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September 15, 2016 No Responses

Guinness Nigeria targets South African market

(Bloomberg) Guinness Nigeria Plc plans to increase exports to improve sales and generate more foreign exchange as the country’s second-largest brewer battles to overcome an economic slump in its home market. The unit of London-based Diageo Plc will consider...

September 15, 2016 No Responses

Unity Bank sacks 213 workers

The Management of Unity Bank Plc sacked 213 of its workforce. A source explained that the exercise form part of the financial institution’s plan to reposition its operations. Contacted on Wednesday, a highly placed source within the Bank...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

FG raises 10-member team on agric roadmap

A ten-member committee has been inaugurated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to drive the successful Implementation of Nigeria’s Agric Sector Policy Roadmap, the “Green Alternative”. According to the ministry, t...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

‘Promote national unity, stop agitation for actualisation of Biafra’

Citing need for national unity, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerian yourths particularly those from the South-East to stop agitation for the acualisation of Biafra Republic Addressing some Corp Members in Daura, Katsina State on Tuesday, Buhar...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

Law on DNA before issuance of birth certificate underway

From 2017 onwards, all babies born to South African parents will be required to undergo DNA tests to confirm their paternity before they can be allowed to take on their fathers’ surnames, Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba has...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

‘No going back on October 1 deadline for speed limiting device’

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said the installation of speed limiting device on vehicles is in accordance with the commission’s Establishment Act. Assistant Corps Marshall Kayode Olagunju, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar th...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

Protest Rocks Zimbabwe

(CNN) Zimbabwe has known only one leader since independence. First as prime minister, then president, there has only been Robert Mugabe at the top for the last 36 years. There have been challenges, opposition and violence, but the 92-year-old leader...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

‘How Venus and Serena Williams failed drug test’

Hacking group, Fancy Bear group has alleged that the World Anti-Doping Agency allowed United States tennis players Serena and Venus Williams to take banned substances, while gymnast Simone Biles failed a doping test yet avoided disqualification. Accord...