ADO-EKITI—THE Ekiti State governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said yesterday, that Governor Ayodele Fayose was free to attend his inauguration slated for October 16, 2018, if he wishes.

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo has called on the people of the Niger Delta to shun unnecessary criticisms and work for the success of the Amnesty Programmes.

Abuja—In a deadly battle, yesterday, between Boko Haram terrorists and troops prosecuting war against insurgency, seven soldiers were killed and 16 others wounded, while preventing the terrorists from taking Matele in northern Borno, as the troops killed 76 terrorists.

We have come to the second section of this discussion on Wema Bank’s SME-focused credit facility. As a catch up on what was discussed in the first section which came in four parts, the key information was that the bank has special offers or services for small businesses.

The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) and Footprint to Africa  stated that they are set to advance economic cooperation between Nigeria and the United States through promotion of business and services that improve trade relations and prosperity of both nations.

Twenty Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have received N6million boost from Life Continental Lager Beer development initiative tagged, Life Progress Booster.

FINALLY, when the skies fell on Skye Bank there was hardly a whimper of surprise. Most stakeholders in the banking industry had seen it coming for long. If there is any surprise at all, it is the length of time it had taken the regulators to wield the big axe on the sick bank.

THE announcement by the Federal Government that it has raised $177 million for Ogoni cleanup was yesterday greeted with distrust among stakeholders in the Niger Delta.

former Kano State governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has defended All Progressives Congress, APC’s automa-tic tickets for candidates, as long as it complies with electoral laws.

West African Examinations Council,WAEC, has lamented the rate of examination malpractice among students, vowing to publish names of  erring students,supervisors and schools  as well as  sanction them.According to the Head of Public Affairs WAEC, Demianus Ojijeogu, the decision to publish names of  culprits  was  part of resolutions of  the 66th Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC)  at Ogba, Lagos. “Candidates, invigilators and supervisors caught aiding and abetting examination malpractice will be sanctioned  as WAEC, ANCOPSS and  states Ministries of Education will publish their names to serve as a deterrents to others”, he said.