A delegation of the West Africa Commission on Drugs, WACD, led by a former Prime Minister of Togo and Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity, AU, Mr. Edem Kodjo, is visiting Nigeria from December 11 through 13, 2013, to consult the authorities and independent experts and institutions on the impact of drug trafficking and consumption on the country’s security, governance and public health.

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra, yesterday, presented N140 billion budget proposal for 2014 to the state House of Assembly.

The Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce, NBCC, has honoured British Airways for promoting bilateral business and investment activity between Nigerian and Britain. The honour was conferred on the airline during NBCC’s 2013 annual Presidential Dinner and Awards which held in Lagos.

GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi yesterday expressed concern over the drop in funds accruing to Rivers State from N20 billion to N13 billion naira, saying the situation had created a major challenge for the state on how to raise funds for people-oriented projects.

Stakeholders at the just ended International Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) have urged the Federal Government to maintain the 35 percent duty on imported crude palm oil.

Kehinde Olubodun lastnight emerged fastest man in the ongoing 14th edition of the research institute games tagged: RIIGAN :FIIRO EKO 2013 when he won Gold in the 100m men’s fin

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has called for the support of the media in the promotion of financial inclusion in the country.

As efforts continues to intensify to make cassava bread a household staple, the federal government and the Bank of Agriculture, BOA, at the weekend signed a N2.4 billion Memorandum of Understanding, to facility the processing of cassava flour for self-sufficiency in cassava bread production and consumption.

Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited, Bola Adesola has predicted that another crisis looms in the global financial sector.

The member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Victor Afam Ogene, has said that the emergence of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State as the new leader and chairman, Board of Trustees, BOT, of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, was an important turning point in the quest to ensure that the Igbo remained relevant in Nigeria’s socio-political equation.

Industrial unrest is brewing in Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, over alleged coercion of workers by management to accept on-going down-sizing exercise in the company tagged Selected Voluntary Severance Package, SVSP, or face severe consequences.

BY ESTHER ONYEGBULA An endocrinologist and diabetes specialist at the BT Ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Dr. Latha Ravi Kumar has raised alarm over the high incidence of hypertension and diabetes among patients attending public health institutions in Lagos State. Kumar, who spoke at a media briefing organised by Rotary Club […]

Bende Export-Import Limited and its foreign partners have been building the capacity of local producers and exporters of charcoal on raw materials sourcing.The foreign partners are Bende-Belcarbon ,Belgium and GSC Bende- Belcarbon, France.

Another round of crisis is looming in Osun State following Monday’s judgement of an Osogbo High Court, which struck out a suit filed by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the demolition of a part of the fence of the party’s secretariat, on Gbonga Ibadan Road, in Osogbo.

The International Human Rights Day was celebrated Tuesday. National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria (NHRC) led the country to join the rest of the world in commemorating the event. As part of the activities to mark the day, the NHRC organized a walk round Abuja. In this interview, Network of Human Rights Institutions in West Africa, Chairman, and NHRC Executive Secretary, Prof. Bem Angwe spoke on the significance of the celebration and related human rights abuses in Nigeria