Traders petition Fashola over multiple taxes
TRADERS in Ajegunle area of Lagos and its environs have petitioned Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, seeking his intervention in what they perceived as multiple taxations in the local government following alleged new tax regime introduced by the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Authority.
Governorship: Group urges Sheriff to endorse deputy
AS the 2011 general elections draw nearer, a group known as 2011 Dibal for Governorship Organization, has called on Governor Ali Modu Sheriff to endorse his Deputy, Alhaji Adamu Shettima Dibal, for the governorship race as he has been loyal and fully committed to the administration for eight years
2011: IBB coalition inaugurated
The South East zone of Ibrahim Babangida Democratic Coalition has been inaugurated in Enugu
China partners Sokoto on cement factory
Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, has revealed plans by the state government in collaboration with the Chinese government to establish a cement factory in the state
Air Nigeria embarks on restructuring
As part of measures to re-position for profit maximisation, Air Nigeria has embarked on another round of restructuring which saw the duo of Engr. Christopher Kwasau and Mrs. Temitope Fagbemi emerging heads of the Directorate of Engineering & Maintenance and Human Resources respectively.
N10bn anniversary budget not for one day – C’ttee member
INDICATIONS have emerged that had proper explanations been made to Nigerians, the mixed reactions generated by the proposed N10 billion Golden Jubilee budget wouldn’t have occurred.
S-East judicial workers threaten to resume strike
Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, weekend threatened to resume the strike it suspended on 21 June 2010, in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states 16 August should the governors fail to implement the consolidated judiciary salary structure, ONJUSS, before the deadline
How lawyers can protect human rights, by AGF
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, said yesterday that lawyers could play an active role in the promotion and protection of personal and social rights if they practise their profession with decency and excellence.
NLC chieftain eyes Senate
THE Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr Onikolease Irabor, weekend, declared his intension to run for the senatorial seat in Edo Central senatorial district in the forthcoming 2011 general elections.
He cited what he described as the disappointing representation of the people of the area in the Senate as reason for his decision.
Community declares war against ancestral worship
Tuomo Federated Community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has abandoned all forms of ancestral worship in the community to accept Jesus Christ.
Saraki tasks FG on devices to track down kidnappers
Worried by the rising cases of kidnapping in Nigeria, the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum, Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State, has urged the federal government to compel the GSM operators in the country to install gadgets around strategic areas of Nigeria that will indicate where a call is being made so as to settle the problem of kidnapping once and for all.
