Amidst continued pressures across all segments of the economy in the first month of 2016, more economists’ projections have pointed to a challenging policy environment in the year. Giving a glimpse of hope and positive sentiment economists at Afrinvest Group, a Lagos based investment house, said growth rate of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, would be moderately up to 3.5 per cent in 2016, from average 3.05 achieved in the first nine months of 2015 and forecast 3.0 per cent for the full year.

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday described Pa Pius Ngige, the late patriarch of Ngige families “a good man who left good legacies and inheritance for his children”.

NIGERIA Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has expressed serious concern over the recent directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to all Deposit Money Banks, DMB, to commence charging N50 per eligible transaction in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Duties Act and Federal Government Financial Regulations (2009). The umbrella body for employers in the country in a statement while calling for immediate reversal of the directive, warned that if allowed to stay would not only worsen the poverty level in the country, it would also, increase the burden on firms in the country.

Mikel and his Chelsea team mates celebrated their victory over Arsenal at the Emirate.

The Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Sunday, urged the Nigerian government to discourage Nigerians from embarking on medical tourism with the excuse of travelling to treat ailments that can effectively be handled by hospitals in the country.