Mortgage bank disburses N1.36bn housing loan in Kano
A Kano State-owned mortgage bank, the Dala Building Society, says it has disbursed N1.36 billion housing loans to no fewer than 2, 400 civil servants in the state. The Acting Managing Director of the bank, Alhaji Abdulnasser Abdu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday that N480 million were disbursed 2,000 workers from May 2011 to date.
Socialist victory in France and lessons for Africa
IN the runner-up to Nigeria’s government announcement of the controversial removal of subsidy on petroleum products on the New Year day, the former French finance minister and head of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Mrs Christine Largarde flew into Abuja.
Suspected bomber arrested at Ministerial briefing in Abuja
Security agents Monday morning arrested a suspected bomber at the Press Centre, venue of ministerial platform in Abuja. The person whose identity remains unknown reportedly came to the Radio House with high grade explosives and rounds of ammunition.
Death and the old witch’s cry
IN African folklore, countless myths are surely evoked at the mention of an old witch. The wailing of this dark creature is, for instance, taken as portentous, a signpost to evil. So, at its shriek cry in the middle of the night, no true mother waits to be reminded to hold her suckling closer, lest the baby is found dead at dawn.
Traffic Gridlock: Ikorodu residents send SOS to FG, Lagos Govt.
Residents of Ikorodu, a surbub of Lagos, on Sunday appealed to the Federal and Lagos State Governments to rescue them from the traffic gridlock in the area.
Jos witnesses influx of people – Dabit
Mr Bulus Dabit, the General Manager of Plateau Radio/Telivision Corporation, says that the city of Jos in Plateau is gradually witnessing a huge influx of people.
Frank de Boer rules out Liverpool move
Ajax coach Frank de Boer on Monday ruled out a move to Premier League club Liverpool.
Fear pervades Maiduguri heart of Islamist insurgency
Classrooms have been burnt, reduced to piles of broken glass and shards of cement, but children and teachers remain, squeezing into the part of the building still standing for lessons.
Ghana prevented Nigerians from selling generator – Ajagu
President of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies (AES), Dr. Ausbeth Ajagu, has advocated the need for the Federal Government to stop the importation of generating sets into the country, in a bid to address the epileptic power situation in the country.
Sacked Lagos doctors lobby for reinstatement
Indications emerged, weekend, that some of the 788 doctors sacked by the Lagos State government are now lobbying to get reinstated.
TMG urges Jonathan to restate Salami
A coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations under the aegis of the Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, yesterday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to honour the advice of the National Judicial Council, NJC, and reinstate the former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami immediately.
