Breaking News! The House of Reps. pass 14 bills, step down oil and gas Act

The House of Representatives pass 14 bills, step down oil and gas Act

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed 14 of the Bills earlier passed by the Senate but stepped down Oil and Gas Export Free Zone Order.

The passage of the bills followed the suspension of Order XII, Rules 80, 81, 82 and 88 of the House in the plenary.

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Jobs At Ericsson Telecommunications

Employing Company: Ericsson Telecommunications
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile & fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment, & more than 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks.

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Nigerian Military strike - Amnesty International Report Is A Blackmail

The Nigerian military says the claims of military involvement in extra-judicial killings by an international human rights group, Amnesty International, is a continuation of blackmail against the military hierarchy.

The group had asked the new President, Muhammadu Buhari, to investigate Senior Military officials for complicity in the extra judicial killing of over 8,000 people in the north-east.

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Dangote Cement expands to Ethiopia with $500 million plant

Dangote Cement expands to Ethiopia with $500 million plant

News Ethiopia, – Nigeria’s Dangote on Thursday opened a $500 million cement plant in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies where a construction boom has fuelled a shortage of cement.

Dangote Cement, owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, is seeking to expand its interests and develop cement plants across Africa to reach annual production of 62 million tonnes by 2017, up from 42 million last year.

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Bill Gates’ to spend $776 million tackling hunger in Nigeria

Bill and Melinda Gates

Bill Gates’ to spend $776 million tackling hunger in Nigeria 

Melinda Gates announced on Thursday that her and husband Bill’s foundation will spend $776 million tackling hunger in Nigeria and four other countries over the next six years, doubling existing commitments.

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Nigeria has the world’s highest paid lawmakers and Buhari wants to slash their pay

Nigerian legislators, among the world’s top paid, receive annual salaries of between $150,000 to $190,000 per annum depending on exchange rates. At current exchange rates Nigerian lawmakers, would earn around $160,000 more than British MPs who make around $105,000 according to data from The Economist. In fact, until plunging oil prices started putting pressure on the Nigerian naira earlier this year, the Nigerian lawmakers were the second highest paid lawmakers in the world.

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