Quarter 4 of 2011 will see Euro Global Foods & Distilleries Limited, maker of Braveheart rum expand its production plant in preparation for the introduction of new spirits and wine brands into the market.

ALMOST all the roads within Ibadan metropolis are impassable during and after rainfall as they would be flooded. Two heavy rains that fell recently caused serious havoc in some places like Awolowo Avenue, Bodija and Ogbere areas of the city.

An appeal has gone to the House of Representatives to pass legislations that will facilitate the creation of mortgages and thus help increase the rate of housing delivery in Nigeria.

VISAFONE, has again crashed its tariffs within the network to less than 1kobo per second in an unprecedented move aimed at giving Nigerians more reasons to call loved ones with its newly introduced mega bumper package dubbed “fantastic visa bundles”.

Before now, mission of businesses were primarily economic, but within the last few decades there have been shifts about companies Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) which have parallel and partly reflected the changing needs of the society.

Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah has warned foreign airlines operating in the country to desist, forthwith from all forms of discriminatory practices against Nigerian passengers. She pointedly warned that such unfair, deceptive and uncompetitive acts will no longer be tolerated by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The need to sustain customer confidence and loyalty has prompted banks to increasingly embrace savings promotions.

Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) is targeting a minimum contribution of 15 percent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the mortgage sector by the year 2020, in line with government’s Vision 20-2020 agenda, declaring also that N56 trillion is required to tackle the housing deficit in the country.

An ambitious agenda for enhancing investment and governance across Africa creating sustainable growth was discussed by 120 public and private sector delegates from 25 countries around the world during the Inaugural Meeting of OMFIF in Africa at the South African Reserve Bank last week.

As hunger spreads among more than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) as a response to Kenya’s last devastating drought, in 2008-2009, finds that investments aimed at increasing the mobility of livestock herders – a way of life often viewed as “backward” despite being the most economical and productive use of Kenya’s drylands – could be the key to averting future food crises in arid lands.

MR. Sikiru Adisa, one of the survivors of the flood disaster that killed many residents in Ibadan, yesterday, said he lost his four children and an aged father to the flood that ravaged the city on Friday.

Twenty years ago, on August 27, 1991, a new state full of hope and bright prospects was born. Inhabited by one of the most industrious and entrepreneurial peoples in Nigeria, Anambra State derived its name from one of the major rivers of the state.

Manchester United swept to a magnificent 8-2 victory over 10-man Arsenal as the champions produced the perfect response after Manchester City had underlined their title credentials with a 5-1 rout of Tottenham earlier on Sunday.

ABUJA -(AFP) – Deputy UN Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro visited the destruction of the world body’s headquarters in Nigeria on Sunday, calling the suicide bombing there an attack “against humanity”. “I’ve come to assess the situation,” she said after touring the heavily damaged building in the Nigerian capital Abuja following Friday’s attack. “It is a shocking […]

What would have been a fitting and befitting retirement for Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, is unfortunately, becoming pantomime. After 44 years in the legal service, leaving behind a crisis-ridden judiciary at a time when the building blocks of democracy are still being put in place, as the Chief Justice, may not reflect the true essence of Katsina-Alu. However, confronted with contemporary realities, as late as his insistence to swear-in 30 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, 48 hours ago, only presents Katsina-Alu as an individual who is set in his own way.