The Friday fire incident at Old Panteka Market, Tudun Wada, Kaduna, consumed about 700 shops and affected the jobs of about 30,000 youths, the Chairman of the Market, Suleiman Shehu, has said.

The Minister of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Usman, has called on stakeholders to collaborate with government in efforts to restore the integrity of the country’s forestry sector and protect wildlife resources.

The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) chieftain, Gen. Buba Marwa, on Tuesday, said so far, there was no better presidential candidate for the 2019 presidential election in the APC than President Muhammadu Buhari.

 Six staff of the College of Health  Technology in  Ijero-Ekiti were on Tuesday arraigned in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over the theft of  N1.17 million as well as  N500,000  scratch cards  belonging to the institution.

The National Coordinator APGA Media Warriors Forum, Evang Chinedu Obigwe, Tuesday advised the former governor of Anambra state Mr. Peter Obi to maintain a dignified silence, noting that an attempt by his media aide, Valentine Obienyem to embellish already known political falsehood would yield no positive result in Nigeria political sphere.

Transcorp Hilton Abuja,  has emerged the winner of two 2017 World Luxury Hotel Awards in the Best Luxury Contemporary Hotel (Nigeria) and Best Luxury City Hotel (West & Central Africa) categories. The five-star hotel was honoured with the prestigious award at a Gala Ceremony hosted by the historical Kulm Hotel St. Moritz in Switzerland last weekend. 

Despite recent improvements in crude oil trade at the International market, Nigeria, Angola, Iraq and other OPEC countries, recorded a fall in oil output by 300,000 barrels per day, bpd, in November.

Access Bank Plc, yesterday, announced its intention to upstage Zenith Bank and First Bank in the Tier-1 banks’ ranking to become the nation’s number one bank.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has urged local manufacturers to improve product quality and packaging, as well as engage Information and Communication Technology (ICT), to enable them to compete favorably in the global market.

A Nyanya Customary Court in Abuja on Tuesday dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between a clergy man, Peter John, and his wife, Lucia, over the latter’s temperament.