LAFARGE Africa Plc has disclosed plans to raise additional N140 billion from the capital market through a Rights Issue.

Football stakeholders in the country have heaped praises on the leadership of the Nigeria Women’s Football League over the successful conclusion of the first round of the league in the country last week. The league started March 26 with a curtain raiser in Akure, Ondo State and it has since been in the front burner.

Nigeria cannot survive in the long run as one nation-state if one section of the country has to provide the President in perpetuity

Three companies under the Obijackson Group, a wholly Nigerian business concern, made the inaugural edition of the London Stock Exchange, LSE, “Companies to Inspire Africa” list, a report from LSE stated.

THE technological breakthroughs of our twenty-first century have opened up vast opportunities for untold wealth. But they have also unleashed new risks for individuals, firms and nations. To all intents and purposes, the wars of the future will not be fought with armoured tanks, bomber aircraft and heavy artillery; rather, they will be fought in cyberspace – on gleaming computer screens.

In view of the present economic situation in the country, the President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Revd Samson Ayokunle, has said Nigeria required political and religious leaders who would be able to manage the endowments of the country to the benefit of the people.

Chairman and Unu-Amua of Ughoton community in Okpe Local Government, Delta State, Mr Andrew Agbi, yesterday hailed the emergence of a new Speaker of Delta State House for Assembly, Mr Sherrif Oborevwori, member representing Okpe state constituency.

Mr Valentine Ottis Opone, an environmentalist, has been conferred with a Fellowship by St Lious African University (SLAUB), Port Novo, Benin Republic.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till May 22, the suit seeking final forfeiture to the Federal Government, of the sum of $5.8 million belonging to a former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan.

SPEAKER of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr. Onofiok Luke, has stressed the importance of stepping up the synergy between legislators and media practitioners towards achieving the sustainable development agenda of the state government.

Bishop of Asaba Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt Rev. Justus Mogekwu, has warned Christians all over the world against compromising their faith in God.

Pan-Igbo socio-political association, Igboekulie, has commended the decision by governors of the South east to institute a commission on economic integration for the zone.

Secretary to the Edo State Government, Mr. Osarodion Ogie, has assured the people of the state of better things to come, saying that the Godwin Obaseki-led administration in the last six months, has already laid the template for sustainable development.

Two Nigerians accused of selling hard drugs to students in South Africa were thoroughly beaten by a mob.

A four-year-old girl, Kamsi Uzor, died in an auto crash that also claimed the lives of her parents Paul and Ogochukwu Uzor.