The Nigerian Army, yesterday, temporarily closed the only safe highway connecting Maiduguri in Borno State and Damaturu, Yobe State, following a siege laid to the road by Boko Haram insurgents.

THE Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, said that the country will not have a viable derivatives market without building the capacity of regulators and stakeholders.

Politicians have been urged to stop any plot to foment crisis in Urhobo area of Delta State during the general election.

Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, reacted to the purported endorsement of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by Chief Joe Arausi and Mr. Abikelegba Odhegolo on behalf of the party in Isoko nation, describing it as an “endorsement by two friends.”

CROSS River Signage and Advertisement Agency, has decried the continued posting of billboards and paper bills in the state by politicians without following due guidelines, insisting that such  boards deface the beauty of the state and would no longer be tolerated.

THE Head of Department, Department of Family Medicine, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Dr Osahon Enabulele has urged staff of the department to be professional and committed in the discharge of their duties.

COALITION of Urhobo Youths Organisation, CUYO and Urhobo United Movement, UUM, have asked Olorogun Moses Taiga and Chief Joe Omene to step down as Presidents General of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, saying the factional leadership of the Urhobo apex socio-cultural organisation was creating a cog in the wheel of progress of Urhobo nation.

ABUJA–SIXTEEN additional institutions in the country were enlisted by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund,to benefit its foreign scholarship programme in 2018

THE long awaited transition of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) to a university is at advanced stage and will soon be implemented according to the decision recently reached during the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting in Abuja, which approved a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system.

The federal government will borrow N823 billion from the domestic economy in the first quarter of the year (Q1’19) through treasury bills to be issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The Naira, yesterday, appreciated to N359 per dollar in the parallel market.

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced new offer for its DStv and GOtv customers tagged Step Up.

Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC), and UNESCO consultant, Professor Peter Okebukola has said that the dividend of the ASUU strike will be huge in the universities.

Rights activist, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has cautioned Nigerians against being deceived by politicians, warning that the price of electing the wrong people in 2019 could be disastrous for the country.

The Retail Roundtable, a body made up of business owner, senior managers in retail supporting organisation and  retail industry stalwarts is set to organise  The Nigeria Retail Business Outlook 2019 with the theme,  “Building the Appetite for Sustainable Growth” to discuss key issues that would shape the growth and development of  retail business in 2019 and beyond.