THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Resident Representative in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure, has said that climate change in form of extreme weather events, floods, production shocks, population growth, increasing global...

CHIEF Executive Officer of Pepperoni Foods Limited, a fast growing restaurant chain in the Niger Delta region, Mr. Eric Idogun, said the industry has the capacity to create millions of jobs for unemployed youths if operators are encouraged through...

TO combat the growing threat to technological development in Nigeria, an expert has canvassed an urgent development of national regulatory framework to secure the country’s cyber space. This is to protect the economy against cyber crime.

At a...

THERE is, frequently, a debate on whether the world could, one day, find a replacement for sweat crude. What is, however, not disputable is that the discovery of streams of non-conventional fuel will have enormous impact on the demand for oil and...

NEEDLESS to say, I did not wait around for that appointment and have never been back.  If I had called up the hairdresser in England and she was running late, she would actually tell me so, thus, giving me the option to wait or reschedule...

TO succeed in an unstable business environment like Nigeria, entrepreneurs have been advised to build sustainable work ethics, seek appropriate training and patiently nurture their dreams.

The charge was made by American business trainer and life...

Ten years ago, the Managing Director of Raphgate Chemicals Nigeria Limited, Mr. Atere Raphael resigned from his teaching job to venture into paint manufacturing with just N28, 000 in his hand. Today, he is the proud owner of the Horse Paints...

This is a follow-up to the story on the Nigerian textile sector published in The Guardian on May 11,2013. DEBO OLADIMEJI who wrote the story covered the 6th Advisory Board Meeting of Fashion and Textile Stakeholders’ Forum in Lagos —- under...

THERE is a not so quiet revolution playing out in the education sector in Osun State, Nigeria.

The Opon Imo initiative is a unique and groundbreaking attempt at re-engineering how students learn at the senior secondary level, by making available...

THE United States of America's economy added a modest 175,000 jobs in May, the Labour Department announced on Friday, dispelling some worries that job creation had slumped in the spring.

The unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percentage points to...

THE Federal Government may have concluded plans to finalise the ongoing privatization of the power sector this month, when the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) distribution firms are expected to be handed over to their respective...

THE Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to launch its new clean energy programme, tagged ‘Eko Gas’ aimed at encouraging utilisation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the state.

Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral...