Convener, The Platform, and Pastor, Covenant Christian Church, Mr. Poju Oyemade, yesterday, emphasised the need to explore the potentials in untapped and unexplored capital in the quest for growth, irres-pective of the challenge posed by the volatility in the price of crude oil.

Borno State Government yesterday, lamented that one of negative effects of the activities of the Boko Haram insurgency in the state was the inability to complete N17 billion roads and bridges projects in Maiduguri metropolis, including three-kilometre Lagos Street Bridge awarded in 2012.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused South East governors and politicians of trading off Ndigbo for personal and selfish political interest.

Despite the challenging operating environment in 2015, there has been a prediction that African capital markets are expected to see a gradual pickup in growth in 2016, with the markets expected to raise Initial Public Offers, IPOs of $3.1 billion .

ASSOCIATION of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the payment of salaries of Federal Public Servants by April 25, urging him to ensure that other benefits such as promotion arrears among other allowances owed Federal employees were settled in good time.