EMINENT scholars drawn from universities within and outside the country have attributed the rising unemployment in Nigeria to the faulty educational system in Nigerian universities.

The Chief Executive Officer of Innoson Group of Companies, Chief Innocent Chukwuma has denied the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that he forged tax waiver documents.

Major palm oil producers in the country have urged the federal government not to yield to the request of some foreign companies operating in the country to import crude oil palm into the country under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS) as this will lead to dumping of palm oil in Nigeria.

ABUJA—Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, yesterday explained that the House intervened in the conflict between the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the suspended Director General of Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, Munir Gwarzo, to protect the integrity of the Capital Market.

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, yesterday announced the inauguration of a six member steering Board of the Corporate Governance Rating, System, CGRS  that will award certificates to companies and directors that meet its high standard of corporate governance.

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, said, yesterday, that Bishop of Enugu, Anglican Diocese, Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, is a member of a political party.

Long queues by motorists yesterday returned in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State, even as families go for  last minute shopping, business and personal transactions in preparation for Christmas and New Year travels.

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday, launched a local brand of Ofada rice tagged MITROS Rice, lamenting the continued importation of agricultural products.

ATTORNEY General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami yesterday said that he was yet to be briefed on why the Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma was arrested.

Patani Local Government Area continues to be a laughing stock everywhere and every time despite the key positions held at various times by its indigenes under the PDP-led administration in the state in the last 16 years, APC chairmanship candidate, Victor Sampson has lamented.

KIA Motors Nigeria, has recorded increased sales in 2017 with over 200 per cent year-on-year sales from 2016. The company said it is set to triple its sales in 2018 with a sustained comprehensive business strategy.

WARRI- Niger Delta militants have demanded the release of $1bilion  by the Federal Government from the Excess Crude  Account for the Niger Delta region to tackle development the same way it approved $1bn to fight insurgency in the North-East or they will begin massive destruction of oil pipelines and facilities.

FG raises alarm

ABUJA—The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday said the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country should be blamed on oil marketers, saying they were hoarding the product.