President of the Confederation of African Football, Alhaji Issa Hayatou has hailed Globacom telecommunication operator for renewing the sponsorship deal of the Glo-CAF Awards .

China’s inflation rate remained near a five-year low in December, edging up to 1.5 percent from 1.4 percent the month before.

ABEOKUTA—The Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ogun State has described the purported N50 million offer by the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Ogun East, Mr. Dapo Abiodun, to residents of Ogun Waterside Local Government to restore electricity in the area, as a Greek gift.

The Delta Central Police Area Command has arrested a man identified as Gregory Tuodonye, who was among a mob that attacked and dispossessed a Daily Sun Newspaper reporter, Mr. Kofa Kings of his valuables, on December 6, 2014 at Kpakiama in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State.

Managing Director, Skyway Aviation Handling Company, SAHCOL, Mr. Oluropo Owolabi, has called on the federal government to grant aviation handling companies zero tariff on the importation of machines and equipment. He said this became imperative following the granting of zero tariffs on aircraft spare parts.

Yenagoa—Ahead of the February 14 presidential election, the youth leader of Bayelsa State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Donald Daunemigha, has called on Nigerians to return Goodluck Jonathan as President to consolidate on his transformation agenda for the country.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State, has said it had uncovered a plot by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to disrupt the campaign rally for its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, slated for January 14, in Ado-Ekiti.

BENIN—LEADERS of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and those of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State shelved their differences, weekend, to attend the 60th birthday celebration of Mrs. Helen Owie, in Benin City, Edo State.

LAGOS — THE All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, alleged that the invasion of its Data Centre by the Department of State Services, DSS, was a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to postpone next month’s general elections.

Well, we do not have to wonder any longer, as reduced revenue from crude oil prices below $60/barrel has clearly constituted another major onslaught on the Naira exchange rate and economic progress.

“We are introducing agency banking, you don’t need to have bricks and mortar to run, you can get your agency which is your customer to have your PoS and business will be done.”—Valentine Whensu

WARRI—IN a fresh move to tackle perceived marginalisation by the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, Itsekiri amnesty beneficiaries have petitioned the Senate President, David Mark, calling on the National Assembly to probe the alleged non-payment of their monthly stipends and “Kuku’s refusal to allow the Itsekiri to travel abroad for the necessary training when our Ijaw brothers have travelled out with no hindrance.”

ABUJA — The National Assembly, NASS, will from tomorrow consider the passage of the 2015 Appropriation Bill and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategic Paper, MTEF &FSP, which was presented to it before the Christmas and New Year break.

“We suspect that he was killed because the family could not raise that outrageous ransom. It is unfair, the man was a businessman who lived on loans and facilities from financial institutions to carry on with his business. It was not as if the man had money somewhere,” —the family source said.

LAGOS — The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday lifted the ban on banks’ holding of dollar reserves for interbank trading, saying that banks can now keep dollar reserves for interbank trading.