BGL Plc, one of Nigeria’s foremost Investment Banking outfit in Nigeria , Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and FDHL have lamented the non_passage of the Petroleum Information Bill.
For any nation’s economy to grow, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector must play a pivotal role in the overall industrial economy of the nation and Nigeria is not an exception.
In a renewed to boost its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) drive and to help promote government’s efforts on environmental cleanliness, Macleans, a toothpaste brand from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria (GSK) Plc, said its partnering Passion House to clean up Amukoko, a suburb in Ifelodun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.
Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has raked in N1,274,856,458.08 between January and May this year. Presenting the revenue profile to journalists in his office, the Acting Customs Area Controller (CAC) in charge of the command, Deputy Comptroller Richard Oteri revealed that the revenue of the command shot up following the management’s innovation to work closely with the traditional rulers especially in the area of making smugglers to pay duties of any vehicle they bring into the country illegally.
The Kaduna state team at the weekend defeated their Kano state counterparts 1-0 to win the Zone D finals of the 2011 Copa Coca Cola held at the Kaduna Township stadium.
Rivers State government has constituted a special joint civilian/military task force to tow vehicles parked in wrong places in the state capital.
A pressure group in Edo State, the Niger Delta Women in Politics has dispelled rumours making the round in the State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that Edo State is in turmoil over ministerial nominee, saying on the contrary we commend the PDP over the ministerial nominee from Edo State; Arc Mike Onolememen, a young professional and new breed politician.
An aide of Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Emeka Nwapa, has said the party has now been repositioned by in such a way that it can take the commanding heights in its quest for good governance which is necessary for delivering democracy dividends.
Lagos State Command of Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, weekend, said it had arrested four foreigners for attempting to illegally obtain the Standard Nigeria International Passport.
British Airways has thrown its weight behind weekend’s launch of a European Advanced Bio-fuels Flight Path by the European Commission and its partners.
As the minimum wage controversy rages in the country, Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Sunday, maintained that state governments were bound to implement the new wage structure as it had been passed into law.
France began their 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ campaign in winning fashion but were made to work hard by a competitive Nigeria, who eventually succumbed to a lone Marie-Laure Delie strike just after the interval.
THE expected 12,000bpd oil production from the Oil Mining Lease, OML 56, in Kwale, Delta State, is now under threat from Obodougwa-Ogume community, following alleged moves by Energia Limited to engage another drilling contractor to drill Well 4 in the location.
GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State, weekend, reconstituted local government transition committees with appoint-ment of new chairmen for the the 17 councils in the state.
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