The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, Rivers State, during its 2016 End of Year Events, Christmas Carol and Award Day presented a recognition award to Tagbas Technical Nig. Limited, a company owned and operated by the Chairman, Oghara Clan Union, Port Harcourt Branch, Mr. Friday Tagbajumi.

SIX years after the inception of the Presidential Amnesty Program, ex-militants on the aegis of Justice Group, have decried their alleged non-inclusion in the programme.

OPERATORS in the nation’s MSMEs sector says tough conditions have barred majority of them from being able to access Central Bank of Nigeria’s N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund ( MSMEDF).

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has been described as a divine king, whose constant quest for peace and stability in his domain has led to impressive development and growth in the kingdom.

DELTA State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, charged construction firms working for the state government to increase the pace of work on projects awarded to them so as to meet the time schedule.

MONDAY night’s nomination show was full of surprises as actor Bassey, Bisola, CocoIce, Debie-Rise and Gifty were announced as the housemates that are up for possible eviction.

AS the National Assembly engages Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, in the on-going defence of 2017 Appropriation Bill, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said yesterday the National Assembly would emphasise why they should patronize locally-produced goods during implementation of the budget.

EDO State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin has overruled the objections of counsel to the respondents, namely, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Godwin Obaseki and All Progressives Congress, APC, to stop a witness subpoeaned by the tribunal from testifying before it, saying, “Subpoenaed witnesses are competent witnesses, especially when the respondents are put on notice.”

Several years after the clean up of the toxic waste dumped on the riverine town of Agbere, in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company NAOC, indigenes of the community are yet to overcome the negative effect on their environment.

Ebonyi State government yesterday said it was targeting a total of 557,000 children, 139,000 pregnant women and 613, 000 women of child bearing age for the state’s immunization exercise.

The Anambra State House of Assembly committee on transport has summoned the Senior Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Internally Generated Revenue, Mr Melie Onyejepu over discrepancies in the revenue generation in the state.

THE Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) is a N25 billion Fund established by the state government to power SME and improve the skills of entrepreneurs, with a view to helping Lagos residents create a thriving SME economy.

There is growing tension in Amankanu community, Nkanu East local government, following the conduct of election for the traditional stool of the community.

A former Minister of State for Finance, Mrs Nenadi Usman, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to permit her to travel abroad to receive treatment for breast cancer.

THE Senate, yesterday, reiterated its concern over the N500 billion spent on medical treatment abroad annually and promised to allocate at least 15 percent of 2017 budget, which comes to N1.1 trillion, to the health sector in line with African Union Abuja Declaration of 2001.