Floods: Ministry begins release of relief materials
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will on Monday commence the release of 40,000 tonnes of foodstuff as part of the Federal Government’s relief package to flood victims, a statement said...
View ArticleBuild health care institutions — Minister
the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Saturday urged the six area councils in the FCT to build primary health care institutions to support secondary health care in the area....
View ArticleGroup offers legal assistance to inmates
he Norsemen Club, has offered free legal assistance to inmates of Kuje prisons, Abuja, particularly those serving jail terms that were not in conformity with their crimes. Head, legal department of the...
View ArticleTuface, Annie acquire new homes
Multiple award-winning musician, Innocent Idibia a.k.a Tuface, and his wife, Annie, are making the news again. Last week, the couple bought two new properties in Lagos from the developer of lifestyle...
View ArticleFrank Edoho gets over ex-wife
The anchor of the television quiz programme, Who wants to be a millionaire, Frank Edoho, took many by surprise when he quietly married his girlfriend, Sandra Onyenucheya, in a private ceremony...
View ArticleSelfridges gun for Nigerian designers
Selfridges store, which has been voted as the best department store in the world, has decided to partner with Nigerian designers. At the just concluded Lagos fashion week, representatives of the store...
View Article‘Call me Kaine Dosekun’
Many years ago, her marriage to former deputy national chairman of People’s Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, was an enviable one until cracks began to appear. After a while, the trained medical...
View ArticleMicCom boss without wife
The chairman, MicCom Cables and Wires Ltd and MicCom Golf Resort, Ada, Osun State, Chief Michael Ponle, is bereaved. Just a few weeks ago, his wife, Comfort, lost her life-saving battle at Cardiff...
View ArticleToyota remembers Wuraola Ojo
The Wuraola Ojo Memorial Golf Tournament took place last week at the Ikeja Golf Club, Lagos. The week long annual event, which was organised by Toyota Nig Ltd, was staged in remembrance of Wuraola Ojo,...
View ArticleCity People at 16
It was a grand event on Sunday November 11, 2012 as the soft sell magazine, City People, pulled all the stops in celebration of her 16th anniversary. Tit bits Ebenezer Obey rocks! He was contracted to...
View ArticleDubai gets world’s tallest hotel
The first tower of the world’s tallest hotel, JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai, has opened its doors adding 804 rooms, according to constructionreviewonline. Officially recognised as the world’s tallest...
View ArticleConstruction to begin on $327m Mombasa container terminal
The construction of a second container terminal at the Mombasa port is set to begin by end of November, according to the Managing Director, Kenya Ports Authority, Mr. Gichiri Ndua. The $327.026m...
View ArticleECB’s Asmussen sees Greek aid deal covering two years
European Central Bank policymaker Joerg Asmussen said on Sunday the euro zone should agree next week on two years of funding for Greece and leave further help to be decided later, a view likely to irk...
View ArticleGM ups capacity in no-frills China car market
General Motors Company and its local partners, intensifying competition in China in the no-frills car market, on Sunday formally opened another plant for its low-cost Baojun brand, Reuters reported....
View ArticleSAS says crucial talks on future near deadline
Talks between SAS and unions on wage cuts which the airline says are vital to its survival failed to yield an agreement as a Sunday deadline loomed, Reuters reported. The Scandinavian airline, hit by...
View ArticleMerger: Lufthansa aims to hold its own
German flagship carrier Deutsche Lufthansa is shaping up its business to have an equal footing should it take part in any global merger talks in the future, its chief executive told a German paper....
View ArticleGlencore deal nears finish line
Commodities trader Glencore is set to all but clinch its $30bn takeover of Xstrata this week, despite a potential snub for the miner’s board if, as expected, investors scrap a controversial pay plan...
View ArticleUnions rap Deutsche Telekom over US workers rights
Labour representatives have harshly criticised German phone company Deutsche Telekom’s treatment of workers at its ailing United States unit, which the group plans to merge with MetroPCS, Reuters...
View ArticleJaguar, Chery constructing new car factory in China
Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile said on Sunday they had laid the foundation stone for a new car factory in Changshu, China, near Shanghai, Reuters reported. The move had been expected after the...
View ArticleFiscal cliff negotiators are facing high hurdles
It’s entirely possible that lawmakers and the White House will reach a deal that staves off an avalanche of tax increases and deep cuts in government programmes before a January 1 deadline. To do so,...
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