I thought we could use the Society not only for career interests in terms of intake into the institutions but also in terms of career progression

—MEMBERS of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ahoada East Local Government Area, Rivers State, have passed a vote of confidence on the leader of the party in the area, the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Prince Chibudom Nwuche, for what they described as his effective and purposeful leadership.

Bayelsa State governor and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Reconciliation Committee, Seriake Dickson, has called on key actors in the party to sheathe their swords and embrace peace to move the party forward.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday, announced that he had reconciled with former governor, Gabriel Suswam, following the intervention of traditional rulers in the state and elder statesman, Wanteregh Paul Iorpuu Unongo.

THE French pharmaceutical multinational firm, Biogaran, has acquired Nigeria’s leading drug maker, Swiss Pharma Nig Ltd (commonly referred to as Swipha).

The Ministry of Finance is in the process of releasing about N522 billion second tranche of the Paris Club Refund to states amid controversies over the terms for the releases.

The Police yesterday arraigned a lady, Stephanie Otobo, 23, who claimed to have had affair with Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the President and founder of Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide before a Tinubu Magistrate’s court Lagos, over alleged intent to steal, and blackmail.

THE Small and MediumEn-terprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has unveiled a Credit Information Portal to facilitate easier access to funding by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector in Nigeria. Director-General of SMEDAN, Dr. Dikko Radda, disclosed this at a workshop on Enterprise Development Solutions Initiative (EDSI), yesterday, in Lagos.

Some politicians in Lagos have called on the Federal Government to look for another person to manage the affairs of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The saying that “A library is lost when an African elder dies” is partly true in the death of Professor Benedict Ebele Obumselu in the early hours of Saturday March 4, 2017. At 86, Obumselu was an Afric

Keystone Bank Limited, the last amongst the batch of banks acquired by Central Bank of Nigeria, under the leadership of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in 2009 has finally been sold off, after nearly eight years of legal tussles with the original owners under the brand name, Bank PHB.

THE embattled Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Jumoke Akindele and five other principal officers yesterday resigned paving the way for a quick resolution of the over two-month leadership crisis in the hallowed chamber.

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, Monrday, declared that the only way development can get to the grassroot, is for the third tier of government to have total autonomy.

The decapitated body of a man was, Monday morning, found at a refuse dump on Maituta Road in Sokoto metropolis, wrapped in a sack.