South Africa’s Public Investment Corp., which oversees $125 billion of government pension funds, defended Nedbank Group Ltd. (NED) Chief Executive Officer Mike Brown after the government attacked the lender for failing to have a black or female CEO. Brown has “made a positive contribution to the group” and has the confidence of the PIC, the [...]
Once you “go hybrid,” it seems you can turn back after all. Only 35 percent of hybrid car owners bought a hybrid again when they purchased a new vehicle in 2011, according to a report by automotive research group Polk. But some regions of the… Culled from here : Africa News
By Tosin Sulaiman LONDON, April 10 | Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:40am EDT LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) – Investment banking fees in sub-Saharan Africa fell 60 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from the previous year, as dealmaking suffered in the wake of the euro zone debt crisis, according to Thomson Reuters analysis. Fees [...]
South Africa’s low-cost carriers have fallen into disarray as rising fuel costs and overcapacity take their toll on a domestic industry now hit by a spate of airline management resignations. Rodney James stepped down as CEO of OneTime airline, along with executive director Michael Kaminski, the company said March 13, without giving reasons for the [...]
The South-South Speakers Forum has endorsed the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Victor Ochei, as its sole candidate for the chairmanship election of the conference of speakers coming up on 12 April. A communique issued at the end of its meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the forum said the [...]
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka By Jocelyne Sambira Africa’s continued growth has sparked the interest of investors from industrialized nations, resulting in fierce competition for its resources and markets. The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has [...]
Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians
Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians By Nwaorgu Faustinus The former parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Parish Umuodagu Ntu in Ngor/Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev. Father Bethrand has called on Christians to be united as a body. Rev. Bethrand made the call at a send-off and reception church [...]
Malian children face education crisis
Malian children face education crisis Conflict disrupts schools By Kingsley Ighobor While the world remains focused on ending Mali’s conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The fund and other [...]
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech By Pavithra Rao In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa. Widely known for being used to track wild animals, GPS, or “Global Positioning System” tracking devices are being adapted by [...]
Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge
Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge To the President and Nigeria’s people AssalamualikumWe the MuslimsAgainstTerror.com here by offer our prayers and support for the mission to bring an end to Abubakar Shekau’s Boko Haram. We are pleased to hear of the declared states of emergency. Even though [...]
May 8, 2013 Boko Haram has waged a war against Nigeria In total violation of the fundamental principles of society, the Nigerian government is yet to respond to the war it’s people and military have been subjected to. The May 7th occurrence in Bama, Maiduguri is the latest in a series of full scale rebel [...]
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Jonathan fighting Amaechi over 2015 election– Tam David-West
Tam David-West | credits: Prof. Tam David-West, a former Petroleum Minister and later Minister for Mines, Power and Steel, speaks on the state of the nation with ALLWELL OKPI Having been in government twice as minster, what do you think about the state of the nation today? If these bombs going off everyday kills any [...]
Recasting the Jonathan-Amaechi Rift
Polscope with Eddy Odivwri eddy.odivwri@thisdaylive.com, 08053069356 Although the hitherto managed quarrel between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has become such a motor-park gossip talk, the two protagonists still pretend that all is well between them. None of them or their spokespersons, has publicly admitted that there is fisty feud. Yet, [...]
Update: Amaechi/ Jonathan face-off: Court orders police to vacate Rivers council
Governor Rotimi Amaechi A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday ordered the police to withdraw its personnel from the Obio/Akpor Local Government Secretariat and maintain minimal security at the premises. The police had on May 3, sealed the secretariat, located at Rumuodomaya, preventing members of the caretaker committee, staff and the public from gaining access into [...]
Police to Interrogate Rivers Speaker over Alleged Threat to Amaechi’s Life
By Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has said it would interrogate the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Otelemaba Amachree and the Chief of Staff to Governor Chibuike Amaechi, Chief Tony Okocha, over allegations of plots to assassinate Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and other top government functionaries. The State [...]
Cyclist urges youths to embrace sports
National cyclist Edward Osim has advised youths in the country to embrace sports. Osim told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt during the week that with many youths participating in sports, unemployment in the country would be reduced to its barest minimum. He added that unemployment in the country had been on the [...]
Countdown begins for Port Harcourt as UNESCO World Book Capital 2014
THE countdown has begun as the attention of the book-loving world turns to Nigeria’s oily Garden City, Port Harcourt, which will host stimulating activities around the book when it hoists aloft the World Book Capital flag in 2014. The countdown activities were announced last week at the weeklong Nigeria International Book Fair at UNILAG in [...]
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