LUTH interns protest non-payment of 7 months salaries
INTERNS at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos, yesterday, protested non-payment of seven months salaries, disrupting healthcare services.
Matters arising from investors’ complaints
Since it debuted February this year, Investors Forum has been receiving complaints from investors on a weekly basis. The subjects of these complaints are very revealing in terms of the plight of investors, in the Nigerian capital market, especially the retail investors.
Mokola flyover: Ajimobi’s spin doctors exposed
THE much trampled people of Oyo State woke up on a certain morning to the saddening report that some disgruntled members of the opposition in the state had connived the night before to destroy the precious and (in) famous Mokola flyover.
Lagos rail project receives UK boost
IF the promise of the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Peter Carter, is anything to go by, British investors will soon key into the multi-billion naira Lagos Blue Line (Okokomaiko-Marina) Rail Project. This is in addition to the support of the British Government via the Department for International Development (DFID).
Enugu community protests alleged hijack of land by monarch
ENUGU—Hundreds of placard carrying natives of Ogonogo Eji Ndiagu and Ndiuno Akpugo Autonomous Community last weekend stormed Government House, Enugu, protesting the forceful take over of their lands by a traditional ruler in the area.
Critical assets under threat, says Jonathan
Nigeria’s substantial investments and critical infrastructure are under threat of the actions of terrorists, vandals and saboteurs, President Goodluck Jonathan has said.
Mark calls on Boko Haram to embrace peace
SENATE President, David Mark, yesterday, re-echoed his appeal to Boko Haram to give peace a chance in the country.
Nigeria lost $100bn to foreign crude tankers – NCDMB
The Nigerian economy lost over $100bn in its 50 years of commercial oil production by allowing its crude to be carried exclusively by foreign owned tankers, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mr. Ernest Nwapa has said.
FG begins records digitisation
The process of digitising all records has commenced in the Federal Civil Service with the implementation of an Electronic Document Management System, EMDS, in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
Ngige picks Anambra APC guber ticket
Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday, picked the ticket of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to contest the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State.
Taraba Assembly adopts resolution empowering Ag Gov
*Asks Suntai to seek further medical attention
*Suntai warns Tukur to stay out of Taraba politics
JALINGO—Convinced that the ailing governor of the state, Danbaba Suntai, cannot give his best given his current medical state, members of the Taraba House of Assembly Monday mandated the Deputy Governor, Garba Umar, who has been acting in the past ten months, to continue.
