OPS urges FG to tighten control on CBN
…Says firms losing 30% sales revenue to insecurity
Industrialists and members of the organized private sector have called on the federal government to tighten its control over the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Governor of the apex bank, by increasing the number of independent director on the Board of the bank.
R&D, collaboration, key to local manufacturing – PMGMAN
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to invest more in research and development whilst also stating that mergers and acquisition is the way forward in growing the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Africa.
Navy clamps down on illegal Maritime Association
THE Nigerian Navy has clamped down on a group of persons discovered to be training Nigerian youths on military activities and rescue operations illegally. Already, the group known as Merchant Maritime Transport Safety Association, according to the Navy, had trained over 200 youths, with a promise to engage them in the Military and Marine sectors.
Federal government assures lesser hajj pilgrims hitch free trip
The Federal Government has assured Nigerian intending pilgrims for this year lesser hajj (umrah) hitch free trip to Saudi Arabia and timely return to the country.
Poor infrastructure, lack of parental control bane of education in Nigeria – Meg Nwobia
Mrs. Meg Nwobia is the Director of Hallmark School, Lagos. In this chat with Vanguard in her office, the graduate of Education from the College of Education Abraka and Metropolitan University in London, speaks on her business and the challenges and says standard of education in Nigeria has not fallen. Excerpts:
250 couples wed in Kano
…Get N20,000 from govt, sewing machines from Sambo
KANO—No fewer than 250 couples were joined in matrimony in Kano State, weekend, during the second batch of mass wedding organised by Hisbah Board, a parastatal in the state.
