THE Cocoa Association of Nigeria has sheathed its sword in the ongoing cocoa war in Ogun State, agreeing to pay the new fees and levies but said the Produce Department, collecting the levies, should monitor quality of cocoa at the farm gate.

President and Chief executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has appealed to the Federal Government (FG) to focus more on the real sector growth, noting that the growth of the economy is dependent on the effective development of the sector.

THE former Works Commissioner in Ondo State, Mr Yele Omogunwa, has decamped to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, citing alleged lack of internal democracy in the ruling Labour Party, LP, in the State.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has raised an alarm over plans by the PDP to instigate chaos and instability in Ekiti State to justify the action being spearheaded by a PDP top brass in the South-West to use his clout to force the Federal Government to impose a state of emergency in the state.

In an effort to increase access to power generation in Lagos state, Governor Babatunde Fasola, said the Lagos state government has concluded plans to go into power distribution.

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility(C.S.R), Diamond Bank Plc, a company quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has continued to contribute its quota to the development of the economy as it rewarded a group of teachers for excellence in their chosen profession as part of efforts to improve the quality of education and to serve as motivation.

Guinness Nigeria Plc has released it’s sales report for the year 2010, which it puts at N109 billion, an increase of 23 percent over the previous year.

Almost 11 months after the wife of former military ruler, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, lost his wife, Maryam Babangida to cancer, grief has again struck the family of IBB as the mother of his late wife passed on, Tuesday.

After over one year and six months that Omatek Ventues Plc declared dividend for the financial year ended June 30, 2009, some of its shareholders are complaining of non receipts of their dividend warrants.

Odogi-Kabba (Kogi)—reconstruction of the 200-year old Odogi traditional market in Kabba-Bunu Local Government of Kogi has commenced.