SIX accused persons were convicted for acts of sabotage ranging from illegal installation of pre-paid meter and vandalisation of various distribution substations belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).

THE Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, (CIS) has concluded arrangement to commence a new certification policy that would enable aspiring stockbrokers to specialize in a particular branch of trading.

WHILE many Nigerians are complaining of the irregular electricity supply that has characterized the power sector, some landlords at Abule-Egba, a suburb of Lagos, are faced with additional trouble – the re-routing of high tension wires over their properties by Ikeja Electric, IE.

FIRST Securities Discount House (FSDH) Merchant Bank Limited said that the outlook of inflation rate in Nigeria is dependent on what happens to electricity tariff and price of the Petroleum Motor Sprit (PMS).

OIL and gas companies that default in the deduction and remittance of one percent of the value of contracts they executed in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry will henceforth be disqualified from participating in tenders for new contracts.

THE Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, yesterday, threw his weight behind popular resistance to estimated electricity bills not conforming to services delivered by the Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs.

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to pursue a new vision of hope and development in the Niger Delta region.

ABUJA: Notwithstanding the leadership crisis currently rocking the soul of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, the company has earmarked 11 outstanding critical projects for completion in the 2017 fiscal year.

ANYONE familiar with good old Okere-Ugborikoko Road, Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, cannot help but wonder why one of Warri’s busiest roads, right in the heart of the fast fading oil city, is left by relevant stakeholders to collapse into the piteous mess it has become.

CITIZENS Wealth Platform, CWP, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSO, has identified frivolous, inappropriate, unclear and wasteful expenditures to the tune of N576.275 million, in the 2017 budget estimates of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till March 6 for further hearing in a suit by former first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Claudio Ranieri admits he may be too loyal to the likes of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, but says he is the right man for Leicester City.

DUE to the shortfall in income, Akwa Ibom State only realised 37 percent of what it projected to earn from a combination of the state’s statutory allocation, Internally Generated Revenue and derivation for the 2016 fiscal year.

Thirty-two lucky customers of Skye Bank Plc, across different business locations of the bank, have emerged winners in the ongoing Western Union campaign.

UNEASY calm has enveloped Ekpene Efio Eyo community, Eyo Edem clan, Ikot Nakanda, Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River State, following a fierce battle for the town’s stool, which has resulted in bloody attacks, desecration of the land by armed gangsters and desertion of the village by residents.