Foreign nurses using Finland as transit point
Finland's social and health care sector trade union fears that the country is training foreign nurses who will move on to work in other countries. According to the regional newspaper...
2015: N/Delta splits over Jonathan •As other ethnic groups move to undercut Ijaw
THE raging war between the Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi and the Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Godsday Orubebe, has started creating ripples among the ethnic nationalities in the South-South...
Nigeria Ministry of Agric: From food stock to laughing stock
“Nothing is more wasteful than doing with great efficiency that which should not be done”. Theodore Levitt, in Harvard Business Review, March-April 1933. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS p 270). The...
Nigeria Central Bank’s lion-share of foreign reserves
The Central Bank Director of Research, Charles Mordi, at the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) forum recently in Lagos, claimed that CBN owns $30bn out of the total reserve of about...
Nigeria railway battles hooliganism, arrests 300
The Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, has arrested over 300 people in bid to step up efforts to combat activities of hooligans on its trains. The Assistant Director, Public Relations, NRC,...
Nigeria FG, states, LGAs shared N8.8trn in 2012
THE sum of N8.8 trillion was disbursed to the three tiers of government from the Federation Account between January and December 2012 from the statutory and Value Added Tax, VAT,...
A new global economy for a new generation
Priorities for 2013 I know we are all still deeply concerned with the state of the global economy. Where do we stand? Well, thanks to policy actions taken over the...
Flour Mills plans merger with Niger Mills
Flour Mills Plc has announced its intention to merge its business with Niger Mills limited. Niger Mills produces a wide range of goods, including flour, pasta, cement, fertilizer, bags and...
NIGERIA: 2012 budget implementation was 40% – Sen Maccido
Senator Ahmed Maccido, a two term senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial district is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation. In this interview, Senator Maccido traces the path the...
NIGERIA: NHF collections hit N1.3bn
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) recorded an improvement in the collection of the statutory 2.5 percent deductions under the National Housing Fund (NHF) scheme last yearfrom N950 million to...