ADC’s Adio slams Hamzat for excuses on waste management
Lagos State cannot continue to explain away its worsening waste management crisis with excuses and admissions of poor planning, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) House of Assembly candidate for Eti-Osa Constituency II, Ayodele Adio, has said.
FG pledges priority to teachers’ education
THE Federal Government yesterday said it is ready to give priority to teachers’ education with a view to improving the quality of education in the country, even as the National Teachers Institute, NTI, has trained 13,302 teachers in Bauchi State in the last four years.
New commander vows to ensure peace in Jos
Maj.-Gen. Oluwaseun Oshinowo, the new Commander of the military Special Task Force, STF, maintaining security in Plateau, on Monday in Jos vowed to ensure the return of peace to the troubled state.
Blame Boko Haram on judicial corruption – NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, insisted that the root cause for the Boko Haram menace was the inability of the judiciary to provide authentic, credible and realistic justice to Nigerians.
CBN tightens monetary policy…raises interest rate to 9.25% as Naira drops
The Central Bank of Nigeria monetary policy committee yesterday raised its benchmark interest rate for the fifth time this year to 9.25 per cent, up from 8.75 per cent. Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, said the decision to further tighten monetary policy was to tackle future upward inflationary pressures, including high government spending and borrowing, implementation of a new minimum wage and likely removal of fuel subsidies.
AMCON to exit three nationalised banks by 2013
Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, yesterday, said it will exit its stake in the three recently acquired bridge banks in two years time, just as 21 firms have indicated interest to acquire stake in the banks.
