Elections: Announcing the results
The announcement of results of elections had for long been a persistent sore in the country. Election management bodies preoccupied with keeping their turfs had sought to constrain journalists and in some cases prescribed sanctions for journalists who cross the border in announcing election results.
Accord Party to Delta PDP: Stop denying our alliance, or we’ll pull out
ASABA—THE Accord Party in Delta State has warned that it would pull out of the understanding it has with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state if the PDP does not desist from denying the alliance between them.
Youths shut Benin hotel over boy’s death in police custody
BENIN—ANGRY youths, yesterday, crippled activities at Protea Hotel, Benin, following the death of a 26-year-old boy, identified as Chibuike Edeh, an indigene of Enugu State, in the custody of the police at the area command in the state capital. The deceased, who was a staff of the hotel, was alleged to have stolen N42,000 from a guest and was handed over to the police at Area Command, Sapele Road, by the Chief Security Officer of the hotel last Friday.
Police nab 4 suspected kidnappers in Lagos
Lagos State Police Command has arrested four members of a kidnapping gang in Lagos. The suspects, identified as Edet Ekuno, 32; Sunday Samiga, 24; Hope Okon, 27; and Unuagbon Isaiah, 31, were apprehended after the command received intelligence report on their activities.
Anxiety over 2015 polls: LCCI urges business operators not to panic
Ahead of the general elections in the country, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, weekend, urged business operators not to express any worry over the effect of the elections on the country’s economy. Vice President and Chairman of Trade Promotion Board of LCCI, Dr. Michael Olawale-Cole gave the assurance at the unveiling ceremony of the 2015 Information Communication Technology and Telecommunication, ICTEL EXPO, held at the LCCI conference and exhibition centre, Lagos.
Investors lose N363bn as stock market value drops to N9.987trn
INVESTORS, yesterday, lost N363.5 billion as value of stocks on the Nigerian Stock Exchange market, (market capitalisation) declined by 2.75 per cent to N9.987 trillion from N10.250 trillion on Friday. Operators stated that major loses recorded by the banking sub sector contributed significantly to push down market capilisation. The market capitalisation represents the total value of shares traded on the exchange.
