It was a Friday like any other business day for traders at the Bakassi Line which houses shoe makers and dealers in allied products at the Ariaria International Market, Aba, Abia State. As usual, the shoemakers came to the market with high expectations.

As aspirants jostle to occupy the vacant stool of Ooni of Ife, following the demise of Oba Okunade Sijuwade, members of Olumobi.

Heartland captain and right back, Chinedu Efugh has said his side have resolved to avoid defeat in the remaining matches of the ongoing season.

EFFORTS at resolving the protracted crisis in the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, will continue today in Abuja as Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and other ex-labour leaders led by pioneer President of the congress, Alhaji Hassan Sumonu, meet with factional leaders of NLC.

Rangers striker Razak Adegbite has said that ‘The Flying Antelopes’ will beat Lobi Stars today in Katsina to qualify for the final of this year’s Federation Cup. Rangers defeated Lobi 3-1 in a week 17 game of the Nigeria Professional Football League.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has denied accreditation to foreign printers who hitherto printed cheque books for some Nigerian banks.

The previous week, we noted that two persons, the building contractor and a structural engineer associated with a building which collapsed at Ikotun, were to be investigated as to their roles in the deaths of persons at the building site.

Following the ongoing de-activation of pre-registered Subscribers Identification Modules (SIM) cards of mobile network operators in Nigeria, the telecommunications regulatory authority, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday, in Lagos disclosed that it has blocked about 10.7 million lines in the last two weeks.

FC Taraba head coach, Nduka Ndubuisi has said his side will not repeat the careless mistake that robbed them of victory at Lobi Stars against Bayelsa United.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has promised to complete projects of importance to the people that were started by previous administrations, including that of former Governor Chibuike Amaechi.

In a move expected to redefine vehicle financing and acquisition in the country as well as empower Nigerians to own new vehicles, Stanbic IBTC Bank and PAN Nigeria Limited, makers of the Peugeot brand of vehicles, have signed a novel Finance Lease Agreement.

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The contribution of the nation’s telecom sector to the economy took a declining dimension in the first quarter of 2015. This followed its contribution of N1, 344,485.25 million in the first quarter of 2015, in real terms. This figure represents 8.38 per cent contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Production (GDP) in the period under review.

Unless this initial posture is mere icing on the cake, known in the local parlance as initial gra gra, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC’s new Executive Vice Chairman, Prof Umar Danbatta seems unruffled by challenges of the telecom sector. The man is talking tough already. No wonder, he, first of all, ruffled feathers at the commission before ever sitting down – an apparent signal that he is prepared to attack both the problems of the sector and those who would not quickly fall into the same page of action with him.