THE total value of capital imported into Nigeria in the first quarter of 2017 (Q1’17) was estimated to be $908.27 million, according to a report released, yesterday, by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

It is not unlikely that Labour’s attractive promises which include extra spending on the National Health Service, higher social spending and abolition of tuition fees, may be buried in the fears and concerns that follow the Manchester attack

A businessman, Augustine Anyia, yesterday, told an Agege customary court that his wife, Nneka, asked for N5 million, a car, N100,000 monthly allowance as pay off; as he begged the court to dissolve his seven-year-old marriage due to lack of care, lesbianism and threat to his life.

Youth and Sports Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung has denied any knowledge of a contract worth N182m said to be awarded by the then Ministry of Youths on 27th Nov, 2013.

A team of inspectors from the Nigeria Football Federation has declared the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo ready for next month’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying cracker between Nigeria and South Africa.

PORT HAR-COURT— FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the Federal Government to implement the recommendations of his national conference conducted in 2014, stressing that it has the capacity to resolve several issues at the root of the problem plaguing the country.

Local government workers yesterday, vowed to ground government activities in Delta State if at the end of its ongoing statewide protest, government fails to settle over 12 months of unpaid salaries.

LAST week we dwelt on the use of insurance policy as security for loan. Towards the end of this long stretched discus on preparing security for bank loan we shall outline all the forms of security/ collateral in one list.

The Senate, yesterday, ordered the Inspector- General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, to, as a matter of urgency, arrest all criminal persons masquerading as herdsmen suspected in killings in communities, forests, and farmlands across the country.

THE Head of Netherlands Representation in Lagos/Deputy Head of Mission, Abuja, of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr. Michel Deelen, has said the acquisition of foreign education by Nigerians should be used to proffer solutions to the challenges facing the country.

Tunisian ref for Eagles/ Bafana Bafana clash

In the same vein, a significant proportion of middle level and senior level offices of the civil service are occupied by women who unquestionably qualified for these offices

NIGERIA has emerged one of the top five insurance markets in Africa, ranking fifth with overall market share of 85 percent of premiums in the continent.

GEEP which is designed for well over one million Nigerians has now registered 3,162,451 people who have shown interest

Leicester City star Ahmed Musa will join the Super Eagles training camp in Ajaccio today, same as Portugal-based midfielder Mikel Agu, who missed his flight to France yesterday.