Daily Archives: March 9, 2018

Brown-Forman sustains momentum as nine months sales rise 9%

Brown-Forman Corp, the US-based spirits firm behind such brands as Jack Daniel’s whiskey, Woodford Reserve and Old Forester bourbon reported its nine months results through 31 January 2018 on Wednesday, with the Louisville, Kentucky based firm posting a 9% revenue growth to $2.5bn. In the third quarter alone, sales rose 9% to $878m.

Nigeria Welcomes FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour

The much anticipated FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday, with a first stop in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital and was received by the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. Also present at the welcoming ceremony were other stakeholders such as the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, officials of the Coca-Cola Company including the Managing Director of Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Bhupendra Suri and his counterpart and Managing Director at the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), Georgios Polymenakos.