Anambra’s Floating Bodies
MORE than a week after bodies were found floating on a river in Amansea, Anambra State, the security agencies appear helpless about identifying the bodies or making any headway about the cause of their death. Governor Peter Obi’s promise of N5 million to anyone with information that could help unravel the “mystery” has yielded no results.
PFAs post N140bn profit from pension fund investment in 2 yrs
Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) have recorded a profit of N140.19bn from trading with funds in the Retirement Savings Accounts (RSA) of contributors under the Contributory Pension Scheme in the last two years, according to information obtained from National Pension Commission.
FG, states, LGAs shared N8.8trn in 2012
HE sum of N8.8 trillion was disbursed to the three tiers of government from the Federation Account between January and December 2012 from the statutory and Value Added Tax, VAT, allocations. The receipt came mostly from oil revenue, customs duties and VAT.
2012 was a challenging year – Skyway MD
Managing Director, SkyWay Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL), Mr. Olu Owolabi, has said that despite the giant stride recorded in 2012, the company faced a lot of challenges because of the turbulence witnessed in the aviation industry.
How government, insurers can collaborate against flooding
Last week some parts of the country witnessed the first rain of the year. Judging by the intensity of the downpour, stakeholders in the insurance sector have renewed calls for collaboration between government and the sector to mitigate losses that could arise as a result of the impending flood
Need to reduce malnutrition led me into this business – Israel Ajide
Mr. Israel Ajide is the Managing Director of Gudugba, Ifo, Ogun State-based Vigour Farms, an outfit that is into livestock production. In this chat with Financial Vanguard, the 2008 Microbiology graduate of the University of Ilorin, said he was motivated to go into the business because of his passion for livestock production among other things. Excerpts:
