Six banks top human capital value-added in 2014
Six Nigerian banks have been identified as having the highest positive human capital value-added for Financial Year 2014 down from eight that made it in 2013. A research conducted by Thaddeus Investment Advisors & Research Ltd has shown that the six top value adding banks were among the top ten in the country. According to Thaddeus Investment Advisors & Research Ltd. the banks are UBA, GT Bank, Sterling Bank, Unity Bank, First Bank, FCMB, ETI, Zenith, Access and Diamond bank.
FG over-spent by N365.3bn between July-Dec 2014 – CBN
LAGOS— The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, said the fiscal operations of the Federal Government in the second half of 2014 resulted in an over-spending of the budget by N365.35 billion or 0.8 per cent of GDP, as against the proportionate projected budget deficit of N482.10 billion for the period and N325.10 billion recorded in the first half of the year.
Olanusi’s impeachment is a mockery of the legislature — Edojah
Hon Solomon Edoja, a former member of the House of Representatives representing Ethiope Federal constituency was in Kwara State for six months to help salvage the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the mass exodus of many politicians in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Now a member of the APC in Delta State, he speaks on the recent impeachment of the Ondo State Deputy Governor as well as the power tussle between PDP and APC legislators in Ekite State
Dusk-to-dawn curfew in Aladja, as cultists kill vigilante
WARRI—SUSPECTED cultists have killed a member of Udu vigilante, shot another at Owhase just as a dusk-to-dawn curfew was slammed on Aladja over recent cultists’ activities.
Nollywood seeks special tribunal on piracy
AFRICAN Movie academy award winner and Nigerian born politician, Richard Mofe Damijo, has called on the incoming Buhari led federal government to set up a special tribunal to handle cases of piracy in the Nollywood industry.
World Day for Safety: Stakeholders advocate zero hazard in the workplace
As the world marked this year’s World Day for Safety and Health, stakeholders have called for the promotion of zero hazard in workplace. This is coming on the heels of the urgent call for the review of the country’s Factory Act which governs operational health and safety in Nigeria. In Lagos, stakeholders from the Bank and Health & Safety organisations maintained that health and safety issues are yet to take rightful place in the society.
