Union DICON Salt Plc, is to sell 51 per cent of its shareholding to a prospective core investor.This was disclosed by the Chairman of the company and former Minister of Defence, Lt Gen. Theophilus Danjuma. Danjuma who spoke at an extra- Ordinary General Meeting of the company at Command Guest House, Kaduna lamented the sorry state of affairs in Union DICON which he attributed to mismanagement by the former foreign technical partners.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says the world economy is near the bottom of the worst recession in post-war history. The body that represents the 30 most industrialised nations said that those economies would shrink 4.1 per cent this year. But it adds that recovery is likely to be “weak and fragile” for some time.

“We know South Africa will deliver on his expectations… and more’ Roshene Singh, CMO at South African Tourism
ROBERT Crozier, a New Zealand national arrives in South Africa in early September to take up his prize as winner of the South African Tourism, BBC World ‘Journeys’ global marketing campaign.

Doha_based national carrier, Qatar Airways, has signed a firm contract for 24 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. The agreement includes the firming up of a contract for four A321 aircraft announced at the Farnborough Air show in July 2008.

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI – Ebonyi State government has charged various contractors executing different contracts in the state to brace up and meet their expected dates of project completion or have them terminated.

ABUJA—In a strategic move to totally block the major sources of fake drugs importation into the country, Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Dr. Paul Orhii said the Agency will soon establish control points in China and India.

By Godfrey Bivbere When Lt. Commander Tanko Ibrahim finished preparing for work that fateful morning and bid his  family goodbye as he drove out of his Close B, House 9, Navy Town Ojo residence, little did he know what danger awaited him. He had decided to visit some of the boys working for him around […]

Isekhure, who is also the Chief Priest to the Oba of Benin, fielded questions from newsmen in Benin yesterday on the on-going nationwide strike embarked upon by ASUU over the failure of the federal government to implement an earlier agreement it reached with the body and said there was no need for the government to have entered into any negotiation with the university teachers if it knew it was not ready to implement such an agreement.

Asari was picked up Tuesday by men believed to be officials of the State Security Service (SSS), operating at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 8:00 pm on arrival from Frankfurt, Germany, where he had gone on a medical check-up.

At the meeting yesterday, Senators particularly flayed what they described as the lopsided appointments made by the administration claiming that the South had been severely marginalised in the sharing of choice appointments by the present administration.

The make-belief shots from that event, allegedly taken by Steve Chinuwa-Ogwu, had been generously published by www. pointblank news.com as evidence of murder of Muyideen Alayande for ritual purposes.

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — Several tonnes of poisonous rice from Asia, which were said to have been rejected by the Sierra Leonean government, have flooded markets in Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi,  Sokoto and other neighbouring states causing palpable fear within communities and government circles.

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — There were indications in Abuja yesterday that thousands of retired ex-soldiers who were prevailed upon not to embark on a nationwide protest over the non payment of the arrears of the 12.5% increment in salary in 2003 and the 15% increment in 2007 to civil servants, may go back to […]

“If anybody, government official satisfies a job not done according to specification, government will not hesitate to wield the big stick against such a person.

By  Emmanuel Ovuakporie OWERRI—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Vice Chancellor of the Imo state University, Prof I.C.Okonkwo and two other top officials of the  institution over  an alleged  N70million fraud.