Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
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 leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has been urged by a real estate consultant, William Odudu to assist workers to benefit from its proposed 600, 000 housing scheme. Odudu, who is the Chairman of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) Learning Centre, gave the advice recently at the NLC activities held [...]
The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) says it has set up a tourism desk at the nation’s international airports for easy access to tourist sites. The South-West Zonal Coordinator of the corporation, Mr Nasir Kaka made the disclosure to newsmen yesterday in Ikeja, Lagos State. Kaka said that the desk was to enable tourists visit [...]
Customs Tasks LCCI On Made-In-Nigeria Goods The Zonal Coordinator of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘A’, Lagos, Mr Victor Gbemudu has advised the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to promote Made-in-Nigeria goods at the 2013 Lagos International Trade Fair. Gbemudu, an Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen [...]
The role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in education service delivery in Nigeria has been described as pivotal since it controls today’s global environment. Permanent Secretary, Abia State Ministry of Education, Mrs Victoria O. Chigbu, who represented the state’s Commissioner for Education stated this in an address at the commissioning and hand-over ceremony of [...]
The House of Representatives has threatened to issue a bench warrant against chief executive officers of banks who fail to appear before it over failure to render account on tax remittances. The bank chiefs are to appear before the committee to explain their roles in keeping tax payment and remittances. The House Committee on Finance [...]
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Area One, Command , Port Harcourt generated a revenue of N10, 953,695,638.00 billion in the first quarter of the year 2013. A breakdown of the amount showed that the command in the month of January realized the sum of N2,093,543,236.00 billion, and in February generated N2,120, 211,772.00, while in March, its [...]
The staff of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) who were on a one-day strike on Monday have resumed full operation. The NAMA spokesman, Mr Supo Atobatele, told The Tide in a telephone interview yesterday that the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) had [...]
Federal Government has inaugurated a 25-member Federal Civil Service Pension Complaints Resolution Committee to address various complaints of pensioners. Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Aji, at the inauguration, said pension administration in the country had witnessed a tumultuous time. Aji said the office in November had assumed the responsibility for direct [...]
Nigeria’s poverty rate should be falling faster given its economic growth this decade, an official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) told reporters. The share of citizens in Africa’s most populous country of more than 160 million, who are considered poor, fell to 62.6 per cent in 2010 from 64.2 per cent in 2004, figures [...]
Some capital market operators have attributed the recent rally in the capital market to impressive first quarter results of some firms. They said in Lagos that the impressive results had increased local investors’ participation in the market. The Managing Director of APT Securities and Funds Ltd., Malam Garba Kurfi, said that the growth was also [...]
