The immediate past Director-General of National Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. Emeka Mba; Managing Director, Technology Advisor, Mr. Basil Udotai, and four companies allegedly accused of diverting money meant for digital television broadcasting, have denied the allegations levelled against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspected cultists believed to be terrorising Oke-Oko and Igborufu communities in Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.

JACOB Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of South Africa came visiting Nigeria last week, bearing messages of hope and African renaissance. The Zuma story is one that teaches Nigeria how to handle its citizens and the fact that human beings if given the opportunity, can excel. Zuma was five when his father died, and his poor mother, a domestic worker found it difficult to feed him. He did not go to school, and by fifteen was working; he was essentially a herd boy in the mountains of Nkandla, South Africa where he looked after the cattle and livestock of families in the area.

With more than two weeks to the end of the first quarter, Q1, 2016, economy analysts are indicating that growth rate would dip further, barely one week after the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, had reeled out last quarter indicator showing gross domestic products, GDP, at 17-year low.

Despite promises to end the lingering fuel scarcity, particularly Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also called petrol, and with increased product loading activities, Nigerians still queue for long hours to get the scarce commodity.

The race for political supremacy in Rivers State enters its final stretch this week as the two major political parties, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC, get set for this weekend’s elections for 36 National Assembly and state constituencies.

The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has said that the heavy financial burden placed on dependants of the building collapse in Lekki would have been mitigated if the contractors had done the needful by insuring the building.

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined other Nigerians to mourn Senator Felix Ibru, the first governor of Delta State, who died weekend.
In a condolence message on behalf of the Federal Government, Buhari extended his condolences to the Ibru family and Urhobo nation.

MasterCard will in this year’s Start Path Global 2016 programme engage best startups from Africa and Middle East.

lagos—The International Civil Aviation Organisation , ICAO, is to begin Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme, USOAP, of Nigeria aviation sector today following the arrival of a four-man team from the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, to Nigeria.

LAGOS—FEW days after the suspension of industrial action against Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja DISCO, the management of the company has queried some staff for their participation in the labour action.

Youngster Victor Osimhen has said he hopes to beat Brazil Olympic team in a friendly later this month.

The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA), has called on the Federal Government to establish a Mining Development Bank that will provide the required support to nurture and grow the mining industry in all its ramifications.

ALL construction works in the country have been stalled following indefinite strike by workers in the sector, on the platform of National Union of Civil Engineering, Construction Furniture and Wood Workers, NUCECFWW.

The three tiers of government have been advised to adopt policy marketing as route to engendering its achievements in the heart of the populace.