NICON splashes N1.5m on bereaved Onitsha FGGC students
Three bereaved students of Federal Government Girls College, FGGC, Onitsha, Anambra state, Miss Blessing Anuligwo, in SS 3, Patience Ugochi Udogu SS2G and Blessing Chisom Udogu also SS2G who lost their fathers recently have received N500,000 each, totaling N1.5 million as insurance welfare package from the management of National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria, NICON.
Electricity crisis: Labour seeks review of PHCN’s privatisation
ORGANISED labour has called on the Federal Government to immediately review the sale of the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, if it hopes to find solution to the intractable electricity supply crisis in the country.
Court stops Kuku’s arrest by EFCC pending appeal
lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and others from arresting, probing or prosecuting a Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku, pending the determination of his appeal at the Court of Appeal.
How much worse can things still get…?
IN the light of some of the experiences that Nigerians have been through in recent times it would not be out of place for one to wonder how much worse things could get before they would get better.
Enugu Assembly approves N30bn loan for Ugwuanyi
The Enugu State House of Assembly, yesterday, approved a N30 billion loan request for the executive to facilitate ongoing developmental projects across in the state.
Host community fund not expunged from PIB — Draft c’ttee member
LAGOS — Contrary to widely circulated reports, the Host Community Fund has not been erased from the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.
4th Okpekpe Road Race: Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Israel, Uganda, Morocco, Bahrain ready
As many as eight countries will participate in next month’s fourth Okpekpe international 10km road race in Okpekpe, Auchi in Edo state.
Financial inclusion: Ericsson’s report reveals how mobile data analytics can help businesses secure loan
LATEST Ericsson report has revealed how mobile data analytics could bring microfinance to hundreds of millions of individuals and businesses, particularly in Nigeria, that need short-term credit.
The Nigerian elite’s aversion to competition
LAST week through this column I discussed social mobility as a means to tackle corruption: if talent and merit determined success, corruption which exists and is facilitated in part because the wrong sort of individuals have access to government positions, etc., would be lessened. But why are people corrupt in Nigeria? It is important to tackle this question beyond the obvious answer, being greed and a desire for an increase in economic clout or status.
Omagbemi picks 18 as Falcons fly to Dakar
Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Florence Omagbemi has picked eighteen players out of the lot in camp for the battle against the Terenga Lioness of Senegal slated for Friday, 8th April in Dakar.
Lagos Assembly urges Buhari to end fuel scarcity
Members of Lagos State House of Assembly have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to find a solution to the perennial fuel scarcity in the country.
