A Chinese exhibitor at the ongoing 2009 Lagos International Trade Fair, Mr Weir Wu, has advised the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to provide adequate infrastructure in subsequent fairs.

OLAM Nigeria Limited has disbursed N309 million as loan to 450 farmers’ groups in the local government areas of Patigi, Moro, Edu and Ilorin East and South of Kwara.

The truth is that there is no such money anywhere in this university. I will be very happy by the time the whole issue becomes very clear. Everyone can sit back and think of the enormous damage being caused to the students. I’m sure their own children are also involved. It is very unfortunate that people will tend to stand the truth on the head in the guise of looking for something. As I said, the Accountant-General’s office has come.

An NGO, the International Centre for Energy Environment and Development (ICEED), has called on the Federal Government to release the power sector to private investors. Making the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja , the Coordinator, Mr Ewah Eleri, said that the private sector had the capacity to sustain electricity supply in the country.

The Federal Government is to establish 17 rice processing centres at the cost of N23.8 billion, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr Sayyadi Ruma, has said. Ruma disclosed this at the groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of a large-scale rice processing plant in Patigi, Kwara, on Monday.

The Ministry of Environ-ment and Equitorial Trust Bank (ETB) have formed a strategic alliance to facilitate Nigeria’s efforts towards accessing international funds for the mitigation of global climate change.

OANDO Plc shares are still on demand (bid) in the stock market even as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) placed a technical suspension on the company following its application to float a combination of rights issue and bond.

SHAREHOLDERS of publicly quoted companies in Nigeria have commended the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its various initiatives in protecting shareholders’ interest in public companies even as the commission enlightens them on their rights and responsibilities.

THE Nigerian Stock Exchange has announced its plans to launch a platform for the integration of private placements into the secondary segment of the capital market.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Tuesday in Ibadan commenced the verification of its pensioners for the payment of pension arrears.

The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Achike Udenwa, said in Abuja that the Federal Government had concluded plans to establish 200 cassava processing mills in 22 states. He spoke at a one-day national stakeholders meeting organised by the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) on government’s cassava policy and its implementation.

The action was long awaited. So, when 33 strip dancers were arrested at the weekend in Lagos, the move was applauded in many quarters.

Union Bank appears to be on its way out of the woods, according to indications. This is because the bank has recovered N31 billion of the N70 billion that eroded the bank’s shareholders funds that led to the CBN removal of the former management of the bank. Giving an update on the loan recovery efforts of the bank to newsmen in Lagos, the bank MD, Mrs.

Agroundbreaking partnership that will link African governments’ commitment to agricultural development with concrete programs in seeds, soil health, policy, and markets was launched in Abuja on Monday between

To further demonstrate its commitment to education in Nigeria, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), a foremost trade security and facilitation company, has donated amenities and materials worth N6.5million to King’s College, Lagos Island.