The federal government will integrate all activities in the country’s mining and steel sectors into the mainstream of the national economic framework, as part of efforts to diversify the country’s revenue base from oil. Musa Sada, the minister of mines and steel development, said in Abuja during a meeting with the World Bank Task Team Leader, Ekaterina Mikhaylova, that the…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) yesterday said it exceeded its projected 2010 tax collection targets by about 13 per cent, and almost 30 percent above the figure for the previous year. The Executive Chairman, Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, said the agency recorded over N2.83 trillion in tax revenue receipts, against a target of N2.5 trillion projected for the year and a…
The continuous killing of notable politicians and security operatives by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Borno State has prevented the State House of Assembly from functioning. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the House last sat on January 18, and adjourned for one week but is yet to resume. The members of the assembly including the…
The Bayelsa State government has warned that those who fail to register will be sanctioned. said it will The Secretary to the State Government, Gideon Ekeuwei, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Yenagoa. Mr Ekeuwei had earlier said the state government will constitute a Special Task Force to ensure that persons who are 18 years and…
The Bauchi state House of Assembly has passed a bill which seeks to establish the Bauchi State Social Development Institute in Ningi. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Education presented by its chairman, Mohammed Aminu Tukur, member representing Lere/Bula state constituency. When established, the institute will offer one year course…
Multiple award winning musician, D’banj will lead other Nigerian artistes for a six state concert tagged ‘Our Time’- a youth targeted initiative aimed at engaging Nigerian youth in the ongoing voters registration. The concert which is been organised by United Nations Youth Ambassador D’banj, will feature the Mohits Crew, P Square, Naeto C, Sasha P, M.I., Duncan Mighty, Terry G,…
The Player Jimmy Odukoya aka Pastor J is the son of Pastor Taiwo and Late Pastor Mrs. Bimbo Odukoya. Toeing the rap lane, Pastor J classifies his music style as ‘Jesus Musik’. The History Pastor J’s love for music began from his childhood days. Growing up, he participated in theater arts and musicals all through school. Right after his secondary…
The Future Awards (TFA) 2011 that held last Sunday was a resounding success going by the quality of guests, winners, performances, speeches and even choice of venue. Organised by RedSTRAT with Chude Jideonwo, Debola Williams and Debbie Magnut as Directors, the event was hosted by the pair of Yvonne Ekwerre and Ebuka Obi Uchendu and then Dolapo Oni and Dr…
Fifi EjinduIf there has been any question about whether the stylish, drop-dead gorgeous fashionista, Fifi Ejindu is losing her touch that question had better be dispense with as this Cross River state beauty and brawn seems to be getting better and better with age. Contrary to the gist making rounds that she had lost her touch, the disarming damsel hit…
The beautiful, indefatigable and alluring Deputy Governor of Lagos state is one woman who is having a raw deal being dealt her way right now. Guess what she is paying for? SosanHer loyalty to the governor has become the Achilles heel that looks good on the bill to put paid to her career as a politician. The word running riot…
I am a regular face at a Quick Service Restaurant with a foreign affiliation on a weekly basis. I am not a fast food freak but my children have made it compelling for me, as they know the major ones off hand. One major thing that I found in all the outlets I have visited is the inability of the…
The Ondo State House of Assembly has passed a bill establishing the state’s Agricultural Inputs Supply Agency to enable the company to operate as a legal entity. Speaker Samuel Adesina said at the plenary session of the House on Wednesday in Akure that the law setting up the agency was long overdue for review. Mr Adesina expressed optimism that the…
Work on the N8.3 billion leather and garment cluster in Obingwa in Abia State will resume in March, Chidibere Ukaegbu, the managing director of the layout, has said. Mr. Ukaegbu, who is the chairman and chief executive of Futuristic Development Ltd., on Thursday, said that the contractors abandoned the project in the heat of the kidnapping in the state. “The…
4 February 2011 The 2011 African Nations Championship being staged in Sudan kicks-off this evening when the hosts take on Gabon in their opening encounter in Khartoum. DR Congo will be defending the crown they won in Cote d'Ivoire two years ago, but this time face an extended field after CAF increased the number of participants from eight to 16…
President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice, Namadi Sambo, yesterday, shunned the presentation of books written about them by Coalition Front for Goodluck (CFG), an affiliate of Goodluck-Sambo Campaign Organisation. The two books,‘The Voice of the Earth’ and ‘Goodluck/Sambo, the Hidden Treasure,’ were billed for presentation at the occasion. The event,which was slated for 10am took place at Yar’Adua Centre in…