ELDER statesman, Chief Phillip Asiodu, said that the failure of the federal government to implement the economic roadmap put in place between 1975 and 1978 to rebuild Nigeria was responsible for the country’s under-development.

UBA Capital Plc has explained to its shareholders that its revenue rose by 241 percent to N4.6 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2013, just as it declared a dividend of N1.5 billion.

World Bank has granted an additional $19 million to Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa (FARA) to extend its Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) grant agreement for a further five years.

Indian High Commissioner in Nigeria, Mr A. R. Ghanashyam, has called for greater trade ties in the non-oil sector between Nigeria and India. Ghanashyam made the call in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Ekpo Nta.

AS controversy continues to trail the proposed use of bio-technology in food production in Nigeria, one of the worldfs largest seeds companies, Monsanto, had persuaded Nigerians about the benefits of bio-technology and Genetically Modified Organisms, GMO, in food production and its safety for human consumption, as other countries were accepting the technology.