LA Casera Company bags multiple awards at Marketing Edge Awards 2021
The La Casera Company has once again been recognized with five outstanding awards at the just concluded Marketing Edge Awards that took place on Friday, 27th August 2021.
Akume traded Benue people for APC National Chairmanship position – Benue PDP alleges
By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue state has alleged that the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume traded Benue state by accusing the people of killing each other and leveling several accusations on the Governor Samuel Ortom in order to secure the National Chairmanship position […]
FAAC shares N1.9trn to FG, States, LGs in Q2’21
Allocation falls 2% By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared a total of N1.9 trillion as Federally collected revenue in favour of the three tiers of government in the second quarter of the year (Q2’21). Vanguard Public Finance quarterly analysis of data from FAAC and the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, reports for […]
Court remands trader for allegedly stealing cell phone
An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Wednesday ordered that a 21-year-old trader, Babagana Mohammed be remanded in Suleja Correctional Centre for allegedly snatching a cell phone. The police charged Mohammed who lives in Angwan Azara, Abuja with as charged with criminal force and extortion. The Judge Sani Umar adjourned the case until Sept. […]
‘Why Nigeria should regulate/eliminate Trans Fatty Acids from the Food System’
The role of dietary fats and oils in human nutrition is one of the most complex and controversial areas of investigations in nutrition science.
Petrol subsidy depletes NNPC contribution to FAAC by 44%
As subsidy hits N621.55bn, still rising monthly Outstrips health, education, Works and Housing budgets By Obas Esiedesa A whooping N621.55 billion has been deducted from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, funds by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, as petrol subsidy in the first half of 2021, H1’21, latest data have shown. The figure for […]
Menace of Lagos miscreants and open defecation {Viewpoint}
Defecating openly has health, economic and social impacts on the defecator and people around as well because the diseases that result from such acts are capable of infecting those who inhale the stench that oozes out of the excreta.
People & Politics: FIRS must tax responsibly {Viewpoint}
FIRS interprets the Tribunal’s ruling to the effect that Multichoice must deposit N900 billion with it…
Ebonyi APC Caretaker Committee Chairman resigns
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi State, Mr. Stanley Okoro-Emegha has resigned his appointment as the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Internal Security
No respite as blackout persists in Awoyaya
There seems to be no respite for the residents of Awoyaya area in Lekki, Lagos State, as the blackout in the community has remained for over a week despite promises by Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC. They have again, begged EKEDC to find a lasting solution to the power outage to save the situation. ALSO […]
PDP elders, stakeholders accuse Sen Akume of tagging Benue land of criminals, demand apology
By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Elders and other stakeholders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue North East Senatorial District have expressed shock that Senator George Akume who was a former Governor of the state threw caution to the winds and tagged Benue people as criminals who had been stockpiling arms and attacking themselves. […]
Onwordi sponsors youths on entrepreneurship in Aniocha south
Delta-born socialite and philanthropist, Mr. James Endurance Onwordi is also known as Ibori Ubulu has sponsored 30 youths on entrepreneurship in Aniocha North. Recall that on the 22nd of August, 2021, Mr. Onwordi, who is the MD of Endic Petro-Agro Nig. Ltd announced that he has concluded plans to sponsor 30 young people from Aniocha […]
Court orders man to apologise to wife for not providing shelter
A Shari’a Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna has ordered a man, Sule Babban-Saura to apologise to his wife, Maimuna Sani, for not providing shelter for her since they got married. The Judge, Malam Nuhu Falalu, also ordered Babban-Saura to give his wife feeding allowance in court . “From now, I want you to hold her […]
SMEDAN decries dearth of intellectual property knowledge among SMEs
By Juliet Umeh Director-General, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN Dikko Umaru Radda has said that most Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs struggle because they refuse to take advantage of intellectual property benefits to their businesses. Radda said that robust intellectual property, IP, can grow businesses as much as it contributes to […]
40-year-old man remanded for allegedly defiling daughter in Ekiti
An Ekiti state Magistrates’ Court, in Ado Ekiti, has ordered Emmanuel Bejide, 40, to be remanded in the Correctional centre, for allegedly defiling his daughter. The magistrate, Mojisola Salau granted the remand order as requested by the Police prosecutor, Sodiq Adeniyi, to enable him forward the duplicate case file to the office of the Director […]
PDP to DSS: Probe Akume over Benue killings
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Department of State Service, DSS, to invite the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs and former governor of Benue State, Senator George Akume for questioning over the rising acts of terrorism and mass killings in the state and his call for state of emergency to be imposed on state.
