Tomorrow’s election in Edo State is more than an election for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; it is a battle for political survival by the one time ruling party against the most resilient threat to it since it first berthed in the state in 1998. Not surprisingly, the party is deploying some of its most formidable captains in the battle to wrest the ship of state from the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), said yesterday that though the Boko Haram insurgency was on the verge of being nipped in the bud, effects of the magnitude of the human, economic and ecological problems created by it would remain with the North East for a long time.

YEAR to Date, YtD return on investment in the stock market has declined by 1. 5 per cent as the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE market capitalisation closed yesterday at N9.709 trillion from N9.85 trillion.

IN its quest to provide Nigerians with investment options to enhance their incomes, Eagle Global Markets, EGM has come up with Naira used global trading platform that puts off pressure on Foreign Exchange, FX and gives more value to the local currency.

UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced call for entries for the 2016 edition of its annual National Essay Competition.

Borussia Dortmund may well have seen an exodus of key players this summer but the wheel keeps on turning and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is as dangerous as ever ahead of Real Madrid’s trip to Germany.

Former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, yesterday, said he subjected himself to a drug and alcohol test to rebuff allegations that he was acting under influence in his recent actions.

National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal Government to reject the idea to sale the nation’s assets to bring the country out of recession.

Yenagoa—A section of the Onuebum Road leading to Otuoke, former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s home town in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has been taken over by flood.

As revenue dropped by 13.94 per cent, a corresponding (or near that) drop in cost would have made all the difference. But cost dropped by just 4.8 per cent.