African countries must meet criteria to host confab – IBA President
A Briton, Michael Reynolds was recently elected new President of the International Bar Association(IBA). A former Vice- President, Secretary- General, Chair of the Legal Practice Division(LPD) and Chair, of the Anti-Trust and Trade Law Committee of the IBA, will be in office for two years..
Customs truncating clearing process at Apapa, Tin-Can – NCMDLCA scribe
National Secretary of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Uchu Block, has accused the management of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at both Apapa and Tin-can Commands of truncating the clearing process.
Pension assets hit N3.2trn – Oteh
…SEC dismisses Ecobank’s claims on alleged shares restoration
Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms Arunma Oteh, has said that the total pension assets of the National Pensions Commission, PenCom, stood at N3.2 trillion.
Much ado about Alamieyeseigha’s pardon
I remember a football team called ‘Sahara Storms of Sokoto’. It was once a force in the local football scene in Nigeria. In those days, during the usual debate that accompanies a game of football, one of the spectators asked a thought provoking question: ‘why this team be Sahara storms?”
AYAC Warri 2013: Ebewele spots an ‘Antelope’ in Oduduru
The city of Warri will be exciting to sports fans today when athletes from over 20 African countries hit the track and field of the Warri Township Stadium in search of honours in the maiden edition of The Africa Youth Athletics Championships.
Burning the midnight candle: Students prepare for WASSCE
The West African Senior School Certificate Exams, WASSCE, is undoubtedly the most revered qualifying examinations by secondary school leavers.
NDDC must do more for N-Delta people – Oba of Benin
THE Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, yesterday, charged the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to live up to expectation by ensuring the development of the Niger Delta region.
Optometrist blames dry eye disease on climate change
Increasing prevalence of Dry Eye Syndrome, DES, is as a result of on climate change and ozone layer depletion, the Nigerian Optometric Association, Lagos State branch, has confirmed.
We don’t interfere in communities’ elections – Chevron
CHEVRON Nigeria Limited, CNL, operator of the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture, has said that it does not interfere in the in-house procedure of host communities selecting their leaders and representatives.
Proper soil management, a must for food security – Soil scientists
Soil scientists have called for proper soil and crop nutrition management in addressing issues of environmental quality and land degradation if the progress already achieved in combating food insecurity must be sustained; noting that “achieving food security (availability, accessibility and affordability) in the 21st Century can only be realised through proper soil and crop nutrition management backed by effective and implementable government policies.
Farouk Lawan: Posers over absence of Otedola’s statement
The refusal of prosecution to tender statement made by Chairman of Zenon Oil and Gas Limited, Mr Femi Otedola, at the on-going trial of Mr Farouk Lawan, former chairman of the House of Reps Ad Hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, has raised questions on the need for the prosecution to afford the accused opportunity to defend himself.
