A MAJOR crisis has erupted in the ancient Nri Kingdom in Anambra State, regarded as the ancestral homeland of the Igbo and the custodian of the Igbo culture and tradition, with the traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Obidiegwu Onyesoh, announcing the sacking of the 12-member royal cabinet, following what had been described as irreconcilable differences between them.

AS the stock market looks likely to end the first month of this year in negative territory, investment analysts at Afrinvest West Africa have posited that 2017 may end up another difficult year for equities if certain drivers of the negative 2016 performance are not addressed urgently.

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has rejected the proposed plan by the House of Representatives to amend the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Act, describing the proposed amendment as unnecessary and detrimental to Nigeria.

To a large extent, yes. The market has been very volatile in the last few years and this has impacted individual domestic investors negatively. However, the volatility in the market did create a lot of opportunities for mutual fund managers as they relied on proper detailed research to make investment decisions, thereby assisting their funds to beat the market.

DETECTIVES weekend quizzed some members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, the pay master and the clerk over the crisis that led to the purported sack of the Speaker Jumoke Akindele and other principal officers over an alleged N15 million fraud.