Barely 24 hours after reports indicated the possibility of partial deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector, and days the country had a breather from scarcity, long queues have resurfaced at filling stations across the country, as most of them indulged in product hoarding ahead of the deregulation.

SENATOR Theodore Orji, representing Abia Central senatorial district has dismissed the position of Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, that kidnapping for ransom began in Abia State and alleged that it was Akpabio’s administration in Akwa Ibom that used kidnapping to silence political opponents.

THE jinx of not winning the title since its inception may be broken by Nigerian players at the 2016 ITTF Premier Lotto Nigeria Open.

BARRISTER Onyeka Nwebonyi, yesterday, emerged the as the new chairman of the state chapter of the PDP.

Consumers around the world used the six global electronic payment cards to make 227 billion purchases valued at $3.11 trillion in 2015.

APPARENTLY targeting a healthy public perception of Value Added Services, VAS, Wireless Application Services Providers of Nigeria, WASPAN, has concluded plans to invest more in educating mobile subscribers and help them to be better informed and become savvier in the use of their mobile phones. The organisation said it is also partnering with the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, to arrest the situation of unsolicited calls and messages through relevant solutions with a view to protecting and educating subscribers and customers.

Quite some confusion surrounds the “Panama Papers”, the information released by an international consortium of investigative journalists, as it concerns Nigerian public office holders and businessmen.

Enugu PDP stalwart, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, recently bared his mind on burning national issues especially on the bloody attacks by herdsmen in parts of the country.

ALTHOUGH data security, protection and modernization, among others, dominated discussion at the just concluded EMC World forum held in Las Vegas, the United States of America, major highlight at the forum was how the merger of EMC and Dell would unlock the future of cloud infrastructure in the Information Technology industry.

THE Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said Nigeria’s maritime sector is capable of taking over from oil sector as the country’s highest revenue earner.