Ecobank has unveiled a three months Salary Account Promo that enable workers win from a multiple of instant gifts as they open their salary account with the bank. It also qualifies them to be part of a random selection that will see winners taking home the dream prize of brand new automobiles.

Standard Chartered is considering buying Piraeus Bank’s Egyptian subsidiary, a deal that would boost the Greek bank as it seeks to strengthen its balance sheet in light of the downturn facing debt-laden Greece.

Lufthansa became the first airline to use biofuels on regular commercial flights on Friday in a six month trial that it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1,500 tonnes during the period.

The Nigerian Gas Association, NGA, has unveiled its maiden Learning Solutions Programme for capacity building of professionals in the industry.

On Saturday July 23, 2011, women from all walks of life will gather at Afe Babalola Hall, University of Lagos for the 3rd annual Re-power Me Conference.

The real estate market in highbrow Ikoyi, Lagos has been boosted with the completion of Ikoyi Luxury Gardens. The estate which sits on a 3,800 square metres parcel of land at Alexander Street, was designed by a Canadian architectural firm, Messrs Great Earth Architects.

Propelled by the zeal to contribute towards the community, First Aid and ambulance services as well as youth development St John Ambulance, recently held a walk for health to commemorate the International St John’s Day.

An estimated 11 billion barrels in oil reserves have been found off Namibia’s coast, with the first production planned within four years, mines and energy minister Isak Katali announced Wednesday.

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, the regulator of oil and gas industry operations has reiterated the importance of safe activities, as this will bring about excellent economic performance; Environmental protection; and Well-being of the society.

THE World Bank is seeking to adopt Ondo State’s Safe Motherhood Programme tagged the “Abiye Initiative” as a model for achieving the targets of the Millennium Development Goals on maternal health within the African continent.

Techno Oil Plc, an indigenous oil and gas marketing company has expressed a desire to partner with the Nigerian Institute for Cultural Orientation, NICO, to resuscitate Nigeria’s cultural heritage.

Endometriosis has been an enigmatic disease since its first diagnosis in the mid-19th century.

Professor Bartholomew Nnaji, Chairman Presidential Committee on Power at the Security and Exchange Commission session on Power in Abuja recently updated the SEC on the power reform process.

Germany will increase its involvement in Nigeria’s liquefied natural gas, LNG industry, Chancellor Angela Merkel said last week Thursday, as Africa’s most populous nation looks to take advantage of its vast gas reserves.

EXCEPT she urgently receives medical intervention, four-year-old Kaosisochukwu Chime may not live to celeberate her fifth birthday. The little girl is currently down with a rare type of cancer known as Angiosarcoma.