Deregulation: 10,000 youths participate in subsidy sensitisation campaign in Ebonyi – Tribune
A cross section of youths, numbering over 10,000, at the weekend, participated in a sensitisation lecture, tagged: “Youth advocacy on the deregulation of the downstream sector,” under the umbrella of Coalition of Nigerian Youths, in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. The programme, with the theme: “Subsidy reinvestment and empowerment programme,” had in attendance various youths [...]
Read More →UBA to deploy 30,000 PoS terminals – Daily Trust
As parts of efforts to meet up with the Central Bank of Nigeria ’s (CBN) cashless economy initiative standards, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) has said it will deploy about 30,000 Point of Sales (PoS) terminals across the country by the end of 2012. According to the UBA’s Divisional Head, E-Banking, Mr. Luqman Balogun [...]
Read More →Tears as businessman killed by soldiers is buried – Punch
Family and friends gathered to pay their last respects to Niyi Ehindero, a businessman who was allegedly killed in Mushin, Lagos, by soldiers attached to the Operation MESA unit. The service of songs and candlelight procession took place on Friday at the residence of the deceased in Maryland while the funeral was held at Atan [...]
Read More →CBN may fix new lending, exchange rates today – The Guardian
FISCAL and monetary challenges thrown up by the Federal Government’s deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry and the inflationary trend in the economy are parts of the issues to be addressed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) today. The first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the apex bank in 2012 [...]
Read More →Securirty: Guild of Editors tasks FG on intelligence gathering – Vanguard
Nigerian Guild of Editors, Sunday, condemned the destruction of lives and property in the country and called on the Federal Government to improve on its intelligence gathering to pre-empt continued killings of innocent Nigerians by the Islamic Boko Haram sect. The guild in a communiqué after its 2012 first quarter Standing Committee in Sokoto State, [...]
Read More →Supreme Court’s verdict throws PDP into crisis – The Nation
•Party: it’s a setback •Sambo, others in battle to resolve Kogi row THERE is anxiety in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over last Friday’s Supreme Court verdict which ended the tenure of five governors. Out of office are Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Ibrahim Idris (Kogi), Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa) and Aliyu [...]
Read More →FG approves N20bn ports infrastructure in Lagos – Tribune
The Federal Government has approved the rehabilitation of some ports facilities at the Lagos Ports Complex in Apapa, as part of an ongoing effort to increase available container stacking space and reduce periodic congestion of the nation’s mother port. The project, which had already secured the approval of the Federal Executive Council at a cost [...]
Read More →Worshippers Shun Church Services in Kano – ThisDay
Still scared and traumatised by the fatal and multiple attacks on Kano city penultimate Friday by Boko Haram, Christian worshippers largely stayed away from the churches and worship centres in the city yesterday. Over 200 people were killed by the militant sect in the attack. And so, being unsure of their safety, most Christians chose [...]
Read More →Jonathan decries poor ratings of Nigerian varsities – Vanguard
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan weekend decried the poor African and international ranking of Nigerian universities, saying older universities, particularly the University of Nigeria, must endeavour to change the situation. Jonathan stated that the recent ratings which indicated that “no Nigerian university is among the top 10 providers of tertiary institutions in Africa, not to mention globally” [...]
Read More →Clinton to Grace THISDAY Awards, February 13 – ThisDay
Former US President Bill Clinton will grace the 17th THISDAY Annual Awards for Excellence holding on Monday, February 13, 2012. Announcing this yesterday, THISDAY Board of Editors also disclosed that the newspaper’s readers have nominated 10 additional women to be honoured along with the 45 originally nominated by the editors. This is in addition to [...]
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