Finbank acquisition: FCMB awaits SEC approval
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) on Tuesday said that it was waiting for the approval of Securities and Exchange (SEC) to conclude its acquisition of Finbank. Mr Kenny Aliu, FCMB Group Head, Corporate Communications, disclosed in Lagos. He said that the process was still ongoing and would be completed as soon as it received SEC’s approval.
Suspend planned removal of fuel subsidy, cleric urges Jonathan
ANGLICAN Bishop of Amichi Diocese, Rt. Rev. Ephraim Ikeakor, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to suspend the planned removal of fuel subsidy, warning that the move was a time bomb waiting to explode.
Calabar Airforce Games begin
About 1000 Nigerian Air Force personnel are to compete in 22 sporting events at the 7th edition of the Nigeria Air Force Games to take place in Calabar in Cross River State and Uyo in Akwa Ibom State from October 29 to November 5, 2011.
First Lady advocates early education
Wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan, has identified kindergarten education as a panacea to the challenges of mass failures in the country.
Post election protest: PDP calls for arrest of LASIEC boss
Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on State Security Services, SSS and the Police to immediately arrest the chairman of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, Justice Fatai Adeyinka (rtd), Mrs Tokunboh Fatoyinbo and all local government areas and local council development authorities’ returning officers.
NYSC scheme has outlived its usefulness – students
THE National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme which was established by Decree no. 24 in May 1973 by General Yakubu Gowon came under severe criticism recently in a debate by representatives of sixteen secondary schools in Lagos where over ninety-five per cent spoke for the motion that “The NYSC scheme has outlived it’s usefulness” suggesting the abolition of the scheme without delay.
