Senators query Jonathan’s N1.23trn borrowing plan
PLANS by President Goodluck Jonathan to borrow externally to the tune of $7.905 billion (aboutN1.23 trillion), yesterday, was criticised by the Senate, as the lawmakers argued that there was no rationale behind such big loan.
Implementing Lagos State special people’s law
As part of measures to achieve the implementation of Lagos State Special People’s Law 2011, Persons With Disabilities, PWD, has stressed the need to isolate and identify the various relevant stakeholders involved towards the implementation of the law.
Wanted: A new constitution for Nigeria (2)
There is the National Assembly Act, the Nigeria Police Act, the Electoral Act; and where there is no Act or law now in place on any subject contained in any of the four offending chapters of the Constitution, the National Assembly or State Assembly concerned can enact one.
Road to Painthocast…
Kunle Adeyemi’s on going solo exhibition at the Quintessence Gallery , Falomo Ikoyi, Lagos is a climax of his new research innovations in the exploration of form, material and subject. Titled, Painthograph and Painthocast: A New Consciousness, the visual show comes in the heel of his successful completion of a doctoral programme in studio art.
20 years after Ejigbo crash: Falana vows to fight for victims’ widows
Twenty years after some military officers lost their lives in the Nigerian Air Force C130 Hercule that crashed in a swamp, in Ejigbo, Lagos, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, a rights activist, has assured their widows of his readiness to use instrument of law to fight their course.
EIB, UBA enter N10bn deal for SMEs funding across Africa
The European Investment Bank (EIB), Europe’s long-term lending institution, and United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, have entered agreement to strengthen Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa through a Euro50 million (N10 billion) regional funding initiative European Investment Bank Vice Presidentresponsible for lending operations in sub-Saharan Africa, Pim Van Ballekom, said, “The European Investment Bank is committed to supporting the private sector in Africa .
