Enugu Speaker’s mother kidnapped
By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE aged mother of the Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr. Eugene Odoh, was abducted by a gang of kidnappers from their Ukehe home in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of the state, Wednesday night. Vanguard learnt that the kidnappers contacted the Speaker on phone yesterday, demanding a ransom of N500 […]
CSR: Dangote, 7up, Others donate to SCB’s 2009 Walk for Sight
DANGOTE Group , Seven Up Bottling Company Plc , Qater Air among others have shown their commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by supporting Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in its just concluded 5th “Walk for Sight†programme in support of the Group’s Seeing is Believing(SIB) initiative. Seeing is Believing is a Standard Chartered Bank community investment programme structured to invest $20 million to fund the development of sustainable eye care services in less advantaged areas of 20 cities across the world.
Bears return, deflate share value by N52bn
After two days of uninterrupted rise in the key market indices, the bullish run in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was halted, Wednesday, as the value of listed equities depreciated by N52.35 billion.
Govt left us when we’re toddler’, NASME
The President of the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), Dr. Ike Abugu, has lamented that the Federal Government abandoned the Association when it was a toddler.
We have not abandoned Clusters Concept, Commerce Ministry
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said it has not abandoned the Clusters Concept introduced three years ago by the federal government.
IITA boss decries dependant on rain fed agric
The Director General of IITA, Mr. Hartmann has said that dependant on rainfed agriculture is a major minus for the industry in Africa , just as he said that poverty and hunger are complex issues with political and economic dimensions.
