Single currency: W’Africa walks a tightrope
The commencement of a single currency regime in West Africa initially set for 2003 had been postponed three times. IFEANYI ONUBA examines the preparedness of member states for the monetary union The...
View ArticleCrop loss fears lift agricultural insurance take-up
Farmers have spent 20 per cent more on agricultural insurance in recent years to protect against crop losses from increasingly frequent bad weather events, according to reinsurer Swiss Re, Reuters...
View ArticleFarmers in Burkina Faso get IITA cowpea varieties
Burkina Faso has released two improved cowpea varieties for better nutrition to women and children, and boost the incomes of farmers. The two varieties, IT99K-573-2-1 and IT98K-205-8, were developed by...
View ArticleFG plans new consumer protection bill
The Federal Government has hinted of plans to enact a new consumer protection law for effective regulation of the activities of businesses. The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga,...
View ArticleWinner gets Renault SUV in DSTV promo
DSTV has presented a brand new Renault sports utility vehicle car to one of its winners in the ongoing mega promo, a statement from the company has said. The statement gave the name of the winner as...
View ArticleWe’ll service rising population with tax revenue — Fashola
The Lagos State government has said it needs more tax revenues to provide for and sustain the fast rising population of the state. The governor of the state, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said this during the...
View ArticleDouble celebration for Osaze Odemwingie as wife has a boyBaby Noah was born...
It was double celebration for West Bromwich striker and Nigeria international, Osaze Odemwingie, as his wife, Sarah, gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday. His wife gave birth few hours after Osaze...
View ArticleACN appoints merger committee, restates commitment to merger with CPC, ANPP
The Action Congress of Nigeria has appointed a 19-member committee with the mandate to negotiate its planned merger with the Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party. In a...
View ArticleJonathan leaves for Switzerland, Ethiopia
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday embark on a working visit to Switzerland and Ethiopia. Jonathan returned to the country on Saturday from Cote d’Ivoire where he attended an Extraordinary...
View ArticleLagos warns residents against lassa fever
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris has warned residents to keep their environment clean and free of rodents to avoid the lassa fever infection. Idris in a statement in Lagos on...
View ArticleSouth African athlete, Oscar Pistorius, buys N62m car
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius bought himself a McLaren supercar worth over R3.5 million (N62 million) as a Christmas gift for a successful year, the Sunday Times reported.  “I drive a McLaren...
View ArticleFG fixes Eastern rail line by end of 2013
The Federal Government has said that the Eastern rail line would be fixed by the end of this year. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation,Mr Adeseyi Sijuade, on Saturday gave the...
View ArticlePolice arrest three for raping pregnant woman
The police in Kebbi State have arrested three men accused of raping a pregnant housewife for listening to an alleged “offensive” Islamic sermon. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the suspects,...
View ArticleWounded Emir of Kano, two sons flown to London
The Emir of Kano, Dr. Ado Bayero, and his two sons who were wounded during Saturday’s fatal attack on the monarch’s convoy by gunmen have been transported to a London hospital for medical care. The...
View ArticleUBA-Western Union promo rewards customers
Fifty-five customers, who received money through the United Bank for Africa Plc and Western Union Money transfer platform, have emerged winners in the ‘UBA-Western Union Gift Harvest’ promo. During the...
View ArticleIncreased enforcement, path to telecoms industry’s growth – Experts
Notwithstanding the success recorded by the telecoms sector so far, stakeholders are urging the Nigerian Communications Commission to raise its enforcement activities against illegal operators this...
View ArticleEdo emerges first NEDWS subscriber
Edo State has become the first state in the country to have officially subscribed to the Nigerian Employees Digital Welfare Scheme, a digital equipment ownership scheme initiated by Buyright Africa. As...
View ArticlePS urges FERMA to sustain preventive road maintenance
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works, Dr. Abubakar Muhammad, has advised the management and staff of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency to sustain the preventive maintenance of federal...
View ArticleChinese consumer stocks gain
Chinese consumer stocks rose in New York and the nation’s largest exchange-traded fund in the United States climbed to a two-week high after growth in the Asian country’s economy accelerated for the...
View ArticleEstate surveyors to do self-evaluation at Ekpenyong lecture
Members of the Nigeria Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers will gather in Lagos on January 31 for the 19th John Wood Ekpenyong Memorial Lecture, which provides the body’s leadership an...
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