Birthdays

Timipre Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa State, 51, July 7. Born in Okpoma, Brass local government area of Bayelsa State, he was educated at St Paul’s Anglican Primary School, Okpoma, Bayelsa State; Ajeromi Ifelodun Central School, Lagos; Government Secondary School, Twon Brass, …

Job Numbers Improve – NBS

THE National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said that the country’s economy added a total of 369,485 new jobs in the fourth quarter of 2014. According to the NBS, the job creation statistics for the fourth quarter released on Tuesday, April 21, showed an improvement over the 349,343 jobs …

NBC to Sanction Erring Stations

The National Broadcasting Commission has warned radio and television stations in the country not to break the rules and guidelines for covering political campaigns and airing political advertisements …

FG Inaugurates New Textile Policy

THE federal government has inaugurated a national cotton, textile and garment policy targeted to realise $3 billion annually from textile exports. The policy is also expected to raise seed cotton production from 200,000 metric tonnes in 2003 to more than 500,000 MT by the end of this year. …