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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J …Aims to be amongst 100 world economies by 2019 By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-Ongoing economic reforms subsumed in the recently signed executive orders and the ease of doing business packages are strategies to bring back multinational companies who have departed the country, the Federal government said Tuesday. The government is also targeting to move the country into 20 places in the first year of the implementation of the orders in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index to be amongst 100 countries within the next three years. Nigeria is currently ranked 169 out of 189 countries by the World Bank, according to the Bank’s 2016 Ease of Doing Business report. Recall that the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo had two weeks ago signed three Executive Orders which included:  “Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment; Submission of Annual Budgetary Estimates by all Statutory and Non-Statutory Agencies including Incorporated Compa...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A youth leader in the Niger Delta, Mr Kenedy Tonjo-West has commended the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.-Gen. Gabriel Olorunisakin for curbing renewed agitation in the region that threatened oil output. He also hailed the military for the successes recorded in the North-East in degrading the capacity of the insurgents and recovery of territories once controlled by terrorists. Tonjo-West, who is the President, Niger Delta Non-Violent Youth Leaders Assembly, gave the commendation on Sunday in Yenagoa in an interview session with Newsmen He attributed the prevailing peace in the Niger Delta to the deployment of `competent personnel’ to the region by the military high command. “Credit must go to the leadership of the military for their strategic approach which has curbed renewed militancy that adversely affected oil production and the economy of the nation. “The Joint Task Force was restructured and under the command of Rear Adm. Sulemen Apochi, the region has retur...

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http://ift.tt/2pDR1XT Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu About 14 years after his installation, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja High Court in a suit challenging his emergence as the paramount ruler of Lagos, saying he is the bona fide monarch. “I am here to justify my appointment, you cannot build something on nothing, it will be broken. “By native law and customs and by law, I am the bona fide Oba of Lagos,” said Akiolu, who was accompanied to the court by 10 white cap chiefs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akiolu’s installation as the Oba of Lagos is being challenged by Prince Adedoyin Adebiyi and Prince Rasheed Modile, two members of the Lagos royal family. Joined as respondents in the suit are the state governor, the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Prince Babatunde Akitoye and Chief Junaid Eko. Both Adebiyi and Modile are claiming that Akiolu is not entitled to the throne because he is not a member of a ruling royal family ...