The first duty of government with respect to its budgets is to ensure that the anticipated revenues come in. When there is a revenue shortfall as is presently being canvassed, government should look in depth into all its revenue sources. The current focus of government is on the drop in the revenue from crude oil sales. The losses have been stated to be from persons taking substantial quantities of crude oil from the flowlines of the oil producing companies and which quantities of crude oil are not accounted for.

Frequency coordination negotiations have succeeded in setting up the mechanism to deploy digital television as 47 Sub-Saharan African countries have agreed on frequency coordination for digital switch-over in 2015

Rivers State governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has stepped up his administration’s health care delivery to the people of the state as he brought into the state, United States-based health mission of experts to treat people with glaucoma and cataract eye problems and render other sundry medical services.

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Philly & Mools Group, (a company involved in providing advisory services to corporate bodies), Mr. Niyi Oguntoyinbo, has called on owners of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs, in the country to imbibe the culture of implementing standard operating procedures in their businesses, saying that that it is a critical success factor for any business.

Apparently desirous of bringing back the entrepreneurial spirit of Ndi Anambra in the area of human endeavours, a group of Anambrarians that found themselves in the enclave of Balogun Business Association (BBA) has risen to check the brain drain currently being noticed in the state. The group under the acronym, Youths Initiatives for the Restoration of Positive Values in Anambra State ( YIRPVAS) who said that citizens of the state have laboured variously in the development of other states and have left their own state fallow and unattractive, has decided to replicate what they have in various parts of Nigeria in their home state.

AN incident occurred, yesterday, on the London Underground.
Basic Life Support (BLS) refers to the act of supporting an unconscious patient’s breathing and circulation in order to preserve their life until professional help arrives.

Devices and services company, Microsoft has partnered with Kagiso Media to officially unveil the MSN Nigeria portal in Lagos.

No fewer than 600 teens from 16 countries across Africa arrive in Lagos next week for the biggest youth football fiesta on the continent, Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) to be hosted by telecommunication giant, Airtel Nigeria Limited.

Cable company,Main One, last week received a major grant by the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to support a feasibility study on the extension of a fiber optic network from Lagos to Port Harcourt.

Guinness, the proud sponsors of the Nigeria Super Eagles has congratulated the team on their superlative performance against the Flames of Malawi in the ongoing FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifier played at the U.J Esuene Stadium Calabar.

GOVERNOR Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State, has approved the immediate re-engagement of 1,546 teachers whose certificates have been verified to be genuine and also passed the proficiency examination.

A lecturer from the Benue State University, Ode Egena, has emerged winner of the 2013 Young Managers’ Competition organised by the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) in collaboration with leading telecommunication services provider, Airtel Nigeria.

Telecom company, Etisalat is keen on seeing that Nigeria grows leaders in business ideas as a contribution to the stability of the country’s economy.

Jihadists who overran Syria’s ancient Christian town of Maalula last week forced at least one person to convert to Islam at gunpoint and executed another one, residents said Tuesday.

The skipper of the Aba Elephants says the players are prepared for their opponents in the September 15 final of the country’s oldest cup competition in Lagos