LEXCEL Group, the parent company of Grand Oak, Nigeria Distilleries Limited and others, has launched an in-house publication known as Aspire as a medium to showcase the giant strides achieved by its subsidiaries over the years.

The maiden edition...

SOME years back I was driving in an official car with an expatriate colleague, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. As we approached a traffic junction, we met a little traffic build-up and a car sped past us from behind in a manner that he almost...

FIRST civilian governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has criticised the Senate’s opposition to creation of state police and the granting of autonomy to local governments, saying the actions were antithetical to a federal system that...

AS various shades of reactions trail the dashed hopes of many in the Southeast over the much-expected creation of states by the National Assembly following ongoing constitutional amendment; stakeholders have insisted that nothing short of an...

• Embarks on 70,000ha plantation, modern refinery

THE business marriage between PZ, a household name in Nigeria and Wilmer International, known global player in the palm oil industry, in 2011, is rubbing off positively in the economy with the...

TO make the agricultural sector of the Nigerian economy attractive and also better implement the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of the Federal Government, the sector must be adequately funded.

This was the mind of Deans of Agriculture...

THE cocoa industry in Nigeria is re-positioning to compete favourably in the world market. This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akin Adesina, at the 23rd partnership forum organised by the World Cocoa...

TACKLING hunger and food insecurity remain major development priorities, made worse by climate change, price volatility in globalised food markets and over-consumption in wealthy countries. Existing agriculture and food systems are central to...

THE All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Oyo State  has alerted its members on the existence of ``political farmers.’’

The Secretary, Oyo State Election Planning Committee, Mr Abisoye Olajire, said AFAN was aware that some...

With modernity and changing society, one would expect some of the ethos associated with our social, religious and cultural institutions to also change, alas these institutions have not only upheld them, but are equally promoting them. For example...

Setting The Captives Free

Introduction

CAPTIVITY here is the spiritual incarceration of a person’s destiny; an arrest of progress in life. Many captives are oblivious of their captivity. They may be vaguely aware of their limitations in spite...

“…Ah, my lord, what will we do now?’ he cried out to Elisha. ‘Don’t be afraid!’ Elisha told him. ‘For there are more on our side than on theirs!’ ‘O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” 2 Kings 6: 15-16

 

SOME ignorant...

NASRUL Lahi-L-Fatih Society (NASFAT), an Islamic sect, with members across Lagos State and abroad has said the recent pronouncement made by the Lagos State Commissioner of Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, on the wearing of hajib in Lagos State...

THE life of Israelites was full of miracles, signs and wonders. At the time God delivered them from their enemies, God brought judgment upon the enemies of His people, He punished them.

The God of old is still the God of today. He is interested...