August 02

• Africa - Poverty, Hunger Attributed to Decline in Agriculture

  Vanguard

  Dr Kanayo Nwanze, the President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has identified the decline in agriculture as the cause of hunger and poverty in Africa which... Read more »

• Shell Invests N45BIllion in Niger Delta in 2012

  Vanguard

  ... Lost N112bn to crude theft in Nigeria in Q2 Read more »

• PPMC - Nigeria Lost U.S.$10.9 Billion to Pipeline Vandalism

  This Day

  The Area Manager of the Pipeline Products and Marketing Company Petroleum (PPMC) in Gombe State, Alhaji Abdullahi Gunda, has said Nigeria's economy has been negatively affected as... Read more »

• Oguaa Lagoon Is a Gold Mine: It Can Generate $14.4 Million Annually - Says Imani Ghana

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  Fosu Lagoon is a vast expanse of water that lies between the Robert Mensah Sports Stadium and the Elmina road in Cape Coast. Since time immemorial, it has been the fishing ground... Read more »

• Patronise Made in Ghana Goods - Deputy Minister [press release]

  Ghana Govt.

  The Deputy Minister for Energy and Petroleum, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor has requested that Ghanaian contractors be given the opportunity to undertake some major works in the country,... Read more »

• Airport Authority Quizzed On Damning Audit Report

  Concord

  The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Public Accounts yesterday probed the Sierra Leone Airport Authority in respect of findings in the Audit Service Report of 2011. Read more »

• Annual Koriteh Sales Underway in Banjul, Serekunda How Are the Traders and Customers Faring?

  Foroyaa

  The annual "Wanterr" or discount sales which normally take places 10 days before the Muslim feast of Koriteh is currently underway at both the Banjul and Serekunda central markets... Read more »

• Drivers, Passengers of Latrikunda - Sukuta Complain

  Foroyaa

  As the rains pour down, the commuters who use the road linking Sukuta and Latrikunda have been expressing their concerns on the poor state of the road and are also appealing to the... Read more »

• Dickson's Tough Job for PDP, Jonathan in S-West

  Vanguard

  The work of the Governor Seriake Dickson reconciliation committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would be crucial for President Goodluck Jonathan's immediate political... Read more »

• No Room for Lazy People in Hospitality Business - Okusi [opinion]

  Vanguard

  Taibat Morenike Okusi is an all rounder in the hospitality industry in Nigeria, having served in all sections ranging from front office to house keeping before berthing in the... Read more »

• EFCC Didn't Invite Me - Saraki

  Vanguard

  CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, yesterday, denied report that he was invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, to answer... Read more »

• In Politics We Are Amiss - in Economics, We're Amiss [opinion]

  Vanguard

  A friend took me to task last week on what he described as a "notorious" bias against the current President by the Nigerian media. To him, many commentators have not shown enough... Read more »

• International Conference On Payment Disclosure in the Extractive Industries Held in Accra [press release]

  Ghana Govt.

  An International Conference on Payment Disclosures in the Extractive Industries, yesterday, took place in Accra. Read more »

• Pain That Won't Go Away

  Vanguard

  Three weeks after a building at Number 29 Oloto Street, Ebute Meta, Lagos, collapsed and killed her father and husband, including some other victims, Mrs Fatimo Alake is yet to... Read more »

• Ashon Targets 40m Investors in Capital Market

  Vanguard

  Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria, ASHON, said market operators are very hopeful and looking forward to a capital market with 40 million investors from the current five... Read more »

• Bong Loan Organization in Crisis

  New Dawn

  The former President of Tugbah Finance Association has resigned from the institution. Molley Tokpah, who is now an advisor at the institution, said he resigned based on... Read more »

• 'Africell's Le20 Million Has Changed My Life' - Lucky Abu Bakarr Bah Asserts

  Concord

  A small-scale Sierra Leonean businessman, who is the latest subscriber to join the millionaire family of Africell Mobile Company, yesterday received the Le20million prizehe won on... Read more »

• Mining Industry Players to Storm Sixth WACA Summit

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  Mining sector companies are completing their participation arrangements for the annual extractive industry gathering known as the 6th WaCA Mining Summit & Expo 2013, the West... Read more »

• Small Businesses Seek Better Visibility

  Cameroon Tribune

  The Steering Committee which doubles as the Board of Directors of the Sub-contracting and Partnership Exchange met in the economic capital on Tuesday July 30. Read more »

• Yaoundé, Germany Discuss Maritime Cooperation

  Cameroon Tribune

  Germany's Ambassador to Cameroon, Klaus-Ludwig Keferstein, has discussed specific topics related to maritime transport with Cameroon. This was during a 30-minute audience last July... Read more »

• Telecoms Games - Airtel, Alcatel for Weekend Battle

  Leadership

  The 2013 Nigeria Telecom Games (NTG) medals race in Chess and Scrabble begins this weekend as high flying debutants, Airtel Nigeria files out on Sunday for their second fixture... Read more »

• CPC Okays Skye Bank Initiative On Customer Service Charter

  Vanguard

  The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has expressed satisfaction over Syke Bank Plc's initiative in pioneering the customer service charter that is designed to give customers... Read more »

• Seven-Up Bottling Declares N2.20 Dividend

  This Day

  Soft drinks maker, Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc Thursday declared a dividend of N2.20 per share for the year ended March 31, 2013, showing an increase of 10 above the N2 paid in... Read more »

• Naval Chiefs Move to Reduce Crimes, Want Maritime Law Enforced

  This Day

  The Chiefs of Naval Staff of states in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) have ended a three a three-day Regional Maritime Awareness Conference (RMAC) in Calabar with a call on their... Read more »

• FMDQ OTC Trading Platform Set to Commence Operations

  This Day

  The Financial Market Dealers Association (FMDA) said it has concluded arrangement to launch an over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform known as FMDQ OTC Plc. Read more »