomes in the management of patients.

The economic situation in any given country could either make or mar your business. For the growth and well being of any business, the state of the economy determines the financial state of families and their willingness to spend on wants as well as their basic needs. This in turn would lead to either an increase or decrease in the demand for cake and pastries.

Emmanuel Amuneke, a former Super Eagles winger, has called for adequate investments and planning to enable the Super Eagles emerge victorious at its 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, yesterday ordered all registrars of public companies to return all unclaimed dividends, which have been in their custody for fifteen (15) months and above, to the paying companies.

THREE persons were feared dead and property worth millions of naira, including 10 caterpillars and houses, were destroyed when gunmen suspected to be from Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State invaded the facilities of the controversial Orient Petroleum Resources at Aguleri Otu in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State.

THE Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, Prof. Innocent Ujah, has stressed the need for governments to invest in children saying that, ‘children are the most nation’s valuable resource’.

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Due Process Advocates of Nigeria, DPAN, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to shun any urge to probe misdeeds of the past government, describing it as waste of precious time and resources.

A banker, Segun Ajisebutu, was yesterday crushed by a BRT bus at Palmgrove bus-stop, Lagos, while dashing across the BRT lane.