Hyundai Motor’s brand value enters Global Top 50
HYUNDAI Motor Company, the fastest growing automotive company by brand, saw its brand value surge 20.5 percent from a year earlier to $9 billion, marking its higest-ever ranking of No. 43, according to brand consultancy Interbrand’s 2013 Best 100 Global Brands. Hyundai, which has been included in the Best 100 Global Brands list for nine consecutive years, entered within top 50 for the first time this year.
FIFA U-17 World Cup : Sweden edge Japan as Mexico sting Italy
Sweden kept the party going at their first FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 2-1 win over Japan in their Round of 16 game in Sharjah. The Japanese had most of the possession, as is their custom, but Sweden got the crucial goals en route to a place in the quarter-finals, where they will meet either Honduras or Uzbekistan.
Nat’l confab: Resource control tops Ogbemudia-led Midwest Forum’s agenda
The Midwest Consultative Forum, led by former governor of old Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, yesterday, submitted its position paper to members of the national conference committee in Benin, Edo State, saying that resource control was top on its agenda.
Insecurity: A Sallah Festival without bloodshed
I was one of the sceptics who believed that the last Eid-Kabir celebration or the Sallah Festival would be marked by bloodshed from terrorist attacks instead of the blood of sacrificial lambs.
Confab ‘ll strengthen unity, democracy, says Delta SSG
SECRETARY to the Delta State Government, Mr Ovuozorie Macaulay, has said the proposed national conference would further strengthen the unity and democracy in the country.
Dubai: Less work for locals, more work for migrants
A good country is known by the value it attaches to its citizens. In Nigeria, citizens are treated shabbily by bad leaders. Ours is a country where locals are regarded lowly. We are commoners in our
