Fidelity Bank Plc said it is financing the multi-million naira aluminum can project in Aba, South East Nigeria. The factory which will be ready in a couple of months time will take off with an initial production capacity of 1.2 billion cans per annum. This clearly surpasses the Agbara Can Manufacturing Factory that took off with an initial production capacity of 600 million cans per year, thus making the new plant the largest aluminum can factory in Africa.

Kano Pillars have said they hope to again beat hosts Olympique Real de Bangui in a CAF Champions League clash this weekend.

HIS Holiness, Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church when he announced he would stand down – the first pope to do so in almost 700 years – saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to carry on.

LAGOS — Following investigation into alleged fraudulent practices and disrespect to party hierarchy, the Mega Peoples Progressive Party, MPPP, has expelled its earlier suspended National Secretary, Hamisu San Turaki.

AT exactly 5.07 p.m., yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI now pope emeritus, amid cheers from thousands of Catholic faithful, left the palace of the Papacy for the last time as pontiff.

GIDEON Emoro Efetie, affectionately known as “Daddy” was born March 11, 1925. He was the firstborn male of 10 children. His parents were Daniel Nokiojare and Rebecca Eboh Efetie. His parents and Samson Efetie preceded him in death.

Okoya/Ojogiwa Traders Association has called on the three-man panel set up by the Lagos State government to act fast in ascertaining the cause(s) of the inferno that has crippled the businesses of most of its members.

WILLIAM Shakespeare in the Twelfth Night captured three distinct routes to greatness. According to him, “some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”.

The Eket Interest Group have watched with keen interest the unfolding drama orchestrated by some power thirsty individuals who are desperately bent on misleading the general public, especially in Akwa Ibom State to believe that the office of the governor of the state come 2015 is a free for all geographical zones party.

The National Un-der-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, have started the year on a winning note with a 6-1 score line against BobOsimAcademy in their first practice match after resuming their third-phase closed camping in Calabar ahead of the 2013 African Under-17 Championship to be hosted by Morocco in April.