STAMP DUTIES: Policy will stunt financial institutions patronage — Expert
As the Federal Government continues to put measures in place to prevent Nigeria’s economy from sliding into a recession in 2016, the system faces numerous challenges with a telling effect on the citizens. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all commercial banks to charge customers N50 on deposits from N1,000 and above, as part of Nigeria’s stamp duties law on financial transactions. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) wants to increase electricity tariff by next month. The CBN said no more sale of dollars to Bureau De Change (BDC) due to scarcity of forex. The naira is depreciating beyond the control of the apex bank, despite monetary policies formulated to shore up the currency. A financial expert and the National President, Constance Shareholders Association of Nigeria, Mr. Shehu Mikail, speaks on issues in the economy and how government can prevent Nigeria’s economy from going bankrupt.
We secure Nigerian languages through Bible translation — BSN boss
THE eighth indigenous General Secretary of the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN), Rev. Dare Ajiboye, in this interview with OLAYINLA LATONA, recounts his experience at the Society founded on February 8, 1966 through the pioneering efforts of late Dr. Francis Ezeogo Akanu Ibiam, the first indigenous Governor of the defunct Eastern Region. Before 1966, According to him, the Society was under the supervision of the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) which had operated in Nigeria as far back as 1807 and the Bible House in Apapa served as a distribution centre to other neighbouring West African countries. “Since then, we have been translating the word of God into several Nigerian languages. We have translated it into 24 Nigerian languages and we are trusting God to add the 25th one this year. We distribute not less than 300,000 copies of the Bible in a year,” he said, stressing that BSN has been in the vanguard of securing Nigerian culture and languages through its activities. He also spoke on some national issues.
ILLEGAL ARMS FACTORY: Police burst syndicate in Benue
The Benue state Police Command has smashed an illegal firearms manufacturing syndicate in Kwande Local Government Area of the state. They are alleged to be involved in the production and sale of arms to criminals from other parts of the country.
Delta Speaker, ALGON Chairman dismiss story on remittance of N325million
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya, has stressed the need for media practitioners to be thorough and be armed with accurate facts and figures in their investigative journalism He also asked them to always project the image of the State in its true perspective to counter the negative picture being presented by some individuals even as the Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Delta State chapter, Hon Itiako Ikpokpo has dismissed the story, describing it as a stupid allegation.
“They poisoned me because they could not control me”
Mentally challenged persons on the streets of Abuja are becoming an eye sore.Many of them have to deal with being abandoned and treated as less than human by the society.The stigma mental illnesses carry has broken strong family bonds and made the most caring person to turn cruel.
Two years after our son was killed in police custody, we are still crying for justice — Parents
Two years after Chukwuma Ihezie, a graduate of mechanical engineering at the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, had his life cut short reportedly in the hands of policemen attached to the Enugu State Police Command, the family of Sabastine Ihezie of Umuozu Ezumoha in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State has requested the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, and the Police Service Commission to ensure justice is done
Who will ‘bell’ Donald Trump?
Mr. Donald Trump is a flamboyant and successful United States businessman cum politician who courts controversies and revels in them. Trump is undoubtedly the leading US Republican Party presidential hopeful in the coming elections. A son of a Scottish immigrant mother. But do not be deceived, his mother’s long journey from Scotland to the US has not in any way shaped his views on immigration. It is ironic that his political campaign seem to be anchored on immigration and he is not getting tired very soon of suggesting that immigrants are the cause of the problems in the US.
We have begun investigation into alleged N1.34tr stolen money — ICPC boss
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has begun the processes of investigation that would help the Federal Government trace and recover the N1.34 trillion allegedly stolen by government officials.
My greatest desire is to take this tribunal to the grassroots — Dr Ngozi Chianakwalam, Chairman, IST
A former Solicitor General and Director of Public Prosecution in Abia State, Dr Ngozi Chianakwalam is Chairman cum Chief Judge, Investment and Securities Tribunal, IST, a body set up by the Federal Government to resolve investments and securities’ issues in the capital market
Only love can heal Nigeria – Akinadewo
For Nigeria to be great, Prelate and Supreme Head, Motailatu Church Cherubim & Seraphim Worldwide, Dr. Israel Akinadewo, has called on Nigerians to love one another because only love can move God to have mercy on the country and heal it.
What does it mean to be a fisher of men ?
David counsels that when God speaks once, we should hear him twice. (Psalm 62:11). That does not mean twice literally, but several times. Similarly, Jesus maintains we must forgive our brothers seventy times seven times. (Matthew 18:22). That does not mean four hundred and ninety times, but indefinitely. Therefore, when God speaks, we should review what he says again and again.
