The Managing Director of Unilever Nigeria Plc, Mr. Thabo Mabe, has predicted a tougher business environment in 2013. He made this predication at the 2012 Customers Forum of the company in Lagos, where the company honoured its distributors.

The awesome power and bearing of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF had in the recent past raised concern among some stakeholders in the polity. Now an internal discord driven by external power peddlers is about bringing the once powerful body to its knees.

By NKIRUKA NNOROM Stockbrokers’indebtedness to commercial banks reduced significantly to N53.41 billion during the second quarter ended 30th September, 2012. This represents 47.55 percent reduction over N101.83 billion owed by stockbrokers in the same period of 2011. Data obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission showed that the figure was based on second quarter returns […]

Global rating agency, Fitch Rating, last week withdrew its rating of Kwara State, canceling its rating of the state’s N17 billion bond programme. The rating agency, however, upgraded the rating of Lagos State, raising it to positive from stable.

Imo State government is working on a policy that will require land owners in the state to pay only N1,000 to register their land and obtain Certificates of Occupancy.

Benin said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military regime in the west African nation.

He is passionate about agriculture, which he sees as a way of life. He grew up to know his father as a successful farmer, after his graduation from the University of Benin with a degree in Engineering he decided to join his father’s farm after a spell in the oil and gas sector.

The current issue that Nigeria is either becoming a failed state or is a failed state is a direct working by some individuals to cause diversionary chaos in the country in order to loot the nation’s wealth. What makes such diversionary tactics to work is their ability to misinform Nigerians that are willing to listen and adhere to their advice.

Benjamin Okeke, a businessman in his late 30s has asked the Ajegunle Ifelodun Customary Court Lagos state, to dissolve his holy matrimony with Mrs. Ijeoma Okeke for infidelity .

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, suffering from gastroenteritis, was admitted to hospital on Sunday, a Buckingham Palace spokesman told AFP.

President Bashar al-Assad has insisted he will not step down and blasted Britain’s support for his foes, as opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib visited north Syria Sunday and hundreds were reported killed in a battle.

The military said Sunday that it killed 20 Boko Haram Islamists while repelling an attack by the extremist group in the embattled northeastern state of Borno

…Denies Sheikh Abdulazeez, threatens more attacks in Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, others…
The leader of Islamist sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has denied the purported cease fire and dialogue with the federal government of Nigeria by his group.

SHELL   has decried the rising incident of crude oil theft on its facilities in the Niger Delta region, saying it could force the company to shut down operations.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abidjan told ambassadors to stop forcing leaders on Nigerian communities abroad.