archiveAugust 14, 2016

Farmers and stakeholders in Plateau have predicted that farming season would experience poor harvest in 2016  compared to the same period last year. Some of the stakeholders said in Jos on Sunday that they anticipated poor harvest owing to farmers’ inability to access vital farm inputs. A lecturer with the...

Non-alcoholic beverage giant, Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) has announced the appointment of Mr. George Polymenakos as its new Managing Director, with effect from July 2016. Polymenakos succeeds Ben Langat, who joined NBC as Chief Finance Officer in 2009, and was appointed as Managing Director in 2012. Until recently, George...

The deadline for the submission of entries for the 2016 edition of the Nigerian Breweries’ Golden Pen Awards will close on Friday, 19th August, 2016. Kufre Ekanem, Nigerian Breweries Corporate Affairs Adviser, explained that intending interested journalists can still be part of the awards, by submitting their entries ahead of...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other market stakeholders have been commended on the issues of e-dividend, unclaimed-dividend solutions and extension of deadline on e-dividend registration by shareholders in the country. A shareholder activist and co-Founder Nigeria Shareholders Solidarity Association (NSSA), Alhaji Gbadebo Olatokunbo in a statement made available...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said at the weekend that it had cut its oil demand growth forecast for 2017 because of a weaker outlook for the world economy following Britain's vote to leave the European Union. Global oil demand growth is now expected to slow to 1.2 million barrels...

Pension experts have charged the federal and state governments to prioritise funding of their respective workers' Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs), saying FG has been unable to remit pension contributions since October 2015, while state governments are defaulting in the payment of their workers pension contributions as well as salaries. The...