THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said in Lagos that it has concluded arrangement to revive the tea industry to meet local demand.

AS part of its man-date of promoting the non-oil export from Nigeria the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has commenced capacity building workshop for chairmen and secretaries of State Committees on Export Promotion (SCEP).

In this interview, Mr. Gavin Fraser, a Senior global expert on blue ocean strategy (bos) who was in Nigeria recently to facilitate Trithel International Consulting Conference on Blue Ocean Strategy, says companies should stop fighting for market shares because price competition kills industries.

The value of listed equities’ represented by the market capitalisation on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Wednesday, dropped further by N51.51 billion.

NATIONAL Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government to among others, arrest and prosecute the soldier who alleged killed a tanker driver, Mr. Mohammed Saidu, in Jos, Plateau State, and order soldiers in Bori Barracks in Port Harcourt and at Odogbo Barracks Ojo, in Ibadan, to release two tankers loaded with products since a yea ago or the union would be force to embark on industrial unrest.

The Federal Govern-ment’s current incentives to Nigerian exporters and the friendly import policies of ECOWAS countries, make export of cement to neighbouring West African countries a viable proposition, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President/Chief Executive, the Dangote Group, has said .

Standard Chartered’s Private Equity division has announced its strategic investment in Lodestone Brands. Lodestone Brands is seeking to build a leading FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) business in Sub_Saharan Africa and recently acquired 80 per cent of well_known South African sugar confectionary manufacturer Candy Tops (Pty) Ltd.

THE Federal government has decried the continued restriction to market access of commodities from developing countries to developed countries, with a call for the abolition of such practices.

A law, establishing the Management of Primary Healthcare Board is now in place in Rivers State. Governor Chibuike Amaechi signed the law into existence, yesterday, in Port Harcourt.

The Federal Government plans to establish a non-interest (Islamic) bank in the country to assist low income earners in the delivery of financial services at affordable costs.

With a projected 12.4 million inhabitants in 2015, Lagos is set to become Africa’s most populous city, ahead of Cairo’s 11 million inhabitants. The projection was contained in a report released on Wednesday by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).

THE Assemblies of God Church Nigeria now has a new leadership in the person of Reverend Paul Emeka as the new General Superintendent. He was elected yesterday at the end of a two-day conference of the Church in Ebonyi State capital, Abakaliki.

AN end to the looming industrial crises across Nigeria, appears in sight as the National Council of State, NCS, the highest advisory council in the country, Thursday approved the proposed N18,000 National Minimum Wage as benchmark for all workers in the country.

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday invaded the office of Halliburton on Victoria Island, Lagos, arrested 10 officials and two Managing Directors over an alleged $180 million Halliburton scam.

Former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu has declared his readiness to face any opposition, including President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari among others in the 2011 polls.