HIGH-LEVEL experts from ECOWAS member states, who met in Ghana, recently, have identified priority actions to improve the implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), which would reduce the costs of doing business and increase regional and international trade. The two-day meeting was co-organised by the USAID Trade Hub and ECOWAS.

THE pronouncement of Justice Adamu Hobom of the Federal High Court, Benin ordering the wife of the deputy Governor of Edo State, Mrs Endurance Odubu to pay the sum of N12milion as compensation for beating up an Army Captain, Olorunduyilemi Stephen was a landmark judgement. Hitherto, uniformed personnel had been accused of taking the law into their hands at the slightest excuse. But this time, Captain Stephen, perhaps because he had just come out of the House of Prayer, or for whatever other reason, chose the path of civility for his patience for the violent attack on him on January 11, 2010.

Petrobras, Brazil’s oil company, has announced a long-awaited plan to invest $224.7bn over the next five years following months of battling with the government over cost-cutting.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has announced plans to increase the number of products traded on its platform to five within the next five years.

Rivers State House of Assembly, yesterday, said it approved N250 billion for the proposed state bond in order to facilitate infrastructural development in the state.   The first tranche of N100 billion bond is due in October, with a tenor of  three to five years. Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Chidi, […]

Samsung Electronics West Africa, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, yesterday, in Lagos, unveiled Samsung first solar panel net book in the world.

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State will assist the family of slain police orderly attached to Government House, Umuahia, the Media Adviser to the Governor, Mr Boni Iwuoha, has said.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has urged the Federal Government to partner with relevant professional bodies to train Nigerians on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Mr Sunday Ajileye, Chairman of Amuwo Odofin District of ICAN, made the all in in Lagos.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to Nigeria declined by 29 percent in 2010 amidst regulatory concerns in the nation’s oil industry.

A former staff of Lagos Baptist Conference Schools is threatening to drag the body to court for allegedly withholding her entitlements.