In a bid to tackle leadership and management problem in the country, the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) has reiterated commitment to reinvent leadership in the young Nigerians

Mr Hirotumi Nakamura, the President, Bridgestone BRM Corporation, Saitama, Japan, said Nigeria should embrace the technology of retreading tyres to conserve the crude oil used for the production.

The Zonal Command of Nigeria Customs Service for Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states has adopted a community-based approach in the fight against smuggling.

Cross River State Government has signed the state’s Forestry Commission bill into law. This is considered a major step towards the sustenance and strategic management of the vast forest reserves in the state. Governor Liyel Imoke signed the bill into law after it was passed by the state House of Assembly.

The Conservator General of the Nigerian National Park Service (NNPS), Alhaji Haruna Tanko Abubakar, has urged the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) to establish an endowment fund for tour operators to finance their business besides having adequate knowledge of the products and services they are rendering.

A massive fraud has allegedly been uncovered in the disbursement of bursary to students of Delta State origin in tertiary institutions, and this has prompted the state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, to personally order for a probe.

South African Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, said with the launch of the annual Tourism Month commemoration that foreign arrivals to South Africa for the first four months of 2010 had risen by more than 350 000 compared to the same period in 2009.

Amb. Sherif Naquib,the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, has stressed the need for Nigeria to harness its domestic tourism for it to contribute to the diversification of the economy.The oil and gas sector contributes more than 80 per cent of the country’s revenue.

MEMBERS of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Export Group (MANEG) have said in Abuja that if the nation must address the problem of dumping of toxic products in the country, the Federal Government must immediately enacts new laws with stiffer penalties.

IN 2005, the Abidjan- Lagos Corridor Organisation (ALCO), funded by the World Bank, began collecting data on the extent of road harassment along the 1,022 kilometre route that connects the Ivoirian capital to the region’s largest city, Lagos.

MANUFACTURERS Association of Nigeria Export Group (MANEG) has said that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned that trade and investment flows with the South and reinforcing a long standing trend in which African countries export farm produce, minerals, ores and crude oil, and import manufactured goods, according to a new study by UNCTAD.

The Cross River State Government has entered into a concession agreement with an indigenous firm, Day Star Nig. Ltd., for the construction of a 45 kilometres road network and provision of other socio-economic amenities in the quarries concentrated areas of Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state.

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to patronise the country’s national monuments to appreciate the sacrifices of its past leaders.

Scientists have shown for the first time that ‘orange’ maize is a good source of vitamin A. This means that orange maize, a variety bred to improve nutrition, could provide vitamin A through the diet to millions of poor people at risk of vitamin A deficiency.

Dr Namanga Ngongi, President, Alliance for Green Revolution (AGRA) has tasked parliamentarians in Africa to build effective parliamentary support for agriculture in their respective countries.