Fasting, basically serves three major purposes: to feel the pangs of hunger in order to have sympathy for the poor and needy; to curb the human frailty and develop utter dependence on Allah; and, above all, to reduce worldly distractions and focus more on closeness to Allah.

EBUGHU — RESIDENTS of Ebughu community, Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, have called on both the Federal and State Governments to breathe life into the only Fishing Terminal in the area allegedly forsaken over 15 years ago. When Niger Delta Voice visited the terminal, last operated in 2001 by management agent, Eskor Marine, weeds had overtaken the dilapidated buildings and equipment.

Speaking on the sidelines of Africa’s power sector, which was a major discuss, Vice Chairman, General Electric, GE, John Rice, said that there were some well-intentioned initiatives geared towards meeting the energy gaps, but challenges related to financing, bureaucracy, traditional risk analysis, and decision-making based on election cycles have led to delays.

Losses incurred by investors in conglomerates, multinational corporations and other big capitalized companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, as a result of the delay in the roll out of the new flexible foreign exchange policy has hit N320 billion as at yesterday.

Immediate-past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has reacted to a recent documentary by Al Jazeera, in which it was alleged that her piece of property in Abuja worth $18m and her jewelry worth $2m, have been seized by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The Federal Government recorded a deficit of N725.18 billion in its fiscal operations in the first quarter of 2016, according to data released yesterday by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has described as irresponsible and unpatriotic the reaction of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Assembly, NECA, through its Director General, Mr. Segun Oshinowo to the directive of the Federal Government to banks and others to halt the mass retrenchment of workers pending the outcome of a stakeholders’ meeting in the first week of July.

Five electricity generating companies have dragged National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, before a Federal High Court in Abuja over plans to review the current tariffs they are charging their customers.

Former general secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Barr. Musa Amadu who was at the centre of the election crisis that rocked the federation in 2014 yesterday broke his silence over the lingering crisis rocking the nation’s football for the past two years.

The Federal Government has been urged to avoid selective negotiation with groups in the Niger Delta if it was genuinely willing to end insurgency in the region.

ABIA State government has kicked off a free primary schools lunch programme aimed at giving the pupils free meal daily in all public primary schools.

Anambra State House of Assembly has backed out of the proposed Grazing Bill expected to be presented to the state House of Assembly for debate and approval.

The Seme Border Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS) said it is currently operating at 30 percent capacity due to dilapidated infrastructure and unwholesome practices.

Climate change is said to have inevitably become the defining issue in Akwa Ibom State on account of the state seriously facing various forms of environmental degradation attributable to its geographical location and other natural and human induced factors.

TUSSLE for the Muri Munene stool, the Paramount Ruler of the Efuts in Calabar, Cross River State has moved to the Supreme Court after one of the claimants to the throne, Muri Effiong Mbukpa, expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling of the Appeal Court sitting in Calabar on the protracted contest for the post.