Stakeholders in the textile industry on Tuesday stressed the need for government to revive the textile industry and create more jobs. The call was made at the opening of the 21st Annual National Education Conference of National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGWN) in Benin.

By Ifeanyi Okoye ON the first day of January 2009, Emeka Etiaba, a legal practitioner and  businessman  with over 20 years experience in active legal practice took the political landscape in Anambra State by storm as he declared his intention to contest the 2010 governorship election under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, […]

ANTI-CONSOLIDATION forces have regrouped with the hope of dismantling the structures and forcing a takeover of the top five banks in the country, Vanguard can now reveal. The grand plan by the group is to cause panic and uncertainty in the industry and make the target banks look unsafe for depositors.

For two weeks running, the dust raised in the nation’s banking sector refused to settle with events happening in quick succession.

By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja – The Nigerian Navy said yesterday that it would hold its 2009 Chief of Naval Staff Annual Conference in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State with experts from several African countries, including Navies of South Africa and Ghana invited to deliberate on how to rise up to the challenges posed by sea piracy […]

Abakaliki – Even with the Federal Government against the Lagos state government over Lagos creation of development councils, the Onicha-West Development Council in Ebonyi state, has listed provision of befitting council secretariat for staff accommodation as its core priority. Coordinator of the Development Centre, Mr. Chukwuemeka Mgbeke, who spoke yesterday, when he conducted newsmen round […]

By Aliyu Dangida Dutse – Jigawa state government has announced its plan to set up a Cassava processing company in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state in order to improve the trade and industry base of the state. This was reavealed by the state Commissioner for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Alhaji Aminu Mohammed. […]

By Vincent Ujumadu Awka -  Chief Godwin Okeke, chairman of G.U.O Group of Companies who was kidnapped on  Sunday and released by his captors on Monday evening has said that it was the same people who kidnapped him that robbed a bank in Awka on Monday during which two people were feared dead and property […]

Enugu  – A  group, the Greater Awgu Peoples Protection Solidarity (GAPPS), has called for a level playing ground for the candidates in the local government elections in Enugu state scheduled for December 5, 2009, saying that the electorate should only vote for those with track record of public service. It warned against circumventing the laid […]

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday admonished the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to act with caution in the on-going sanitization of the banking industry, warning that the congress would not tolerate any action that will compromise the welfare of workers.