A micro entrepreneur under the aegis of Association of Micro Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AMEN) has called for help and government intervention as a result of scarcity of raw materials for production occasioned by scarcity in forex.

I HAVE a soft spot for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, mainly because I was present at its birth. Nigeria had transited from long years of unaccountable military regimes that made little distinction between the national purse and private pockets.

Mr. Godwin Obaseki has been urged to minimise wastage in government when he takes over as governor of the state.

ABA—A warden attached to the Traffic and Indiscipline Management Agency of Abia State, TIMAAS, identified as Chukwuemeka Nwosu, has been admitted at the Seventh Day Adventist, SDA, Hospital, Aba, after he was attacked by a motorist.

For most Nigerians that have served the government or being into civil service for donkey years it is almost impossible that they save enough to own a piece of land talk-less having money to build their own houses. Therefore, many Nigerians do require one form of assistance or the other to become landlords.

As the federal government mulls its new war strategy code named ‘Crocodile Smile’, a member of Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria COREN, Misbau Opeyemi Aminu, an engineer, has stated that lack of meaningful development/dearth of infrastructure in the Niger Delta Region has remained a major issue to be tackled by the federal government.

Amid increasing glut in the Nigeria’s property market as a result of the economic recession currently facing the country, the Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto Construction Limited, a Lagos-based real estate development company, Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele, has revealed that the surge in the number of empty apartments in Ikoyi, Lagos, is due to over pricing.

The Chief Priest of Iwelle Ogidi Shrine in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chief Felix Obika, has threatened to invoke 39 Oracles against anybody that will oppose the election of the new traditional ruler of Ogidi, Chief Alex Onyido.

-Ekiti—Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and his Osun State counterpart, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola have expressed divergent views on the proposed sale of the nation’s assets to resuscitate the economy.

THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the Federal Government of sidelining the Nigerian Police Force and using the Department of State Services DSS, to convict its leader and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu.

The Chairman, Alpha African Advisory, AAA, Mr. Mustapha Chike-Obi and President, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, CIS, Mr. Oluwaseyi Abe have stated that the Federal Government can borrow money to finance the much needed infrastructure that will enhance production and create job opportunities.

ABUJA—SENATE Leader, Ali Ndume, has explained that non-adherence to constitutional order caused the opposition of the upper legislative chamber to sales of the nation’s assets.

ABUJA—INDICATIONS emerged, yesterday, that members of the House of Representatives indicted in a sex scandal in the United States may be cleared of the allegations.

Boff & Company Insurance Brokers Limited has said that it will donate an Information and Communication Technology room to Ibadan Boys High School to mark its 25th Anniversary to enable students of the school be computer literate from a young age.

Latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, shows that the country’s external reserve has lost a total of USD5.5 billion this year, up to last weekend, with September figures showing a third quarter loss of USD1.9 billion, significantly higher than USD1.5 billion lost in the preceding quarter (second quarter 2016), despitee higher exchange rates.