First City Monument Bank, FCMB, is set to sponsor eye surgery for 600 cataract patients as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Investors' woes heightened, Tuesday, as the value of their investments on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dipped further by N45.84 billion.
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has scored Public - Private partnership (PPP) high, saying it has given the economy a big boost in recent years.
Nigeria lacks strategic trading partner with the rest of the world in terms of international trade, says Professor Wale Omole.
THE ADANSI North District Assembly has registered 50 youth who have shown an interest in fish farming, grasscutter rearing, poultry and livestock under the Youth in Agriculture Programme which takes off early next year.
The Federal Government is not happy with the poor state of development in the country in the last 49 years of the nation's independence.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced the setting up of a National Standard Board to curb the proliferation of substandard goods including food, cosmetic, insecticide on the local market.
Public Works Minister Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods, II warned government contracted firms on infrastructure-related projects that there will be no compromise for non-compliance to the terms of these contracts.
Liberian Vice-President Joseph Boakai and UN Deputy Envoy Moustapha Soumaré have underscored the unique role smallholder farmers play in guaranteeing food security and alleviating poverty in with a call for increased investment in smallholder farming. The two were speaking at the weekend during a ceremony in 's central city, Gbarnga, to mark this year's World Food Day.
AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) and the Ghana Mines Workers Union (GMWU) have concluded a three-year Collective Agreement, effective January 1, 2009. As part of the Collective Agreement, a historic three-year deal on wages and salaries was also agreed by the two parties for the company employees.
MANAGING Director of Mega Trend Investment Company, Mr. Sam Ogrih, has disclosed that the on going construction of Plantation Estate in Warri would be completed by the second quarter of next year.
The Ministry of Education, with a payroll reportedly stuffed with ghost names, representing teachers and other staff, will today, December 1, 2009, begin the enumeration of all its employees throughout the country.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has embarked on the process of developing an industrial policy of the country that will boost trade and commerce in the country, Commerce Ministry Miatta Beysolow has disclosed.
Members of the Textile, Garment and Leather Employees' Union of Ghana Federation of Labour are not the least happy about Chinese invasion of the industry. They have, therefore, asked government to as a matter of urgency stop the Chinese from their nefarious activities before they cripple the local textile industry.
THE GROSS mismanagement that led to the malfunctioning of the Northern Star Tomato Factory (NSTC) at Pwalugu near Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region was exposed last Thursday when the Trade and Industry Minister, Ms. Hannah Tetteh inspected the factory during her two-day working visit to the region.
Farmers working at an oil palm nursery farm at Ahamasu in the Kadjebi District have appealed to the government to support the nursery project, which seeks to encourage farmers in the region to embark on the commercial cultivation of oil palm.
Austerity measures put in place by President Millls to put the economy back on track, appears to have suffered a jolt, following the discovery that Mr. John Owusu Amankrah, Managing Director of Jowak Sawn Mills Limited, who was recently appointed to the board of the Forestry Commission (FC) by the president, owes the same institution he is supposed to superintend ¢12 billion.
Commuters, traders and some residents in the South-South and South-East geo-political zones have commended the approval of multi-billion naira road contracts by the Federal Executive Council.
National telecommunications operator, Globacom yesterday announced a new package which enables subscribers on its network to make unlimited intra-network calls by just paying N40 a day.
Regional Development Manager of West and Central Africa of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Mr Daniel Perrier has said human capital development remains the most important aspect of modern Customs administration.
National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) said it has increased surveillance on insurance companies to check spread of toxic assets to the insurance market as well as protect policyholders.
President Umaru Yar'Adua has said that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will restore the confidence of investors in the nation"s oil and gas industry.
Stanbic IBTC Bank, Nigeria, a member of Standard Bank Group, has completed a US$15m Cocoa Financing for Agro Traders Limited (ATL) to fund the ATL's procurement of cocoa beans from the 2009/2010 Nigerian cocoa harvest, which it will export to Europe.
Bothered by the influx of substandard goods from China into the country, the Nigerian Government and its Chinese counterpart are bill to sign an agreement in January which would check the dubious importation of fake and counterfeit goods and products into Nigeria from China.
AS part of its corporate social responsibilities (CSR), the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) declared it has aided farmers' cooperative societies, youths and women groups in its areas of operation with over N80 million as micro credit facility within the last four years.
