Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
The Nigeria Football Federation says midfielder John Obi Mikel should be fit for their World Cup warm-up match with Colombia in London on May 30th . There had been doubts after the 23-year-old suffered ankle ligament damage at Tottenham recently. “Fortunately the damage does not limit his chances of playing at the World Cup as [...]
Kano Pillars midfielder, Solomon Okpako credits his progress from Under-20 reject to Super Eagles invitee to Samson Siasia, who axed him from the Flying Eagles team. At the time, Okpako was acknowledged as one of the best holding midfielders in the domestic league, but was as shocked as league watchers when Siasia told him he [...]
Rivers State Commissioner for Finance, Hon. George Feyii has decried the effect of inaccurate data on effective collection of tax in the informal business sector. Hon Feyii who was speaking in a chat with The Tide in Port Harcourt recently, said the porosity of accurate information in the sector makes it difficult for the collection [...]
The Jigawa government says it has completed 45 out of the 63 rural electrification projects embarked upon since inception three years ago and connected them to the national grid. Alhaji Jinjiri Abdulkadir, the Commissioner for Rural Infrastructure and Community Development, disclosed this on Saturday in Dutse while briefing the Peer Review Team from the Nigeria [...]
The FCT Fadama Office on Thursday charged its desk officers and facilitators to educate communities on the monitoring and evaluation of sub-projects. Alhaji Abdullahi Salisu, the FCT Coordinator of the Fadama III programme, gave the directive in Gwagwalada at the commencement of a two-day training workshop for desk officers and facilitators of the programme. Salisu said the approach [...]
The deepening Greek debt crisis remains uppermost in the minds of financial leaders as they wrap up a weekend conference pledging to address the risks facing the global economic recovery. One danger arises from governments with budgets deeply in the red, such as Greece. Another, perhaps more worrisome, is still-rising unemployment in many advanced countries. [...]
The Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) Bank will soon start operations in Abuja. Chief Chris Orode, a member of the bank’s implementation committee, disclosed this to The Tide source in Lagos on Wednesday. He described the choice of Nigeria as headquarters of the bank as good one. Orode said the project office [...]
The Federal Government on Thursday refuted media reports that it would be taking a credit facility of $915 million from the World Bank to finance the 2010 Budget. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, who refuted the report while answering questions from newsmen in Abuja, said it was “absolutely wrong.” News reprots quoted some [...]
Developing countries will this week demand a louder voice at the World Bank and the IMF, now that they are contributing more funds and it’s a euro zone country, Greece that is in need of a rescue plan. The United States and Europe, which have long dominated the Washington-based international institutions, acknowledge the growing clout [...]
Mr. Remi Babalola, Minister of state for Finance, said the Federal Government would enhance its investment in human capacity and leadership development as they would help boost the economy. This was contained in a statement signed by Oluyinka Akintunde, Special Assistant (Communications) to the Minister and made available to the newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. It said [...]
