The Minister of State, at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, has commended the banking industry for the role it played towards the success story of the economy.
Against the background of the scepticism being expressed over the proposed Niger Delta Summit, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua yesterday reaffirmed that the summit would not be another "pointless and diversionary jamboree, as some fear."
The Niger Delta region is Nigeria's and Africa's largest marshland, and the third largest wetland in the world. The region has a steadily growing population put at about 40 million people as of 2006. The population growth has not been
The National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) has said that Federal Government's reduction of the HIV/AIDS funds by twenty-five percent this year could affect the campaign against the epidemic in the country.
Ecobank, a household name in The Gambia for efficient, friendly, customer focused and excellent banking services, yesterday, opened two new branches. The new branches are at the Kanifing highway and West Field.
Members of the Sekyere East District Association of Small Scale Industries (SEDASSI), drawn from Effiduase and Asokore in Ashanti Region, have attended a four-day workshop, organized by the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC).
AN ACCRA Fast Track High Court (FTC) determining the ownership status of "Kasapa Telecom" between the Ghanaian corporate entity, Kludjeson International Limited (KIL) and its overseas business counterparts, Hutchison Telecommunications Limited and Certwell Limited, has opened the floodgate for evidence
Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Ghana has rounded up the 21days of Y'ello Care challenge programme, which made its staff to engage in various activities in communities across the country.
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday joined other eminent Nigerians and groups in the call for the removal of Prof. Ibrahim Gambari as the chairman of steering committee of the proposed Niger Delta Ssummit.
The Management of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has announced a 12-hourly zonal power rotational rationing from 6am - 6pm and 6pm - 6am nationwide.
Nigeria has maintained its lead as African's largest telecoms market with 47 million active subscribers relegating South Africa to second place with 42.3 million recorded subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2008.
The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has said that communities impacted by mining activities have not benefited directly from mining royalties.
A day after the Minority in Parliament raised issues over government's negotiations with Vodafone Plc UK, over the sale of 70% shares in Ghana Telecom (GT), government has announced that it had reached an agreement with the company, in a
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, yesterday revealed that the country is under producing currency notes to the tune of N2 billion.
In recent times, quite a lot has been said and written about the presence of Chinese investors in Africa . The West is clearly worried not just about the rate of China's growth within a global context, but also about
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, has said that the House will continue to support the Federal Government through the enactment of relevant laws that would guarantee enduring peace, security and development in Niger Delta.
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), FCT Chapter, has, begin training of over 100 people in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the Basic Business Training (BBT) programme.
