PIB: Sheer waste of legislative efforts – Reps
Barely nine days to the end of the sixth Assembly, the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, may not eventually sail through as some legislators in the lower chamber describe its debate as a sheer waste of legislative time.
CLO faults FG’s N1bn inauguration budget
Anambra State Branch of the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has condemned plans by the Federal Government to spend N1 billion for the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Not Just Another Day In May
AS the children march today to mark Children’s Day, more profound matters are being settled all over the country. Governments are being formed; politicians are doing their best to remain the circle that decides others’ future.
Tinubu, ACN commended over stand on GNU
FOR refusing to be part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposed Government of National Unity, GNU, a group, Forum for Purposeful Governance and Democratic Ethos, FPGDE, has commended the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and its national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
House of Reps: A score card of scandals
THE sixth National Assembly especially the House of Representatives, would go in history as the most scandalous in Nigeria going by all the avoidable crises that rocked it in the last four years.
Murky suspicions
MANY people have told me that they had no idea, until the last minute, that local council elections were taking place last weekend. Some even say that they didn’t know about these elections until after they had happened. And quite a few are suspecting newspapers of deliberately keeping the general public in the dark.
Bank Of Montreal 2Q net up 7%, beats analyst expectations
TORONTO —Bank of Montreal (BMO) kicked off the second-quarter reporting season for Canada’s big banks by posting a better-than-expected 7% increase in earnings on the back of lower loan-loss provisions and ongoing strength in its Canadian retail bank. The country’s fourth-largest bank in assets earned C$800 million, or C$1.34 a share, in the three months […]
Dangote urges ECOWAS to dismantle trade barriers
PRESIDENT/Chief Executive Offcer, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has called on the elimination of trade barriers among West African nations, to promote economic growth in the region.
Importers to pay for destruction of substandard goods — SON
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has stated that, henceforth importers of fake and unwholesome products will be responsible for the cost incurred for destruction of sub-standard products that imported into the country.
Police investigate death of American in a hotel
Detectives at the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department(SCID) Panti, have begun investigation into the death of an American citizen in a hotel in Victoria Island area of Lagos. The deceased identified as Perry Jerry Brent, was reportedly last seen with a lady the previous night .
New IMF boss should look at needs of emerging economies
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the CBN governor, has advocated that the new Managing Director of the IMF should consider the needs of emerging economies. Sanusi made this known while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
