Proposals by the GSM companies to credit their subscribers with N175 airtime as compensation for poor services from July is coming too late and too small, the Senate Committee on Communications has observed.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) is seeking through legislation to subsume other accounting and taxation bodies in the country.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said yesterday that it has granted about $200 million credit facilities to some Nigerian banks for on-lending to the different sectors of the economy.
AFTER the last eight of speeches, the President Umaru Yar'Adua's government is adopting the same approach in dealing with national issues that beckon for urgent solutions.
A bill seeking to establish a specialised court to handle cases being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday received mixed reception in the Senate.
The hospitalisation of 116 girls after consuming beans sprayed with harmful pesticides at a secondary school in northern Nigeria's Gombe State on 18 April has raised concerns about how dry foods are stored all around the country.
Improved political dialogue in the Central African Republic (CAR), a peace conference in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as well as the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and CAR are all signs of progress
La Cote d'Ivore will today become the fourth member state of the Mano River Union (MRU) when a one-day summit of Heads of State and Government of the MRU gets underway in Monrovia, with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf chairing.
DEPUTY Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Imasuen, said yesterday that the state government has set aside the sum of N80million for disbursement of bursary to the state indigenes in tertiary institutions across the nation.
Italian doctors last week arrive in Kabala, Koinadugu district to assess the immediate needs of the Kinadugu government hospital, train it nurses and offer treatments to sick people.
Police personnel in the traffic division of kailahun district over the weekend arrested twenty unlicensed bikes which will be charged to court this week.
A recent visit to Lungi airport left me worried over the future of Sierra Leone. I am worried firstly because of the present status of the airport and secondly, and most importantly, the unpleasant condition of the ferries that transport
Workers of the Gava Forest Industry Cooperation have expressed frustration about government ban on timber logging and exportation, stating that, the development has greatly hindered the scale of employment nationwide.
It has been revealed that pretty soon the fishes from the territorial waters of Sierra Leone will soon enters the European Union (EU) markets as final documentation are about to be concluded by the two parties.
Executive Secretary of National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other Related Matters (NAPTIP), Mrs. Carol Ndaguba, says it requires about N3 billion to function effectively.
Sierra Leone court monitoring programme (SLCMP), the international centre for transitional justice (ICTJ) and the parliamentary committee on human rights Wednesday engaged parliamentarians on transitional justice and peacebuilding.
Some 15 years ago the UN general assembly proclaimed in resolution 47/237 of 20 September 1993, that May 15 of every year shall be observed as the International Day of Families.
A forty-five year old man Prince Fillie of Magbema village in the Gbaneh chiefdom, Kono district is in police custody for allegedly raping an 8-year old girl (name withheld).
