SENIOR Special Assistant to Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Political Matters, Mr. Matthew Opuoru, has said that the governor’s achievements in the first two years of his administration and his laid out development plan for the people of Delta State in the years ahead, “indicate that he is on the way to becoming one of the best governors in Nigeria.”

THE Nigerian Army has promised a thorough investigation of allegation of misconduct involving its personnel and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, in some Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camps in the North East.

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN has appointed former Deputy Governor of Osun State and two-term Senator, Iyiola Omisore, as a resource person in the accreditation visitation team to the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State.

THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has thrown its weight behind the proposed export processing facility to be sited at Ijora in Lagos.

National Forum of Heads of Federal Government Establishments in Nigeria (NAFOHEADS) launched in 2013 to foster cooperation between government institutions has appreciated past members for their contribution to the forum.

Nigeria’s excess crude oil revenue has dropped by five per cent as oil prices fell to $49.26 per barrel yesterday, posing fresh threat to implementation of the yet unsigned 2017 budget and the exchange rate of the naira.

THE Federal Government has deployed 44 career- ambassadors-designate to their respective countries for accreditation, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Olusola Enikaolaye, has said.

Mobile phone operator, Etisalat Nigeria, has confirmed it was still in discussion with its banking consortium regarding existing obligations under the syndicated loan agreement signed in 2013.

As the stock rally enters seventh week, there were indications that Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, has recorded a $1.1 billion (about N341 billion) increase in fortune over the last six days.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it would not join issues with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over his alleged double voter registration, even as it disclosed that it would tomorrow disclose the names of newly registered political parties.

ECONOMIC experts at the National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable, NASSBER, yesterday raised alarm that Nigeria might not get out of the presence economic recession with the present inflation rate.

A group, Like Minds, has hailed Dr. Alex Obiogbolu’s declaration to run for the governorship position on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the fothcoming governorship election in Anambra State.

The Federal Government, yesterday, pleaded with the government of Indonesia to commute the death penalty passed on Nigerians in the country’s prison to life imprisonment.

Zenith Bank Plc has issued a five-year senior unsecured benchmark bond of $500 million on the Irish Stock Exchange, which recorded oversubscription of more than 300 per cent.