Lawmaker orders closure of Afiesere community road
THE representative of Ughelli North Local Government constituency II in Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Abel Oshevire yesterday ordered the closure of the main road leading to Afiesere Community, Ughelli, as the bridge linking the metropolis and the community is on the verge of collapse.
Citizen dividends and oil resource rents, a focus on Alaska, Norway and Nigeria
Abstract: Citizens of Alaska have been receiving individual dividend checks from an oil rent trust fund since 1982. Norway’s citizens receive substantial social services and invest oil rents in a permanent fund for the future. Nigeria has yet to establish a similar fund for its oil revenue stream.
As lawyers confer in Lagos…..
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), will from August 17, 2009, start its week long annual conference in Lagos, which will bring together over 8,000 lawyers. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Underdeveloped Nations, Failed Economies and Future of the Legal Profession’.. .
Cashew attracts global demand in spite of downturn
PERHAPS, the crop, cashew is overshadowed by coffee, cocoa, and maybe cotton and oil palm, but in terms of the number of lives that can be touched, cashew is far more, than the aforementioned crops.
Customs boss charges officers to justify promotion
Customs Area Controller (CAC) of Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Iya Abubakar Umar, has charged recently promoted officers in the command to justify management’s confidence on them by putting in their best and providing leadership in the discharge of their duties.
KVL/NEPC export roundtable holds in Kano
THE Koinonia Venture Limited (KVL), Nigeria Export Promotion Commission (NEPC) export roundtable, a forum to examine the current challenges facing the non-oil export sector geared towards identifying solutions that could aid non-oil export trade in Nigeria will hold between August 25 and 26 in Kano State.
