The Minister of Communications and Technology, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, yesterday suspended the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mr. Peter jack, over allegations of illegal employments and procurement carried out in direct contraventions of laid down rules and procedure unknown to civil service administration in Nigeria.

The Acting Post Master General of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, Mr. Enoch Ogun said NIPOST intercepted more than 500 items worth over N83.2 billion in 2015.

Benue State government and a private investor, Aerotropolis Development Company Ltd, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, for the establishment of a cargo airport in Makurdi, the state capital, at the cost of N37.898 billion.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has remanded an alleged fake codeine cough syrup producer, Mr. Kenneth Chiokwe, in prison custody following his arraignment by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC.

SKYE Bank Plc has concluded plans to raise fresh capital during the first quarter of 2016 to beef up its capital base and improve its working capital.

The spokesperson to the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme Office for Niger Delta former militants, Mr Owei Lakemfa, has said that there was no need for anybody to protest over non-payment of stipends to the ex militants, as the payment was in progress.

The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, has called on the education community to invest in early child education as it is a cornerstone to national development.

THE Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development, has called on the education community to invest in early child education as it is a cornerstone to national development.

FOR another four years, the ties between the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and Greensprings School will continue following the successful signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the Olympic Value Education in Nigeria.

THE Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, has condemned the scrapping of the Nigerian Maritime University project in Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State.

As the pressure on federal revenue mounts following steady decline in oil revenue, the Federal Government would be resorting to a Sukuk Bond for funding the widening budget deficit.

ABUJA— FOR the second day running, there were more knocks on the 2016 budget from many senators, who said the proposal needed to be rejigged to make it feasible.

FEDERAL tertiary institutions will henceforth be given priority in terms of infrastructural and staff development in tandem with President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to reposition the education sector for better productivity.

Eighty-two of the state and federal level contests conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the 2015 general election have been quashed by the courts, the commission has disclosed.

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. James Ocholi, yesterday, said Nigeria lacks comprehensive data of employed and unemployed youths.