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Engineer Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan sits atop the Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA) by virtue of his knowledge and know-how. Though a bureaucrat, the way he handles issues bordering on road maintenance in the state has tilted him more towards politics, especially in response to opposition parties attack on his agency. In a chat with newsmen in Ibadan, Olaniyan sheds more light on road repairs ...
The second graduation ceremony of the new beneficiaries of an Entrepreneurship Development Programme has taken place in Otta, Ogun State. The graduating students were trained by the Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Lagos.
A Trustee of the Nigeria Network of Non-Governmental Organisations (NNNGO), Ms. Yemisi Ransome-Kuti, has called on Nigerian youth to de-emphasise undue reliance on governments and the private sector, and to promote self-development through the use of ICT.
The 23rd edition of Annual Central Bank of Nigeria Financial Institutions Cup will on Monday kick off with this year's top prize of N1 million going to the winners. The total prize money has been put down as N2.6 million. Sixteen teams will be competing in this year's event.
Activities at the Delta State Legislature were brought to a halt yesterday following a work-to-rule by staff over unpaid allowances.
In furtherance of the Midwives Services Scheme (MSS) embarked upon by the Federal Government, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and the Galaxy Backbone PLC, an ICT infrastructure development company, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the provision of internet access linking the headquarters of the NPHCDA to its six zonal offices and 160 primary ...
The 2010 fiscal year gross federally collectible revenue is projected at N6. 211 trillion as against N5.305 trillion for the current budget year. These figures are contained in the 2010-2012 Fiscal Framework under sources of revenue with which government intends to fund its proposed expenditures and deficits.
Following the embracement of the amnesty offer by majority of the Niger-Delta militants, after years of hostility and destruction of oil facilities, the Federal Government has entered into various deals with the militants. Offer of money has been the major attraction for the militants who have submitted a major part of the massive arsenals in their possession.
Senate yesterday commenced debate on general principles of the 2010 budget proposal with a threat to wield the big stick if the executive fails again to comply with the N4.079 trillion estimates.
Pension Fund Assets have hit N1.3 trillion, Mr. Ahmed Dauda, Head of Research and Corporate Strategy, National Pension Commission (PenCom) said on Tuesday.
The Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala has approved the change of the nomenclature of Radio O.Y.O. 2. located at Mapo Hill, Ibadan.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N71 billion contract for road rehabilitation across the six geo-political zones and contract for the procurement of 116 units of Peugeot brand of cars for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) from the Peugeot Automobile of Nigeria Limited.
We are disturbed by all this unending deregulation blues. This is where the government becomes everything to itself. It is the judge and the jury. The citizenry has no choice but to accept whatever judgment is handed down by government.
The problems of the Niger Delta are Marginalization, lack of infrastructural development and lack of political space. These problems gave rise to youth militancy. The federal Government is in a hurry to stop the militancy for each immediate gains of increased oil production but appear not to be equally eager to address the real problems of Niger Delta.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has announced that a Presidential Task Force on Tariffs and Fiscal Incentives would soon be established to help implement a new tariff and incentive regime that would support the productive sector. He also appealed to the National Assembly to give the budget accelerated passage to facilitate the implementation of his Seven-Point Agenda.
A new UN report says more than a quarter of the global population, or 1.5 billion people live without electricity.
In line with its objective of increasing exploration and production of hydrocarbon resources with a view to growing the nation's oil reserves to 40million barrels of crude, the federal government has renewed the leases of OLS 67, 68 & 70 shallow waters with Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, under the NNPC / Mobil Producing Nigeria Joint Venture operation.
Globacom Limited, the Official Sponsor of the National Teams of Nigeria, has rejected claims by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), that it has defaulted in the payment of the sponsorship fee for 2009 and says it may seek redress in court if the federation fails to retract the statement.
The federal government has gotten six million euros as grant, to boost cassava production from Netherlands, while the World Bank has approved a $30 million credit to strengthen agricultural productivity and growth in Uganda.
The re-branding Nigeria campaign was boosted yesterday with the donation of a brand new website to support the initiative.
Deep-water operations in the Gulf of Guinea is set for a boost by the activities of the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), which recently established the Sub-saharan Africa branch with headquarters in Lagos.
First indigenous computer company to be quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Omatek, has declared its intention to pay N174 million dividend to shareholders of the company for the year ended June 31, 2008.
The minister of state for FCT, Chief Chuka Odom, continued his tour of FCT area councils to assess infrastructural development carried out in the last nine months.
The hit television programme; "Big Brother Africa Revolution" and African private sector companies are supporting the Global Fund's fight against malaria by contributing funds from a high-profile awareness raising campaign, undertaken as part of the United Against Malaria campaign.
Ministries of Works, Education, Defence and Police would be taking a huge portion of the proposed 2010 Appropriation Bill presented to both the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
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