GTBank gets Africa Banker’s award
African Banker Magazine has named Guaranty Trust Bank Plc the African Bank of the Year. The 2013 honour was conferred on the bank on Wednesday at a well attended ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco. A...
View ArticleNRC investigates train mishaps
Nigerian Railway Corporation has set up a panel of enquiry to look into the immediate and remote causes of two train incidents, which occurred in Lagos last week. The first derailment, which occurred...
View ArticleGMO Food: Push it down their throats (1)
As a senior official of the State Department and protégé of the Rockefellers, George Kennan, in a memo in 1948 reminded his colleagues that “…we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and...
View ArticleHow to make money from your blog
Two weeks ago, we looked at the possible ways to make money online and I briefly mentioned that if you want to make money online, you could start a blog. Quite a number of people contacted me asking...
View ArticleBonga: 19 new oil wells may gulp N1.96tn
Indications emerged on Friday that Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited will spend $12.35bn (about N1.96tn) on the planned drilling of 19 new oil wells as part of the expansion of...
View ArticleDeveloping your personal impact series (2)
Kendra Cherry, in her compilation of the works of John Watson, father of Behaviorism, quoted him as follows: “Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up...
View Article‘Mobile industry players must be positioned for 5G’
Strategy Analytics has said now is the time for industry players to position to win the 5G race, cellular-news.com reported on Friday The research firm recommended that companies should start now...
View ArticleNigeria losing advertising revenue to foreigners — Abraham
The Chief Executive Officer, LT & C Advertising, Mr. Charles Abraham, in this interview with DAYO OKETOLA decries the annual loss of advertising industry revenue to capital flight When you...
View ArticleHSBC appoints Evans to board
The former director-general of MI5 is to join HSBC’s board as a non-executive director in August. Sir Jonathan Evans, who spent three decades at the intelligence service, will be paid £125,000 to work...
View ArticleRIMSON to empower stakeholders for risk management
The Risk and Insurance Managers Society of Nigeria has said it will empower stakeholders with the right knowledge on how to manage risks in the country. In a statement on Friday, the body said this had...
View ArticleFirm to build The Sphere in VI
With over a decade of luxury real estate developments in Ikoyi area of Lagos State behind it, Cadwell is set to bring a face lift to Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, with the its latest work of...
View ArticleAndorra to introduce income tax for first time
Andorra is to introduce a tax on personal income for the first time as it faces pressure from the its European neighbours to tackle tax evasion. British Broadcasting Corporation reports that the head...
View ArticleParis, Berlin support eurozone leadership shake-up
France and Germany have thrown their weight behind creating a permanent president for economic policy in the euro zone, a role that would mark a fundamental overhaul of how the currency bloc is...
View ArticleSidmach optimistic of good industry performance
Information and Communications Technology solutions provider, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, has expressed optimism about the performance of the ICT industry this year. The firm’s position is...
View ArticleFirms target public sector with asset mgt solution
Signal Alliance, systems integration, Information and Communications Technology company, has entered into partnership with SAP, a player in enterprise business solutions, to offer business planning...
View ArticleEurozone unemployment hit record high in April
Unemployment in the eurozone has reached another record high, according to official figures. The British Broadcasting Corporation reports that the seasonally-adjusted rate for April was 12.2 per cent,...
View ArticleOgun set to complete Laderin Workers’ Estate
The Ogun State Government has concluded plans to complete structures currently at the foundation stage at the Laderin Workers’ Estate in Abeokuta. The Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Daniel Adejobi, who...
View ArticleChina manufacturing beats estimates
China’s manufacturing unexpectedly accelerated in May, indicating that a slowdown in economic growth in the first quarter may be stabilising. Bloomberg News reports that the Purchasing Managers’ Index...
View ArticleElumelu advocates new approach to Africa’s development
The Chairman, Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has called on Africans to consider a new approach to the continent’s development – one that involves the private sector and is capable of kick-starting...
View ArticleConsolidated Hallmark celebrates Children’s Day
Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc donated various food and other items to the Nigerian Red Cross Society and Motherless Babies Home in Yaba, Lagos in commemoration of this year’s Children’s Day...
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