Charity, aid have failed Africa —Elumelu
Chairman Heirs Holding, Mr Tony Elumelu, yesterday, called for a sustainable investment in the agriculture and energy sector for economic transformation across the continent, saying that charity and aid have failed Africa.
Bianca vs OTL: Court adjourns till April 26
Justice Abdulfattah Lawal, of a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere, has adjourned to April 26, for the hearing of the fresh application filed by the widow of late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu.
My husband’s relatives persecuting me with EFCC – Late Sen. James Sekibo’s widow
PORT HARCOURT—WIDOW of late Senator James Sekibo of Rivers State, Mrs. Kari Sekibo, has raised the alarm that relatives of her departed husband were supposedly using officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to torment her. The embattled widow has cried out to the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, a nongovernmental organization, alleging a clandestine plot to dispossess her of belongings, lamenting why the commission should be turned into a tool in the hands of her husband’s relatives.
Nissan canvasses vibrant auto sector as alternative to declining oil value
STALLION NMN, manufacturers and distributors of Nissan vehicles in Nigeria has warned of impending stagnation in the country’s evolving automotive sector unless the Federal Government wholly implements the National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) and give deserving operators the latitude to function optimally. Nissan Nigeria Regional Project Director, Mr. Sorin Profir gave this warning in Lagos at a media engagement to acquaint local automobile journalists with Nissan’s achievement since 2014 and her successive plan of action.
New date for logistics, transport and port management confab
THE maiden edition of the annual logistics, transport and port management conference being organised by DU& T Consulting, a Lagos-based consulting firm, is now to hold on March 15 and 16, 2016 instead of the earlier announced dates.The two-day conference, scheduled to hold at the Conference Hall of the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos will have as its theme, Improving Transportation, Logistics and Port Service Delivery and Effectiveness in West Africa.
New Urban Agenda: UN Deputy Scribe, others charge African leaders on planning
THE UN Deputy Secretary-General, Housing and Sustainable Urban, Kumaresh Misra and other stakeholders in the ongoing United Nations Habitat III Africa Regional Meeting in Nigeria, last week called on African leaders to develop rural areas to solve challenges of urban cities in the continent.
