By Tordue Salem ABUJA— Construction companies handling federal projects in the Niger Delta region have threatened to back off road construction projects with a N230 billion budget, if a supplementary budget was not approved before the end of the year for the completion of the jobs. Reynolds Construction Company Nigeria Limited (RCC), was paid to […]

By Sola Ogundipe PRESIDENT Umar Yar’Adua has been urged to reconstitute the Governing Board of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), and appointment of a leadership in line with provisions of Section 9 of decree 15 of 1993 as amended, if the current campaign against fake and adulterated food and […]

…to recover outstanding Agric bank’s loans By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—The Senate has launched a move to unveil the circumstances under which N94.4 billion belonging to government ministries and agencies were trapped in twelve failed banks that were unable to meet the conditions of the 2005 banks consolidation exercise. The Senate’s action follows the disclosure penultimate […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young IBADAN—“Global economic and financial crisis and job creation: Implications for construction and Wood industry”, is the thrust of a 6-day conference being organised by the National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture and Wood Workers (NUCECFWW) in this year’s annual industrial relation\education workshop. Taking place in Ibadan, the conference according to a […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE—THE Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU weekend accused the Federal Government of propaganda and plotting to destroy the nation’s public varsities at the expense of private ones. The Chairman of ASUU, Ilorin Zone, Prof. Eddy Olanipekun, stated this at a press conference held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure after […]