Latest News
-
Nigerian vote could bring back foreign money
Nigerian stocks rose their most in more than one month on Monday to the highest since mid-March as the completion of presidential elections held the promise of renewed inflows of foreign money. Although rioting erupted in...
- Posted April 19, 2011
-
U.S. Increases Rest Time For Air Controllers
U.S. Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, said required rest time for air traffic controllers will be increased to nine hours to make sure they don’t fall asleep on the job. “We’re going to make sure that controllers are...
- Posted April 18, 2011
-
Pigging Of Oil & Gas Pipelines
“PIGGING” is a term used to describe the process of driving a purpose-built device through a pipeline to clean, inspect or measure certain parameters of the pipeline. The name “Pigging” is derived from the squealing noise, characteristic...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Nigeria’s Gas Revolution And The Trinidadian Model
THE Federal Government of Nigeria is provoking multiple revolutions through gas, the alternative revenue earner to crude oil. This comes on the heels of the $10bn MOU signed on March 24, 2011 by the Nigeria National Petroleum...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Insurer Calls For Human Capacity Building
GROUP President of Standard Insurance Consultants, a insurance brokerage firm, Mallam Ahmed Salawudeen, has advised practitioners to imbibe the culture f training and re-training of employees to scale up manpower need and forestall capital flight in the...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Foundation Appoints Global Leaders As Board Members
THE Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced the appointment of former Prime Ministers, CEOs, investment bankers and philanthropists, from around the world into its advisory board. The cross-section of distinguished global leaders, who represent the pinnacle of success...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Saving money through home maintenance
Many Nigerians fancy fashion. Some display this in the kind of clothes, shoes and other ornaments they wear, the brand of cars they ride and the type of houses they build. Some, living in rented apartments, so...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
A look back at solar in 2010, as readers spot trends
The year 2010 was an interesting year for the solar industry. Certainly there were stumbles such as a 30% cut in the Spanish FiT, Southern California Edison dropping out of a power purchase agreement for energy produced...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Mega Lifesciences develops drug for kidney patients
nutritional, herbal and other drugs in developing countries, Mega Lifesciences, has introduced Promune, which is a drug for kidney patients in Nigeria. A statement by the firm on Wednesday, explained that the drug was an immunosuppressant which...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Labour Angry with Politicians over Utterances
Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has cautioned politicians to guard against negative utterances in order not to further dent the country’s image abroad. General Secretary of the union, Solomon Onaghinon, who made this call...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Total Nigeria Slashes Dividend by 48.63%
Investors hope of a bumper harvest from quoted oil marketing firms may not be met going by the decision by Total Nigeria Plc to cut its proposed dividend recommendation to shareholders of the company for the 2010...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
UBA Creates New Management Layer
In order to streamline its operations and be better positioned for the emerging financial environment, United Bank for Africa Plc, has restructured its operations through the creation of new directorates and the redeployment of some of its...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Agric Policy Processes: Farmers Demand 50% Representation
Coalitions of Civil Society under the Voice for Food Security campaign consortium have asked for 50 per cent representation of small-scale farm holders in agricultural policies in the country. The coalitions, which lamented that small scale farmers...
- Posted April 17, 2011
-
Finalists emerge from Star Quest grand audition
Thirty-six finalists have emerged from the grand audition of the 2011 edition of the Star Quest musical talent hunt programme and will immediately proceed to Fameland. The 36 finalists were selected from a list of 55 who...
- Posted April 15, 2011