BAYELSA State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, has called on the people of Biogbolo community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state to sheathe their swords and maintain a cordial relationship with their Igbo tenants.

MIKE Etaba, the member representing Obubra/Etung federal constituency, Cross River State, in the House of Representatives, was held hostage for several hours, weekend, at the outskirts of Ababene community in Obubra Local Government Area of the state when he led a delegation of the state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, on a peace mission to the area.

Nigerians that require second opinion about their medical conditions and diagnosis after consulting with their primary care doctors or specialists, can now obtain complete medical advice from some of the world’s best specialists, courtesy of a programme known as Medical Second Opinion.

The Federal Government and the Birmingham City University, United Kingdom are in partnership to provide healthcare package and safety net for the aged in the country.

STATISTICS have a deft way of creating one impression or the other, sometimes for good, and at other unwelcome times, for bad. The latest Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Quarterly Review shows Nigeria’s debt profile and indicates a drastic drop in the revenue profile of most states of the federation. In the South-South zone, the report ominously avers that the debt profile of the state governments is on the increase, consisting of domestic and external debts between December 2015 and June 30th, 2016.

In a bid to eliminate some bottlenecks in the nation’s capital market, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has commenced moves to ensure that the process of issuing new shares is completed within three to four weeks and at less cost to the issuers.

You know that secretariat of the company, may be the company secretary or the legal adviser must have advised the company on what should be done to make sure they act within the rules and regulations and most importantly, ensure that they act within the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA. So, if they want to pass a resolution and they need shareholders to vote or they want to use a poll, of course, that poll is conducted by the registrar of the company and it will follow the rule.

BETWEEN January 1966 and September 1999, the military politicians who ruled Nigeria for close to 30 years – from Aguiyi Ironsi to Abdusalami Abubakar – introduced unitary features that were inspired by their military culture but were inconsistent with the features of the negotiated federal system introduced in 1954.

Ecobank Nigeria has been commended for its unflinching and consistent support to the development of sports in the country. Speaking at this year’s Okpekpe International Road Race at the weekend, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki said Ecobank’s constant support to the road race for several years was quite commendable, stating that the event has put the state in global map.

It was the gathering of who is who in the country football at the final of this year’s edition of the Delta State Principal’s Cup sponsored by Zenith Bank came to an end in Ozoro, Delta State at the weekend.