BUA Group has extended its investment in the manufacturing sector with a N7.5 billion Pasta factory productionline.
Currently, the group has business interests spanning from manufacturing of sugar, cement, flour milling, oil milling, and port concession including real estate , oil and gas and shipping, and is now investing in the production of pasta.

Mr. Billy Harry, is the President, South-South Chambers of Commerce(SSCC), Chairman, Oil & Gas Trade Group of NACCIMA. He explains goals of the nascent SSCC, and why 75 per cent of income to be generated by businesses in the oil and gas industries should be reinvested in the economy.

AHEAD of the 2011 general election, Chairman of Ndokwa East Local Government Council, Delta State, Elder Chike Ugwumadu, has charged Nigerian youths to shun vices that could threaten the peace and tranquility of the country.

tHE Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins Kuye has reversed his earlier position on the bailout fund for textile industry in the country, saying “the N100 billion bailout for the textile sector was not only essential but indispensable to revive the sector.”

Group President, African Develop-ment Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, has reaffirmed the Bank’s support for Cape Verde’s development strategies.

The banking industry is upbeat as the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) firms up all necessary arrangements towards ensuring a hitch-free 2009 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of new Office Holders that will steer the ship of the Institute for the next two years.

STAFF of Setraco Nigeria Limited, a construction company, narrowly escaped death yesterday in Ughelli, Delta State, as two explosives suspected to be bombs were uncovered in the premises of the company.

On June 28- 29th 2010 some of the world’s leading corporations and their top business executives would gather at the Marriott Grosvenor Hotel in London to participate in Nigeria’s Golden Jubilee Business Summit to discuss the current economic trends, future outlook for the nation and today’s emerging opportunities in Nigeria under the government of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

ORGANISED Labour, under the umbrella of Nigerian National Fitters and Nigerian Welders Association, NNFA, and Nigerian Welders Association, NWA, have accused the management of Marubeni Engineering Limited, handling the power plant project at Ihovbor power plant site, Benin City, Edo state of expatriate quota abuse.

In the past, the task of predicting prison populations appeared easy. The assumption was that as crime
increases, more offenders would get arrested and as more offenders were arrested, more of them would be convicted and imprisoned.

I have every belief that it is not going to be business as usual in PDP anymore, because leaders are prepared for a reform, the party members are prepared for a reform and we are all reform minded in PDP

By Udo Jude Ilo In what will go down in history as unprecedented, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed about 38 amendments to the 1999 constitution. Whether these amendments will pass the necessary constitutional review requirements to make them law is yet to be seen but the reality remains that this Senate […]

The Court of Appeal, Enugu Judicial Division had on February, 10 2009 delivered a judgment in a suit where it declared Senator Joy Emodi of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as the winner of the election into the National Assembly for Anambra North Senatorial District which was held on April 28 2007. The same Court of Appeal on March 25 2010 delivered another judgment declaring Hon. Alphonsus Uba Igbeke of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) the winner of the same election into the same senatorial district without making reference to or setting aside the earlier decision. Thus, we have two conflicting decisions from the same appellate court which unfortunately is the final court on election matters. But how did the court arrive at giving conflicting decisions on the same subject matter?

What did the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu, who having earlier questioned the legality of the swearing in of Justice Katsina-Alu as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, expect by showing up dressed in ceremonial robes at the ceremony admitting 19 senior lawyers to the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria.

Former Minister Federal Capital territory, Mallam Nasir El Rufai has stated that he will return to the country on Saturday May 1st.