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Ibori may be rearrested at airport on return from British prisons by EFCC

Whereas over 20 hectres of land in Oghara, Delta State had been cleared and other welcome party arrangements are ongoing ahead of December 20, return from British prison, indications have emerged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is…

Access Bank partners Huawei to end Malaria by 2020 with N50m

In keeping with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Access Bank Plc has sealed a collaboration deal with Huawei to institute a financing platform that will stimulate private sector resources and capabilities to limit malaria cases and deaths by 2020. The…

Global principles in PPP far from what we have here—Omisore

Senator Iyiola Alani Omisore, ‎former deputy Governor of Osun State has argued that many of the processes and provisioning that are done by governments and agencies of government in the name Public Private Partnership (PPP) are far from the global…

Why SON sealed Osun cement factory

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Osun Thursday sealed a cement factory over alleged involvement in the production of substandard products. The factory, located on Ogo-Oluwa area of the town, was sealed by a team of SON officials and…

More conflicting reports on local rice continue to come from govt agencies

Whereas the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh had last week raised alarm that famine will hit the country next year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Tuesday said before the end of 2017, Nigeria will begin…

Ghana begins construction of $30 million e-Waste facility in Accra

The Ghanaian Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations has cut the sod for the construction of a $30 million E-waste recycling facility at Agbogbloshie in Accra. The development became necessary owing to the rising volume of e-waste in the…

CWG invents solution capable of tracking products for manufacturers

Leading software solutions merchant, CWG Plc has disclosed that its flagship, SMERP Product Distribution Management system has been innovated and powered with chips that will trail products transit from manufacturing companies and their distributors to the end users. Business director,…

Dangote Foundation increases donations to IDPs, stakes N1.3 billion

Dangote Foundation has flagged off the distribution of food and other relief items worth over N100 million to IDP camps in the state, thus growing its intervention to N1.3 billion. The Foundation said its support to the IDPs and other…

Dangote partnering with FG to ease recession

Leading indigenous conglomerate, Dangote Group has assured the Federal and Kano State governments of its readiness in exploring key sectors of the economy to cushion the effect of the recession among Nigerians. In a statement released on Monday in Abuja,…

Lafarge Africa aligns with G4, unveils sustainability report

Lafarge Africa Plc has launched its debut sustainability report in line with the latest standard of the Global Reporting Initiative’s G4. The 2015 Sustainability Report was made public at the grand finale of the third edition of the Lafarge Africa…