archiveAugust 2016

  Federal Department of Fisheries (FDF) has destroyed 15 containers of unwholesome frozen fish in Lagos. The consignments were said to have been imported by a company named Food Solution Nigeria Limited. The containers were evacuated by FDF from Sifax Off-Dock Terminal at Trinity, along the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, to prevent...

Pirate attacks off the coast of Nigeria rose in the first half of the year, while attacks on shipping globally fell to their lowest level in 21 years, according to the International Maritime Bureau. Globally, there were 98 actual or attempted pirate attacks in the first half of 2016, according...

JUNO Food, an indigenous food processing industry in Edo state has signed a Memorandum of  Understanding (MoU) with Italy based renowned management and consulting outfit, Stillwater Consults in its efforts to boast its production. An MOU signed by Head, Stillwater Consult, Mr. Francis Onabis and Chairman Juno Foods Senator Victor...

Chief Executives of top Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Companies under the auspices of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group-MAN has commended the new directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure that at least 60 percent of FOREX sales are made to local manufacturers. Speaking at the group forum in Lagos, PMG-MAN Chairman,...

  At the end of the one-day maiden meeting of Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) during which delegates from all the Northern States and Federal Capital Territory were present, the following resolutions were reached: It was agreed by all delegates at the meeting that Northern CAN would not pull...

Following a directive in the 2009 Corporate Governance Code of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) mandating executive directors and non-executive directors, who have stayed over a stipulated period of years, precisely, nine years on the board of insurance firms, to exit the companies, this has led to mass exit of...

As the deadline for the submission of entries for the 2016 Maltina Teacher of the Year, MTOTY ended last month, the panel of Judges has met in Lagos to deliberate on the assessment scheme for the initiative. The jury led by Professor Pat Utomi after their meeting agreed that profile...

  As governments at the federal and state levels as well as the private sectors are failing in their obligations to funding the Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs) of their workers, industry watchers see this as a challenge that is threatening the New Pension Scheme. ABDUL OLALEKAN writes. The transition from...

  The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, promised on Sunday to mobilise additional support towards assisting victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. The industrialist made the pledge while visiting the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Dalori and Bakassi in Maiduguri, Borno State....

By Femi Adelegan “I faced persecution from members of my family; my elder brother, my mother, everybody; but only my father did not go with them.  ‘’They persecuted me and they wanted me to give up my faith. ‘’Nothing gives me greater joy than ministering salvation to the populace, as...