C.S.R : MTN empowers Nigerian youths on development programmes
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative in advancing the vision and knowledge of Nigerian youths, leading MTN, has partnered with, RISE Networks, a private sector funded youth-interest organization, to engage youths across the country in a National Developmental Forum.
Edo APC to PDP: Show proof of SURE-P employments
ALL Progressives Congress, APC, Edo State chapter, has challenge Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to publish the names of the 3,500 persons purportedly employed so far in Edo State under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P.
Tenant in court for issuing N1m dud cheque
An Abuja-based contractor, Akin Olusina, has been arraigned before an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court over allegations of breach of trust and cheating by issuing a dud cheque to his landlord, Chineme Ume-Ezeoke.
Mandela’s nobility, the ‘dwarfishness’ of the Nigerian counterpart
WATCHING the reports and tributes pouring out from CNN and other global media, I was overwhelmed by the huge impact, a simple philosophy of ‘ humility and forgiveness’ can have on the human race. It was so touching, to capture the noble traits of a man, who did not allow the circumstances of his birth and background, diminish his greatness.
Tax matters: Tax implication of mergers and acquisitions
Merger is defined as “any amalgamation of the undertakings or any part of the undertakings or interest of two or more companies or the undertakings or part of the undertakings of one or more companies and one or more bodies corporate”. Simply put, a merger is a combination or integration of existing companies to form a single company.
Supersand Eagles retain Copa Lagos
Supersand Eagles yesterday defeated Senegal 5-2 to win the 2013 Copa Lagos Beach Soccer Championships in Eko Atlantic.
Impeachment Call: You’re toying with treason, Jonathan warns APC
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, warned those opposed to his administration, including former political allies trading allegations of his sponsorship of a terror squad that they were treading the path of treason.
I’m not a Marxist, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis said he knew a lot of “good” Marxists but was no communist himself, following criticism of his diatribes against unfettered capitalism from conservative commentators in the United States.
NHRC intervenes in alleged fraud case against Pastor
THE National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has stepped into a case of alleged duping of a house wife, Mrs. Maryrose Okeke Ozude, by Pastor Samson Otis of Rhema Deliverance Ministry, Abagana in Anambra State.
Mandela goes home in blaze of glory
Songs, speeches, military parade and the booms of 21 gun salute rented the air, yesterday, as anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela, took his resting place in Qunu, to mark an end to 95 years of struggle for freedom and dignity of black man in South Africa.
Dickson suspends 9 teachers for dereliction of duty
Nine teaching staff of Community Secondary School, Aleibiri, in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state, were, weekend, suspended by the state governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, for dereliction of duty.
