Day: May 2, 2016

Over 800k Jostle For 10k Police Job

More than 800,000 Nigerians applied for the advertised 10,000 jobs vacant in the Nigeria Police Force. This information was disclosed by the Police Service Commission, PSC, on Monday, May 2, 2016, in Abuja. A statement issued by Head, Press and Public Relations of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, revealed that as at 1pm on Monday, about…

Ayade Inspects AMCON Calabar Monorail Project

Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has expressed happiness on the recently completed Calabar Monorail in the state. Ayade was onboard the maiden ride alongside Managing Director/CEO of Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru; and Managing Director, Ponet Engineering, Wolfgang Hans. The governor hailed the initiative, which he said would improve the…

COSON Begs FG To Implement Private Copy Levy

coso One of the memorable moments of the first plenary session of the National Summit on Culture and Tourism at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja was the passionate intervention by frontline composer and singer, Azeezat Allen who pleaded with the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, to quickly ensure that the Federal Government implements the…

LIRS Retrains 1000 Audit Staff

In its drive to ensure full maximization of its revenue generating potentials, and to commence tax Audit exercise of 2016 in earnest, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service ((LIRS) has engaged 1200 members of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) as Tax Audit Monitoring…

AFRIMA Mourns Papa Wemba

The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission, AU, mourns the death of Papa Wemba, real name Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba. The iconic musician from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, during the FEMUA urban music festival on Sunday April 24,…