My message to everyone who lost in the election is that there is room for all of us to contribute in building the NBA;
the association doesn’t belong to only Paul, it belongs to all of us and we should subsume our own personal interests to build the NBA

Vanguard Media Limited on Tuesday, at the Civic Centre in Lagos, hosted the inaugural edition of the Vanguard Economic Forum series on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Various speakers at the event made presentations on the theme, “The impact of Technology Adoption for MSMEs in a changing Tax Policy and Regulatory Environment”. Excerpt:

SENATORIAL aspirant for Enugu North senatorial zone, Mr. Chinedu Eya, has called on the leadership of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  to grant  him waiver, as well as other Nigerian youth  aspiring to contest elections under the umbrella of the party, as the party commences sale of Expression of Interests and Nominations Forms for the 2019 general elections.

For Chief Mrs. Betty Abiola Are, the outgoing Principal of Queens College, Yaba, one of Nigeria’s pioneer schools for girls, her 60th birthday celebration was a time of reflection and total appreciation to God for giving her the grace to turn the school around for good in all ramifications after the outbreak of diarrhoea epidemic.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday said that the Federal Government is repositioning the Nigerian maritime sector to take a leading position as alternative source of revenue in growing the economy in with its economic diversification programme.

THE Bank of Industry (BoI) has so far disbursed N15 billion loans to about 400,000 micro-enterprises under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program (GEEP) of the federal government.

OVER 3,500 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State have dumped the party for the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA.

Hundreds of workers of Cleaner Lagos, the government agency that undertakes the cleaning of Lagos streets, staged a protest to the office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the state recently.

EBI Yeibo, the committed and award-winning poet from Niger-Delta whose biological roots enjoy solid spread both in Bayelsa and Delta states, has through his iron wood-made poetic craft, cumulatively given us his experiences and stance on topical national issues in his third collection of 30 poems titled: The Forbidden Tongue. 

British Prime Minister, Theresa May has said she was in Nigeria to bring jobs and enhance treading links between Nigeria and Britain.

A House of Representatives aspirant for Etsako Federal Constituency, Chief Julius Abuda, has denied rumour that the current members of the House of Representatives from the state would get automatic return tickets, insisting that candidates would emerge through due process.

RESIDENTS of Polaku community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have lamented what they described as the adverse environmental impact of the gas flare from the nearby gas gathering plant on the people.

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) plans to give her athletes adequate preparation ahead of upcoming championships, president of the body, Hon. Daniel Igali has disclosed.

A chieftain of All Progressives  Congress, APC, in Edo State and former  Commissioner in Adams Oshiomhole’s government, Mr  Ken Ihensekhien, has disassociated himself from the attack on  Governor Godwin Obaseki in Edo Central senatorial district by youths of the area.

A major highpoint of the 2018 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, would be the exchange of leadership baton between the outgoing President of the legal body, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, and his successor, Mr. Paul Usoro, SAN.