FG urged to grant 10-yr tax holiday to start-up companies
The Federal Government has been called upon to grant 10 years tax holiday to all new ventures with less than N120 million annual turnover. The Chairman of Havilah Open Doors Limited, Dr. Osaren Emokpae, made this call in Lagos at the 15th anniversary of the company in a paper titled: “Entrepreneurship and National Development,” where he stated that this is necessary to enable the companies build organisational resilience capabilities within the period and be in a position to cope with extreme events and survive into the future.
JAMB urges candidates to check website for redistribution
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has urged the 2015 UTME candidates to check its website on Monday, August 3, for the list of universities they have been redistributed to.
APC chieftains to Niger: Be patient with Buhari
Yenagoa—A chieftain of All Progressive Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State and a former second republic state legislator in the old Rivers State, Chief Austine Asamaowei, has urged the people of Niger Delta to be patient and allow President Muhammadu Buhari to settle down for governance.
PDP blasts Buhari, accuses him of planning to run a discriminatory, vindictive, divisive govt
NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over statements attributed to him, saying that Nigerians who gave him 97% of their votes will be better treated than those who gave him 5%, saying that declaration was not only vindictive, divisive, but an attempt by the president to govern the country in a discriminatory manner.
The virgin bride who saw the light!
Lara and Paul came from two strictly religious families and when providence eventually threw them together at a Church concert, they believed it was the Lord’s doing. “We’d both had relationships before but were in-between partners when we met over 15 years ago”, recalled Lara. “I’d left work early to help in a fund-raising play the Church was organising and Paul was in charge of the music. He certainly took his duties seriously and thanks to his efforts, we had a very successful outing
‘APC was lucky David Mark didn’t emerge as Senate President’
The House voted in Ekweremadu as Deputy Senate President. We thank God that David Mark did not emerge the Senate President because they would have said that it is constitutional.
