The Federal Road Safety Corps has recommended a nationwide ban on commercial motorcycles popularly known as ‘Okada’ to reduce road accidents. The recommendation forms part of the October Road Traffic Crash Report 2016, submitted by the Corps Marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The report quotes Oyeyemi as saying that commercial motorcyclist remained …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has reaffirmed its commitment to making the commission’s systems and processes more transparent for sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. This was contained in a 21-point focus set out at the board’s inaugural meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State last Thursday as strategic to regional development. NDDC Chairman, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, stated that …

AS the stock market looks likely to end the first month of this year in negative territory, investment analysts at Afrinvest West Africa have posited that 2017 may end up another difficult year for equities if certain drivers of the negative 2016 performance are not addressed urgently. The analysts observed that market performance in 2016 indicated that although a combination …