A NEW champion of the Niger Delta has hatched out of its polluted creeks. It is armed to the teeth with assault rifles, bombs and ocean-wide expectations of becoming the next militant-multimillionaires through government pay-offs to ensure peaceful oil and gas production.

The Chief Executive Officer, myKustoma, an electronic commerce and market research platform, Sylvester Chigbu has disclosed that he was inspired to establish the e-commerce platform owing to his harrowing experience in Balogun Market.

THERE are plans by Japaul Oil & Maritime Plc to raise fresh funds to boost its business, even as it cleans its balance sheet for the year 2015.

The Round of 64 matches of this year’s men Federation Cup competition, as well as the first round matches of the women competition, will begin across the country today.

NIGERDOCK has stated that it has successfully completed fabrication and the sail away of the Flare Tower for the Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Project for Total, at the cost of $16billion.

Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has said Nigeria will get good results against Mali and Luxembourg in friendlies this month.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, NEXIM,yesterday,told manufacturers, exporters and commodity producers that they require more than collateral to access new export facilities approved for non-oil sector operators.

Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers, COTRA, has condemned the abduction of the paramount ruler of Yeghe community in Ogoniland, HRH Barinaadaa Gbaranee by men of the Nigerian Army stationed in Bori, Rivers State.

NIGERIA’S labour movement is surely in a state of intellectual crisis. The leadership of the leading associations of workers in the country needs both moral and intellectual revival.

Edo State Government has endorsed His Royal Highness Edaiken N’Uselu, Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa as the Oba of Benin, with effect from April 29, 2016.

BENIN—A 44-year woman, identified as Mrs. Rita Aiwelera, has been abducted at Igun Owina quarters, Ugbowo, near Benin in Edo State, Sunday, at about 7.45p.m. by unknown gunmen. Vanguard learned that Mrs. Aiwelera, who is said to be nurse at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Benin, was whisked away by the gunmen in the presence of her children and was forced into a Toyota Highlander car.

THE Minister for Communications, Barr. Abdur-Adebayo Shittu says Nigeria currently requires more satellites to enable the ComSat-1R offer better serves to Nigeria in the areas of telecommunications services and broadband penetration.

THE Federal government has said plans to move the Information and Communications sector forward has been perfected and ready to be rolled out. The plans are contained in the Communications sector road map and the e-government master plan, which the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu just revealed, was ready for implementation.

A LOT has been said about the recent fuel price increase but not enough of this has taken into account the social palliatives accompanying it now that the budget has been passed and funds will be released.

IKOT-EKPENE/OBOT AKARA—A family of six returning from a visit to their son’s school was Sunday crushed to death by a truck with Dangote Cement inscription in Akwa Ibom State, but the management of Dangote has allegedly denied knowledge of the said vehicle belonging to its fleet.