Below are the headlines found on The Daily Sun Online Newspaper for today, Monday, 25 September, 2017.
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
As stakeholders canvass new strategy By Adewale Sanyaolu The country may be on the verge of another waste of resources in the face of economic hardship and dwindling revenue as it begins another round of search for hydrocarbon in Sokoto basin. For about 33 years, the Federal Government, through the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Laments MAN can't fight state Engineer Ikpong Umoh is the Chairman of Toiletries & Cosmetic (T&C) Manufacturers Group of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), elected since 2013 to pilot the affairs of the group comprising sixteen sub-sectors of Toiletries & Cosmetics, Industrial, Medical & Special Gases, Paints, Varnishes & Allied Products, Soaps & Detergents, Agrochemicals...
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The United Nations (UN) estimates that up to 5.2 million people in northeastern Nigeria are experiencing acute food insecurity and require emergency food assistance, largely as a result of insurgency, resultant displacement and loss of means of livelihoods. This was revealed in a 'Draft Nigeria Country Plan Global Food Security Strategy' document sent to Daily...
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Stories by Steve Agbota styvenchy@yahoo.com 08033302331 Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is cultivated around the world because of the commercial importance of its oil. India is said to be the world's largest producer of castor seed and meets most of the global demand for castor oil. Nigeria imports over N30 billion worth of castor oil every...
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
By Charles Nwaoguji The Director General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), recently in Lagos, lamented that the country post-harvest losses have risen to over $9 billion annually. Prof. (Mrs.) Gloria Elemo, who was the keynote speaker at a two-day workshop of GAIN-PLAN Nigeria Cold Chain Summit 2017, held in Ikeja, Lagos,...
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Stories by Bimbola Oyesola We are already moving towards the end of the year and that means harmattan is almost around the corner. Then it means going into production of petroleum jelly would not be a bad idea. It is equally a product that can sell round the year, as people must cream their body....
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), last week, reiterated its call that Morocco must never be admitted into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) . The association in a statement warned the Federal Government as well as leaders in the ECOWAS sub-region that admitting the Magreb nation into the community will have disastrous...
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Managing its downside effect By Adewale Sanyaolu February statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) performance of coal mining and metal ore activities for quarter four of 2016, gave an abysmal low scope to the sector. The NBS statistics showed that the contribution of mining and quarrying...
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Stories by Louis Ibah Investors in Nigeria's airline industry have lamented their foreign currency losses occasioned by the absence of storage airports to keep newly purchased aircraft. This has made storage airports in Europe or the United States of America the only option left to Nigerian airline operators to keep their equipment pending when...
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
Aircraft carry all kinds of apparatus and tools that passengers rarely get to see, or even suspect might be on board. Here are five. Handcuffs 'Passenger restraint' is the polite term used to describe handcuffs, and yes, you can bet they're on board. Crew will bring them out to restore order if a passenger looks...
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