Ex-militants hail Boroh on pipeline surveillance jobs
OLEH—EX-MILITANTS, under the aegis of Justice Group, yesterday, commended the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier-General Paul Boroh (retd.) on his moves to give pipeline surveillance jobs to 10,000 youths of the Niger Delta region.
… as Adjoto is cautioned against Okonoboh’s ‘mistakes’
BENIN—THE Benin Youth Council, BYC, has charged the new leadership of the state House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Kabiru Adjoto, to avoid some of the mistakes allegedly made by the ex-Speaker, Justin Okonoboh, so as to have a successful tenure.
‘Reinstate Okonoboh as Speaker now’
A socio-cultural organisation, Edo Okpa Unity Forum, which comprises Edo State sons and daughters worldwide, has called for the immediate re-instatement of the state House of Assembly’s former Speaker, Mr Justin Okonoboh.
Omatsuli declares intention to vie for Warri South LGA chairmanship seat
Hon Griftson Timeyin Omatsuli, has declared his intention to vie for the chairmanship seat of Warri South Local Government Area in the forthcoming Delta State Local Government election.
Oshiomhole, Sultan harp on devolution of powers, review of revenue sharing formular
ABUJA—THE Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar, the former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, and other concerned Nigerians drawn from the academia and organised labour yesterday said issues bothering on devolution of power and review of revenue sharing fomular in favour of state government was long overdue.
Jobless man defiles neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter in bathroom
A 20-year-old unemployed man, Victor Akinsola, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday hauled up before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Mark Wahlberg named world’s top paid actor, grossed $68m in one year
American veteran actor Mark Wahlberg has been named the world’s highest paid actor for 2017,earning an estimated 68 million dollars before taxes over the past 12 months
Impeachment of Edo speaker: Edo North, Central, monarchs want return of status quo
Following the recent impeachment of the Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Dr Justin Okonoboh and two other principal officers of the House, traditional rulers from Edo North and Edo Central senatorial districts of the state have called on the lawmakers to return to status quo by ensuring that a lawmaker from Edo Central senatorial district was made Speaker.
Sultan announces Sept 1 as Sallah day
The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced September 1, 2017 as Eid-el-Kabir day.
The day had earlier been declared by the Saudi Arabian government as the day of the festival celebrated by Muslims all over the world.
Getting your bank to finance your next LPO/contract (Conclusion)
IN the past five weeks we had treated four things you have to put into consideration as a business owner and on which a bank will appraise you whenever you go for a short term loan to finance your LPO or contract. They include your credit worthiness; ability to execute the LPO/Contract; commitment of your money to the contract; and the ability and willingness of the issuer of the contract to pay at satisfactory conclusion of the contract.
ULC gives FG, states 2 weeks to honour all agreements with workers
The United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, has given the a federal and state governments two weeks within which to honour all agreements reached with workers to improve the welfare or face total economic shutdown.
