Edo Assembly debates Obaseki’s uniform levies bill
Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, commenced debate on the bill for the law to make provision for uniform and harmonized levies and charges for local government areas in the state presented to it by Governor Godwin Obaseki, and expressed fears about the political will to execute same.
Group asks Senate to stop take-over of TCN by AfDB
A group, Initiative for Leadership and Economic Watch in Nigeria, has urged the Senate to stop the takeover of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, management by African Development Bank, AfDB
Trump encourages Buhari to keep up the good work
A telephone conversation between President Muhammadu Buhari and President Donald Trump of the United States, yesterday, appeared to have squelched anxieties about the health of the Nigerian president and also refreshed hopes for increased American support for the country’s anti-insurgency war.
Soviet collapse and suicide-prone Nigeria
THE Soviet state was born in 1917 when the revolutionary Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian czar and established a socialist state in the territory that had once belonged to the Russian empire. In 1922, Russia proper joined its far-flung republics in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The first leader of the Soviet state was the Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin,one of the greatest thinkers of the last century
Nigeria needs $140bn to fight climate change —WORLD BANK EXPERT
A World Bank Environment expert, Benoit Bosquet has said Nigeria needs $140 billion to fight climate change in the country.
Ex-Air Force chief, Umar, diverted N13.3bn in 2 yrs – Witness
Former Director of Finance and Accounts at the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Air Commodore Salisu Abdullahi (retd), yesterday, exposed how ex-Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, within two years, siphoned about N13.3 billion from account of the Force.
Dankwambo best northern governor; has constructed over 3,000km roads
The Gombe state Governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has been rated best Governor in northern Nigeria. Governor Dankwambo was rated so based on “his outstanding achievements in road infrastructure and maintenance since his swearing in to office on the 29th of May, 2011.”
Ambrose Ali Varsity commissions 1.1km road
Authorities of Ambrose Ali University, AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State, yesterday, commissioned a 1.1 kilometres road donated to the institution by Chief Executive Officer of Ray Royal Construction Company Limited, Rev.Mathew Okpebholo.
Landers’88 seeks better care for cancer patients
Old students of Maryland Comprehensive SecondarySchool (Landers ’88) Reunion Club has called on Federal and State governments to provide adequate funding to equip government hospitals with necessary tools required for early diagnosis and prompt treatment of cancer in Nigeria.
Six convicted for vandalising EEDC facilities
SIX accused persons were convicted for acts of sabotage ranging from illegal installation of pre-paid meter and vandalisation of various distribution substations belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).
CIS to introduce new certification policy for stockbrokers
THE Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, (CIS) has concluded arrangement to commence a new certification policy that would enable aspiring stockbrokers to specialize in a particular branch of trading.
