The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has urged the Federal Government to partner with relevant professional bodies to train Nigerians on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Mr Sunday Ajileye, Chairman of Amuwo Odofin District of ICAN, made the all in in Lagos.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to Nigeria declined by 29 percent in 2010 amidst regulatory concerns in the nation’s oil industry.
A former staff of Lagos Baptist Conference Schools is threatening to drag the body to court for allegedly withholding her entitlements.
Nigerian forward Emmanuel Emenike has left Turkey’s Fenerbahce to join Spartak Moscow in Russia. Earlier on Thursday, Fenerbahce said it was considering offers from foreign clubs for the Super Eagle.
There can be little doubt that the names of some of the 504 players already confirmed ahead of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, starting tonight in Colombia, will catch the eye more than others, with many already valued at millions of pounds or having enjoyed star turns at club level.
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, declared ,Thursday, that Islamic banking has come to stay in Nigeria, saying the issue should not lead to crisis.
Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze-Oduah, has ordered Bi-Courtney Ltd to immediately stop the collection of N2,500 as Passenger Service Charge, PSC, from air travellers.
A suspected armed robber who allegedly killed a police constable in Ado Ekiti about two weeks ago , claimed he killed cop , Olusegun Olufowobi in error.
After due consideration of the investigative report of the Justice Umaru Abdullahi-led probe panel, which allegedly indicted the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Salami of perjury, the National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, charged a three-man panel of justices with the responsibility of recommending a befitting punishment for him.
Four members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, were, yesterday, allegedly shot, as policemen dispersed the movement’s protest in Onitsha.
The Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, joined its counterparts all over the World (Thursday) to celebrate with Great Britain as they marked one year to go until the 2012 Olympics.
Enugu State House of Assembly said, yesterday, that it would commence the process of domesticating the Freedom of Information,FoI, Act in order to promote good governance and accountability in government.
IT is rather unfortunate that every issue in Nigeria today is debated on the basis of ethnic or religious sentiments, while every action taken is politicised, becoming a weapon for further escalation of animosity among Nigeria’s citizens.
Globacom has urged the Flying Eagles to surpass the silver medals won by the1989 and 2005 sets in Saudi Arabia and Holland as the FIFA U-20 World Cup kicks off tonight in Columbia.
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