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As college tuitions are continuing to rise, so are the prices of textbooks. The U.S. Government Accountability Office reports that from 1986 to 2004, college textbook prices increased at twice the rate of inflation. FinAid.org projects that for 2015, college students face an average textbook cost of

With a life expectancy now past 80 years, today’s retirees are more likely to die earlier of sheer boredom than of anything else if they don’t stay active. This is, after all, the baby boom generation we’re talking about. Is Mick Jagger playing shuffleboard? Is Bill Clinton going to bingo? No. But they don’t have anything to prove anymore. And neither do

Share this story Follow @LaNUBlog & @Hon_KingSIMEO on Twitter for Updates You probably make federal income tax payments during the year – either through withholding or estimated taxes – to meet the bill you expect on April 15. But sometimes, you may get a nasty surprise: additional taxes owed. One reason may be an

It seems that gasoline prices have been in a free fall in recent months, which hasn’t hurt the wallets of most consumers. This increase in discretionary income has the potential to be used towards credit card related transactions. Payment technology companies like Visa (V) and

HMRC says further consultation on the plans will take place Taxpayers' personal data could be shared with private firms under plans drawn up by Revenue & Customs (HMRC). If given the go-ahead it would allow HMRC to release anonymous tax data to third parties including companies, researchers and public bodies.

Human Resource Management Definition Human Resource Management, and advanced views of Personnel Management, refers to the act of providing these personnel management actions and services, or in recent terminology: managing human resources, managing the department for people, and other endless variations that mean just about the same responsibilities with a different department name

Definition: Personnel management refers to the functions that many employers now refer to as Human Resources. These are the functions that Human Resources staff perform relative to the organization's employees and include recruiting, hiring, compensation and benefits, new employee orientation, training, and performance appraisal systems. Personnel management also includes developing and implementing policies and processes to create an orderly, employee-supportive work environment. It is an older term that is falling into disuse in modern organizations. Personnel management is a term that is still used in many government agencies, and primarily in the nonprofit sector, to describe the function that deals with the employmentof people within an organization. When I think of it, though, I tend to think of the more transactional and administrative aspects of the HR management functions, but others still use the term to refer to the whole gamut of HR responsibilities and services. Addi...

Justice J.T. Tsoho gave the order on Friday in a suit filed by Mr. Sanusi through his counsel, Kola Awodehin. A Federal High Court in Lagos has given a preservatory order restraining the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, from investigating the suspended Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi.

Nigerian governors and other political office holders in Nigeria have been blamed for the poverty, insecurity and unemployment in the country. Several delegates, who made contributions on the floor of the National Conference Thursday, blamed the country’s woes on its past leaders including some of those who were seated in the hall.

Minister faults World Bank’s classification of Nigeria based on large population. The Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday reacted to the pronouncement by the World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, classifying Nigeria among the world’s “extreme poor countries.”

Mr. Buhari also donated 200 bags of maize and one million naira to the survivors. A former Head of State and leader of All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday condoled with victims of the March 11 killings in Katsina State. Mr. Buhari also donated 200 bags of maize and one million naira to the survivors.

The Indian firm has been implicated in unsavoury mining acts in Mozambique. The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has cautioned the Federal Government from going ahead with a rumoured deal with Jindal Power and Steel India, to revitalise coal mining in the country.

“Taking advantage of a system that has been a conduit for corruption in the statement should not be allowed.” The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday advised the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, not to provoke Nigerians by embarking on frivolous strikes due to personal interest. This is contained in a statement issued by the NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, in Abuja on Thursday, stressing that strike should not be so cheaply abused.

The World Bank is to raise its lending capacity to about $300 billion Amid plans by the Federal Govt. to release the figures of the country’s newly rebased Gross Domestic Product, the World Bank on Tues classified Nigeria among the world’s five extreme poor countries. Nigeria’s GDP is expected to be boosted based on a current nominal value of about $305 billion by 40%, to 60%, to surpass that of South Africa, which currently stands at $350 billion.

The delegates argue over how they should be fed. The delegates to the on-going National Conference, Thursday, resisted moves to replace the central lunch system introduced by the secretariat with cash payments. Some delegates have for the past three days complained about the quality and quantity of food served by the contractor handling their lunch and called for the feeding arrangement to be suspended.

Soldiers allegedly killed over 30 Fulani on Thursday. The Nigeria military on Thursday said it was investigating the alleged attack by soldiers on Keana Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. According to residents, the soldiers had stormed Fulani settlements about a kilometre away from Keana Town in the early hours of Thursday in a convoy, killing about 30 Fulani. Most of the deceased were said to be over 70-year-olds who were not fast enough to flee the rampage.

Mohammed Yunus and two others are accused of being members of the Boko Haram. A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted an application brought by the Federal Government seeking a secret trial of three Boko Haram suspects. The three accused persons are Mohammed Yunus, Musa Umar and Salami Abdullahi. Mr. Yunus is a lecturer in the Department of Islamic Studies, Kogi State University, while the second accused is a millionaire oil merchant and the third an Islamic teacher.

The EU President, Herman Van Rompuy, stressed the need for Europe and Africa to come together and face the challenges of youth unemployment. European and African leaders on Thursday pledged to work together to fight human trafficking and illegal migration by improving the economic, social and security conditions on the continent.

The boat capsized after hitting a rock killing eight people. The cramming of about 25 people into a boat designed to carry 20 passengers caused the accident that led to the death of eight people, Wednesday night, some survivors have told LaNUBlog .

At the Ascon Filling station along Ibrahim Babangida Way, a private security personnel attached to the facility told LaNUBlog that kerosene has not been sold at the outlet in the past three years. Pump attendants at the NNPC Mega station located along Aminu Kano Crescent/Kashim Ibrahim Way also said they had not been supplied kerosene for over one year. During the one week our team visited major filling stations in Abuja in search of kerosene, only the NNPC Mega station located at the Central Business District had supply. However, hundreds of plastic cans formed an interminable line inside the facility, with armed soldiers and policemen providing security as though it was a high risk area. Although the product is sold there for N50 per litre, many of those whose containers had formed a long queue at the station complained that only influential persons and members of uniformed organisations get to buy the product. A woman, who gave her name as Hamila, said she waited all morning witho...