History will be set tomorrow at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Golf Club when the long awaited Club Captain’s Inaugural Golf Tournament tees-off at the club golf course, Benin City.

United Bank for Africa, UBA Plc yesterday declared Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N39.0 billion and after tax profit of N32 billion for the audited half year results ended June 30, 2015, just as it rewarded its shareholders.

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded 3,247 cartons of frozen poultry products worth N14,611,500.00 (Fourteen Million, Six Hundred and Eleven Thousand, Five Hundred Naira) in the last two weeks of its war against smuggling of poultry products.

Five persons including a tricycle rider are feared dead in Aba, Abia State, after a truck conveying beer bottles rammed into them on Aba-Owerri road.

Corruption and poor policy formulation and implementation among others have been identified as the challenges to economic integration and sustainable development in Africa.

The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA has said that it has only spent about N14 billion on the second Niger bridge project.
The money include N10 billion, a part of N18.3 billion so far released by the Federal Government for the project, which has been disbursed for early construction work and $2.21 million, about N4.4 billion which has been expended as consultancy costs on the project.

A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has hailed the publication of assets by President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, saying, the declaration has turn the page on transparency and accountability in Nigeria.

Fever has gripped Tanzania ahead of tomorrow’s eagerly awaited 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier between the Taifa Stars and Super Eagles at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.

Nigeria and India volume of trade has risen to N70 billion, with renewed interest in agriculture, Small Medium Enterprises, SMEs development and medicine.

Regional Director, West Africa, Afrocet Montgomery, George Pearson has said that trade exhibitions provide a veritable platform to raise a country’s profile as an investment destination.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has said that its new Act has given the agency the power to prosecute erring manufacturers whose products do not conform to the minimum requirement of the Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS).

THE presentation of three books on the administration of former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has put on the frontburner his years of stewardship. To admirers, Fashola’s years of stewardship remains a point of reference for the future generation. The occasion was a public unveiling of three books written to highlight landmark moments of Fashola’s administration.

The Federal Government might have been beaming its searchlight on the leadership of the election petition tribunals operating in the country with a view to ensuring their absolute integrity, security sources confirmed to Vanguard last night.

Since the completion of the burial rites of Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse11, prominent princes from Ile-Ife, the cradle of Yoruba race have been jostling to occupy the vacant stool. At the last count, no fewer than 35 princes from the four recognised royal families in the ancient town have shown interest in the throne. These ruling houses are: Lafogido. Giesi, Ogboru and Osinkola.

The Department of State Services, DSS, has sent 15 senior officials, including two directors, on compulsory retirement.