Following results from a recent study that imported turkey and chicken in the Nigerian markets are unfit for human consumption, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has threatened to deal ruthlessly with smugglers and dealers found with the banned products.

NERC, in a statement in Abuja, directed AEDC, to with immediate effect from the date of this Order, commence the refund through energy credit of all excess charges billed its customers as a direct consequence of the adjustments in estimated methodology in some of the company’s business units.

Tramadol is typically used for the management of moderate to severe pain, such as for after surgery and for ongoing pain from arthritis. When it was approved in 1995, tramadol was thought to be safer and have a lower risk of addiction than other narcotic pain relievers, with fewer gastrointestinal side effects for older adults who needed long-term pain relief.

Although Nigeria has achieved tremendous growth in Information and Communications Technology, ICT, since independence, the booming sector is also going through some challenges. Despite tremendous success recorded in ICT since the liberalization of the sector, there are still tremendous opportunities for growth, job and wealth creation that must be harnessed by government.

“He should re-enact presidential committes on sectors like that of tourism, which he himself will be the head. By doing that we will rub minds and together appreciate the problems and solutions.He should also implement the tourism blue prints and also establish the tourism bank which will always see reason to come to the aid of tourism practitioners whenever the need arises. These little steps if taken, will surely bring this economy to its glorious past” he added.

A presidential aspirant of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abdulwaheed Odusile has said that he would sponsor a Bill for the early payment of salaries of journalists if elected during the forthcoming 2015 Delegates Conference of the union in Abuja.

The federal ministry of Labour and Productivity and the Human Capital Providers Association of Nigeria (HuCaPan) are collaborating to tackle the abuses associated with labour outsourcing to bring it in line with Decent Work Agenda of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Rising from its first plenary session after inauguration, the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday passed a resolution calling on the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode to direct all relevant agencies to sanitize the state of traffic gridlock.

A large number of diaspora Nigerians have called on the new Nigerian government to put to practice the much campaigned love for Nigeria as well as ensure it diversifies the country’s economy. This they insisted should be done by making concerted efforts towards charting a pathway through which Nigeria’s reliance on a mono-product for financing development could be relieved, stressing that developing other possible sources of revenue for the country would bring a huge relief.

The Governor of Bauchi State Mr Mohammed Abubakar has urged his predecessor, Mallam Isa Yuguda to toe the path of honour by justifying the expenditure of N837 billion being allocations to the state from Federal Government in eight years.

THE National Industrial Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has restrained the governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and the Edo State Judicial Service Commission from terminating the appointments of members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, who have been on strike since January 2015, pending determination of the motion on notice in their suit.

EDO State All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied the allegation by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the Governor Adams Oshiomhole administration has collected over N200 billion meant for local governments in the state from the Federation Account.

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Mr. Jesutega Onokpasa, has described comments by Alex Eyengho on behalf Chief Adolor Okotiebor as uncalled for, alleging that Adolor and his group have no locus standi to make such statement.

We don’t turn back attention from Small and Medium scale Enterprises. Some of the things we do with our reseller partners are particularly targeted at SMEs. We provide opportunities for SMEs to have base technologies that are the same standard. We package out the solutions specifically for the SMEs. Do you know what would transform SMEs in this country? Cloud computing.

“Africa can make massive strides in connecting more citizens and bringing about positive social and economic change by improving its Networked Readiness. With political will and commitment from the private sector, progress can be made in bringing the benefit of ICTs to more people. We are already facing the next wave of the Internet – the Internet of Everything (IoE) –Africa needs to prioritise ICT development if it is to benefit from the new experiences and efficiencies that the IoE will bring,” Ogunlade added.