PROVIDED that any gift or donation to a public officer on any public or ceremonial occasion shall be treated as a gift to the appropriate institution represented by the public officer, and accordingly, the mere acceptance or receipt of any such gift shall not be treated as a contravention of this provision.

A tripartite agreement initiated by Dangote Rice Limited to create jobs for 16,000 outgrower rice farmers in Sokoto was signed yesterday, with a pledge by parties to ensure the success of the scheme to make the country self-sufficient in rice cultivation.

In a bid to consolidate its foray into the European markets, Wakanow, Africa’s fast-rising tourism giant and Nigeria’s No.1 online travel company has announced plans to formally launch commercial operations in the United Kingdom, as part of her global expansion moves.

THE American government has donated about $160,000 to the Federal government to help reactivate the country’s neglected social institution, including halls of fame, museums and archival centres.

GLOBAL rating agency, Fitch, Wednesday, revised Bank of Industry’s (BOI) Outlook to Negative from Stable, due to the health of the country’s economy. Fitch, however, reaffirmed the bank’s National long-term rating at AA+, as well as its Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B+’

A gang of suspected thugs, believed to be acting out the script of Imo State Government, on Tuesday, disrupted the scheduled meeting of pensioners at the Imo International Conference Centre, IICC, Owerri.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday, commenced a review of the Mobile Voice Termination Rate in the telecom sector.

THE Speaker of Katsina State House of Assembly, Alhaji Aliyu Muduru, was, yesterday, impeached from office by members of the assembly during plenary session.

A FORMER member of House of Representatives for Anambra East and West Federal Constituency, Chief Ralph Okeke, said, yesterday, that the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, would have joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, to ensure national integration, if he was still alive.

THIS year’s annual Igbo festival expected to be performed at Nri, the acclaimed ancestral homeland of the Igbo, by the traditional ruler of the town, Eze Obidiegwu Onyesoh, on February 18, 2017, has run into a hitch as members of the Igwe-in-Council, yesterday, announced the postponement of the festival without the approval of the Igwe, following a crisis that has rocked the community