THE Director-General of Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, Dr Joseph Odumodu, has said that the agency has seized substandard products worth four billion naira since the beginning of the year.

ENUGU—A palpable trepidation is rife in the firmament of Enugu State as the three-man National Assembly Tribunal sitting in Enugu, last Friday, closed hearing on the petition brought before it by former governor Chimaroke Nnamani,candidate of the Peoples Democratic Change,PDC, for Enugu-East senatorial district.

Chairman of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, STI, Mr. Ephraim Faloughi said that the company will continue to assess its service platform to ensure that they conform to the best in terms of global standards and are flexible enough to lead positive changes in the market.

ENUGU—Nerves were frayed at the Assemblies of God Church, Mount Street, Agbani-Road in Enugu State, yesterday, as a factional church group gained entry into the church, which has been under lock for the past two months.

Erstwhile National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur became governor of the defunct Gongola State in October, 1983 and following the General Muhammadu Buhari-led military coup of December 31, 1983, Tukur returned to business, capping his endeavours as the president of the African Business Roundtable.

Following Jahbless’s recent tweet on his tweeter handle, it seems Timaya‘s producer copied Jahbless’ ‘Jeje’ instrumental and used it to produce Timaya’s track titled ‘Halleluyah‘.

Hundreds of youths under the aegis of Egbema Youth Front, EYF, have, thronged Ogbotobo community, Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, to canvass support for the re-election bid of Governor Seriake Dickson in the December 5, 2015 election.

On a day that Sunshine Stars were beaten 3-2 by Nasarawa in Akure, two goals from substitutes Andrew Abalogu and Ifeanyi Anaemeka earned Enyimba a 2-0 win over hard fighting Dolphins to keep them on top of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

Nnewi—There was pandemonium yesterday in churches in Anambra state where members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB who were marking their 16th anniversary clashed with the police. No fewer than 25 members of the MASSOB were arrested by the police and other security operatives at various churches in the state while one was shot.

The Consumer Protection Council weekend summoned the management of First City Monument Bank Plc to answer queries on an allegation by the Bauchi State Government, accusing the bank of charging N1.86billion excess interest on its account.

Mrs Comfort Arinze is the Proprietress of Model Learning Centre, Nursery & Primary School in Jinkwoyi, Abuja. In this chat with Financial Vanguard, Mrs Arinze speaks on her school, the challenges and Nigeria’s education sector and says that without education, there will be no development.

By Babajide Komolafe Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) has announced a partnership with GSM telecommunication providers to enhance enrolment and notification of Biometric Verification Numbers ( BVN ). Announcing the partnership at a press conference in Lagos, Managing Director/Chief Executive, NIBSS, Mr. Ade Shonubi said that the partnership is about working with the telecommunications firms, […]

There is need for e-commerce operators in Nigeria to begin to think of global expansion in order to promote African made products, bridge the gap between the African market and its people in the Diaspora to directly impact the growth of the local economy.

Civil society groups and the media have called on the Federal Government to impose stiffer punishment on multinational oil firms that violate the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act.

Delta State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, weekend urged the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to call multinational oil companies in the state to order over alleged increasing abuse of workers’ rights especially through casualization of workers.