The government of Jersey Island said, yesterday, that the $300 million loot the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, stashed away in the country would not be released to Nigeria if a third party representation was brought into the picture.

YOU must be prepared before going into Igwebuike forest in Awarra, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, one of the chief priests in the area, Mr. Okoro Ogbuji, told South-East Voice. Sometime ago, it was the story of a 63-year-old woman, one Mrs. Ogo Omeriji, said to have been kidnapped, murdered and buried in the said Igwebuike forest.

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A former commissioner in Anambra State, Mr Ken Arinze, has tasked political stakeholders in Anambra State to focus on the issues and personalities in the governorship election, saying there are no Yoruba or Hausa persons involved contrary to the campaign by some politicians.

THE battle for dominance in the custard powder market has reduced top contenders to three brands, of Checkers custard powder, produced by Sun Surya Enterprises Limited, Lady B custard, manufactured by TTL Rahal Nigeria Limited and Family milk custard, produced by McNichols Plc.

Private sector operators have called on the Federal Government to create a special intervention fund for exporting companies to drive the non-oil export imperative of the government and also boost the economy.

Legal expert and Chairman of Kusamotu & Kusamotu law firm, Mr. Ayodele Kusamotu, has said the political space is filled with intrigues, deceit and dominated by people whose main objective is to milk the resources of the state.

A NEW World Bank report clearly states that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are transforming the world of works; creating new job opportunities and making labour markets more innovative, inclusive, and global. The report says ICTs are influencing employment both as an industry that creates jobs and as a tool that empowers workers to access new forms of work, in new and more flexible ways

POPULAR social media platform Facebook, stunned Nigerian businessmen last week when it initiated a council for Startups and Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs in Nigeria. This is what the small businesses have been yearning to have either from the government or many large business organisations scattered all over Nigeria.

LEADING ICT and Networking solutions company, Cisco Systems rolled out the drums, weekend, to celebrate 20 years of its networking academy, NetAcad, a corporate social responsibility initiative it floated twenty years ago, to equip youths interested in IT career with the requisite skills to do exploit. Since 1997, when it floated the idea, Cisco says it has trained 7.8 million students, 9,600 educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities in more than 180 countries across the world.

MANUFACTURERS of cocoa beverages appeared to be hard pressed to refocus their route to market strategies in the face of growing uncertainty of consumers’ loyalty. Rising prices of the products, inflationary pressure on consumers’ purchasing power as well as increasing demand for value in brand promises may have moved manufacturers in this direction.

NIGERIA’s leading licensed Value Added Service (VAS) provider, GTS-Infotel, has introduced a revolutionary mobile numbering system called “Mobinawa”.

MULTICHOICE Nigeria has announced a special offer on its GOtv platform at the ongoing 37th Lagos International Trade Fair holding in Lagos. 

PLANTAIN Chips are crunchy Nigerian snacks made with either ripe or unripe plantains. When making it with ripe plantains, ensure that the plantains are just beginning to ripe and are still hard. This is so that they will be crunchy when done.

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