Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Professor Chukwuma Soludo today in Abuja said N946.8b was spent for road constructions and rehabilitation as against the N968b widely speculated to have been spent during the Obasanjo administration.
Health workers in Lagos State who are found to contradict the attainment of qualitative and affordable delivery of health services to the people would from henceforth be relieved of their duties.
With the nationwide teachers' strike biting hard on the education sector, the Ogun State Government has been lauded by the State NUT for paying accurate salary structure to teachers as approved by the Federal Government.
Six major cities in Ogun State will soon have their digital maps updated for the purpose of speedy and coordinated development according to the Director of Physical Planning in the State Mr. Olufemi Oyekanmi.
The Ogun State Government has approved the sum of N57m for the rehabilitation of the Vehicle Inspection Officers' stations in Abeokuta, Ota, Ilaro and Ijebu-Igbo.
President Umar Yar'Adua has proposed a N181b cut in the government's spending for the year while presenting an amendment bill to replace the Appropriation Act passed earlier in the year by the Senate.
Source: TechnologyTimesNG.com Lagos. July 4, 2008. World’s biggest mobile phone company, Vodafone of UK says it has reached a $900 million deal with the Ghanaian government to acquire 70 per cent of Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited (Ghana Telecom) in yet another major telecoms transaction trailing last month’s offer of the country’s sixth mobile licence to Nigeria’s second national operator, Globacom Limited.
Allegations of frequent foreign travels amongst others levelled against Hon. Dimeji Bankole the Speaker of the House of Representatives have been debunked in a statement by the Speaker's Special Adviser on Communications Kayode Odunaro.
The Union Bank of Nigeria Plc today, Thursday, offered to partner with the Lagos State Government towards the building of the Fourth Mainland Bridge across the Lagos Lagoon.
Against the background of certain misconceptions about the Summit of Stakeholders in the Niger Delta planned by the Federal Government, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua wishes to reaffirm his continued commitment to the summit as a critical first step and take-off point for the implementation of his Administration’s agenda for peace and rapid socio-economic development in the region.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately create 229 wards in addition to the present 245 wards in the state before the commencement of the general delineation process.