Senate to fast track bills, motions to curtail waste
THE Senate Committee on Legislative Agenda has stressed the urgent need to fast bills and motions to curtail waste of time, energy and resources against the backdrop that between 1999 and 2003, only 293 bills were passed by the red chambers while the House of Representatives passed 483 bills within the same period under review.
Zenith Bank posts N72bn half-year gross profits
Zenith Bank Plc has announced a profit before tax of N72 billion for the half year period ending June 30, 2015, representing 24 per cent increase over N58 billion posted in the same period in 2014.
How to outsmart your cunning mother-in-law!
EVERY time Ireti visited her mother-in-law, her teeth were always on edge. Ruth, her mother-in-law is now in her mid 70s, frail and ailing, but as full of spite as when Ireti married her precious son 15 years ago.
Resident doctors at LUTH suspend strike
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idiaraba, on Sunday suspended its ongoing strike after a congress decision.
Jonathan’s govt must account for N13.9 trn – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, faulted what it described as a massive campaign to stop the recovery of an estimated N13.972 trillion allegedly squandered by the immediate past administration.
Oliseh gets busy as Eagles camp comes alive
The honeymoon seems over for newly appointed Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh who will tonight hit the Abuja camp of the team after ringing the closing bell of the Nigeria Stock Exchange in Lagos today.
23-yr-old albino commits suicide over condition
A 23-year-old man, Ugochukwu Ekwe, yesterday committed suicide at Festac Town, Lagos, over the colour of his skin, being an albino.
His dangling body was discovered in an apartment on 311 Road, Festac Town, Lagos, where he lived with his parents and siblings.
Treasury Single Account: Bank deposits loss may hit N2trn
LAGOS — The nation’s banks would be losing about N2 trillion deposits to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, with the implementation of the Treasury Single Account, TSA, as ordered last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. States are also gearing up to adopt the policy.
2 lawmakers fingered in N184bn NDDC contract scam
As the Presidency beams its searchlight on how the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, allowed individuals and companies to make away with N183.7 billion as advanced payments for contracts not yet executed, two top politicians in the National Assembly are being fingered as the arrowheads of the huge loss of public fund suffered by the communities.
I ‘ll do it again if… says man who beheaded pastor
A 27-year-old man, Cyril Ojar, who beheaded James Eni, a pastor of an Evangelical church at Old Netim in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, has remained defiant, stating that he would do it again if the same circumstance arose.
NASS Tribunal: Anxiety mounts in Enugu, as trial on Nnamani’s petition begins today
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu headed by Justice M.O Adewara,will today,commence trial on the petition brought before it by candidate of Peoples Democratic Change,PDC,for Enugu-East senatorial district,former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani.
