Yenagoa—President of Ijaw Youth Council , IYC,  Mr. Oweilaemi Pereotubo, has said it will be historic in the creeks of Niger Delta for the take-off of academic activities at Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State in October 2017.

If your child were to suffer from some potentially life-threatening situations, would you know how to save his or her life? Or will you just watch helplessly? Seeing your child in an emergency can be indeed horrifying but feeling helpless can be worse. Below are first aid tips that could save the day.

THE Bank of Industry (BoI) has disbursed loan in excess of N47billion to support entrepreneurs in Kaduna State in the micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, category, Managing Director of the bank, Mr. Olukayode Pitan, has said. Pitan, who disclosed this at a meeting with the Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, added that the loan facility engendered over 84,500 direct and indirect jobs.

lagos—THE immediate past Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management), University of Lagos, UNILAG, Professor Duro Oni has said that the need to assist researchers and scholars informed his decision to write the book entitled: Striking Expressions.

UNION Bank Nigeria Plc’s N50 billion Rights Issue opened for subscription, yesterday, just as Forte Oil Plc has put on hold its proposed N20 billion capital raising after receiving the approval of Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC.

IN continuation with this series on Bank of Industry, BoI, we continue listing some basic pre-requisites for businesses wishing to get loan from the BoI, one of which is the collateral requirements.

DANGOTE Sugar Refinery Plc has given insights into why the company is not manufacturing cube sugar despite having invested over N400 billion in backward integration projects in the sugar sector.

Pursuant to the crisis breeding in the South East between the Nigerian Army and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday took a hard stand against the Ndigbo, accusing them of playing the worst politics in Nigeria, adding that the Hausa and Yoruba don’t need the Igbo to win elections in Nigeria.

THE Director of Sunnydale School, Ikeja, Mrs. Folake Osisanya has said that one-on-one approach system is key to learning in elementary schools. Osisanya, who spoke in Lagos during during a press briefing to announce activities to mark the the school’s 20th anniversary said a child is not taught in abstract terms to make learning permanent but one on one learning system.

THE just concluded National Delegates Conference, NDC, of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, NUBIFIE, in Lagos, provided members the opportunity to examine the leadership instability that has plagued it and find a way forward. It was generally agreed by most speakers at the opening ceremony of the conference that NUBIFIE needed stability to remain relevant and serve its members better.

VICE President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said the Executive Order he recently signed to facilitate the ease of doing business in Nigeria has started generating positive results on the development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

A NATION cannot be defined by what it buys and borrows from other countries. It should be defined by how it benefits its own people. It should be defined by its impact on the countries and world around them. Instead, Nigeria is being defined by the world’s impact on it. This impact comes in the form of imports. Today, Nigeria is in a state of trade deficit.

ASABA—DELTA State Government has vowed to blacklist and persecute any contracting firm whose project does not stand the test of time.

SCIENCE teachers and students in public and private schools have been programmed to earn income in the course of teaching and learning through participation in Science Teachers’ Game.

ALL Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Anambra State, Dr. Tony Nwoye, has applauded youths in the state for their strong support for his candidacy saying that he would reward their encouragement with policies that will empower them.