First Bank, Stanbic Bank Nigeria and other African banks have been given the 2011 African Banker Awards in Washington DC.,United States of America. While First Bank Nigeria Plc got the Most Innovative Bank of the Year award, Stanbic IBTC Bank ca...
The bulls upstaged the bears yesterday on the trading floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) resulting to a marginal appreciation in market capitalisation by N5billion. Yesterday, the few price gains recorded by some bluechip companies were e...
The Federal Government is to start a Cassava Marketing and Trading Corporation (CMTC) aimed at boosting cassava production. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, disclosed this in Abuja at a meeting with chi...
Borno State governor Alhaji Kashim Shettima stated yesterday that security forces have arrested a top commander of Boko Haram accused of orchestrating attacks on policemen and clerics. “I believe the worst is over,” Shettima to...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria Sebastian Hon and human rights activist Femi Falana have challenged the plan to shut down telecommunications services in Abuja on October 1 over security concerns. The duo, who spoke at separate interviews with L...
The 2011 Annual Lecture and Awards by Conferences Limited, a subsidiary of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group, comes up in Abuja today. According to a statement by LEADERSHIP, the conference, which holds at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotel...
The Director General of Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr Frank Nweke Jnr has admonished the governments at all levels to reassess their concept of security votes in line with the security needs of the country. Nweke said this has become impera...
Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has blamed wrong government policies for the extinction of the once-flourishing textiles and plastics industry in the country. He told the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday that the `death’ of those industries...
A coalition of civil society and Non-Governmental Organisations for justice has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan to order the immediate suspension of the implementation of the new driver’s license and plate numbers pending the determination...
The United States government, government of Belize, United Nations, the Commonwealth and other groups have shown concerns on the death of the Nobel Peace prize Winner, Wangari Maathai who died on Monday, 26th of September 2011 in Nairobi. The Kenyan No...
A serious crisis might have started brewing in the Enugu State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) over the recently concluded primaries of the party for the December 2011 Local Government Elections. The ruling party purportedly held its prima...
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA), Chief Arthur Maduekwe, has stated that patronage was key to the survival of the sector. He made this submission when the association paid a visit to the Minister of St...
The first pre-independence concert being organised by the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation will now hold in Lagos, the corporation has disclosed. The new venue was announced in Abuja by the Director-General of the Corporation, Otunba Olusegun R...
The President of Veterinary Council of Nigeria, Prof. Gabriel Ogundipe, has expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of service delivery of resident Veterinary Doctors in the country. He called on them to upgrade their skill level so as to meet the e...
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), has called on entrepreneurs in Nigeria to take advantage of the large economic base in the country to drive national economic growth and development. The Chairman of NESG, Mr. Folusho Philips, who stated this ...