Mass housing: ASO confab panelists advocate use of idle funds
Experts in the nation’s housing sector have called on the Federal Government to channel the huge funds lying in bank vaults, in the form of unclaimed dividends, dormant accounts, and accumulated premiums from pension schemes, among others, to the development of mass housing schemes across the country.
Jonathan did not buy plane for me, says Oritsejafor
NATIONAL President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, for the first time, publicly dismissed criticisms that continued to trail his acquisition of a private jet with some critics claiming that the gift may have come from the Presidency.
There will be no peace if Jonathan is not returned in 2015 – Dokubo Asari
Ahead of 2015 general elections, Northern youths engaged former President of Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC) and Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, in a war of words over the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
Strike: IMSG sledge hammer dangles on workers
OWERRI — Imo State Government has warned that any public servant that proceeds on strike as directed by labour leaders in the state to regard himself/herself as having voluntarily retired.
Ten killed as gunmen open fire in Adamawa church, market
A group of gunmen Sunday stormed a village in Adamawa on the border with Cameroon killing 10 residents in attacks on a church and a market, police said.
Why we need to empower our rice farmers – Adesina
Ladi Bakindi is a middle-aged woman farmer in the Bakolori Irrigation project in Zamfara state. She is one of the 33,550 farmers on 11,000 hectares of land.
One killed, 30 wounded in Tanzania’s Catholic church blast
At least 30 people were injured, three seriously, in a suspected bomb attack Sunday at a packed new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha, police said.
Two arrested over siblings, pregnant woman’s death
The Lagos State Police Command, Sunday, said it arrested two persons in connection with the killing of two brothers and a pregnant woman by suspected cult members, last Thursday.
Enterprise Bank gets ultimatum over sack
NATIONAL Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, NUBIFIE, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Enterprise Bank Plc to implement an agreement reached with organised labour under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour and Productivity, on March 22, in Abuja, or face the wrath of labour.
TYM partners Aston to address mgt deficiencies
An innovative social enterprise, providing learning platforms for business professionals, These Young Minds, TYM, has entered into a partnership with Aston Business School in the United Kingdom to address the dearth of qualitative management skills in both the public and private sectors in Nigeria and the rest of the African continent.
CBN’s one day cheque settlement system takes off across Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s move to reduce the settlement cycle of a cheque in Nigeria to one day, also known as cheque truncation system, has now taken off across the country.
