By Les Leba
The Ministry of Finance may seek parliamentary approval to alter key 2010 budget assumptions to better reflect global energy prices and the country’s crude oil output.
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday. “The Minister had raised the alarm earlier this month [...]
African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged to support efforts to resolve the infrastructure problem in Nigeria.
“The AfDB is prepared to lend its support to resolve this problem, in close collaboration with the Nigerian private sector”, said Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President at the conclusion of a two day visit to Nigeria last week
Years after the federal government promised to ensure Nigeria had an aircraft maintenance hangar, privately or publicly-owned, airlines in the country are still faced with the challenge of taking out their air planes for overhaul.
The Governor Sullivan Chime’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Enugu State, yesterday, disowned the governorship aspirant of the Labour Party in 2007 election, Chief Okey Ezea, saying he was not a member of the PDP and had no right to speak on issues concerning the party.
In the bid to eradicate the incessant collapse of buildings in the country, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and other stakeholders in the construction sector of the economy have moved for the speedy passage of the bill that will penalize any professional in the building industry involved in cutting corners and doing shoddy job in the process of building construction in the country.
The Lagos State government has again prospective land owners in the state to be wary of land speculators who engage in indiscriminate sale of government-acquired land.
Over four thousand children from about 200 schools in Lagos State where treated to the dose of experiential marketing at the Cadbury Bournvita Purple Dome penultimate week.
Procedurally, it was very meticulous and disciplined. Getting the four pro-zoning presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the North to agree to abide by the outcome of the search for their consensus candidate to clash with President Goodluck Jonathan was a smart binding force from which it was difficult for any of the subscribers to back out. However, for some, it was the easy way out, the classic “soft landing”.
By Peter Egwuatu
In its bid to spur growth and development of Nigerian economy, Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc, a quoted entity on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has disclosed plans to continuously invest in the country by expanding its existing sites and developing new sites in the country to make Nigeria self sufficient [...]
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA hereby assures stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector that the on_going investigation over a petition against the Management of the Agency has not affected operations.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has resolved to partner with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that all votes counts in the forthcoming 2011 elections are free and fair.
Odu’a Investment Company Limited is set to to embark on the construction of a N200 million estate project at the choice location of Iyaganku Government Reservation Area in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The Federal Palace Hotel promo tagged; Pot of Gold has produced winners as the hotel recently rewarded customers who participated in the promo
NOBODY will bear you a grudge if you do not know Nuhu Somo Wya. He is the Minister of State for Power (electricity). Last Thursday, Wya, an architect, reminded Nigerians that they needed to be grateful to this administration for making electricity supply better in the last one year than an entire generation of Nigerian leaders did.
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