ABUJA—DEPUTY Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday opened up on the siege to his Abuja residence by men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and security agencies,  Tuesday, saying  he was seriously afraid of the nation’s democracy.

Debt Management Office, DMO, yesterday warned that Nigeria’s high debt service to revenue ratio, which deteriorated in 2016, could trigger a debt crisis.

DEPUTY Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday opened up on the siege to his Abuja residence by men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and security agencies,  Tuesday, saying  he was seriously afraid of the nation’s democracy.

THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has said that it is committed to developing policies for instituting a sustainable growth trajectory, capable of positioning maritime as a veritable alternative revenue stream in the face of declining revenues from Oil and Gas.

The Federal Government has been charged to urgently increase investment in technology to improve digital penetration as well as the Nigerian economy.

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), yesterday, dissociated the Organised Private Sector (OPS) from the call by the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) for the federal government to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).

EDO State chapter of  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has congratulated  senators and members of the House of Representatives who yesterday defected to the party, saying that their defection marks the beginning of the end of tyranny and slide to dictatorship of the All Progressives Congress, APC Federal  Government.

Bride price varies and it is collected according to each family traditions and customs

YENAGOA—BAYELSA State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructures, Mr. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has enumerated some of the comparative advantages of the state Cargo International Airport to include ease in exportation of goods and services and creation of massive job opportunities for the teeming unemployed population of the state.

Nigerian quarter-miler, Orukpe Eriyokan has vowed to salvage a medal in the highly competitive 400m event at the African Athletics Championships, billed to start August 1-5 in Asaba, Delta State.