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Sylva faults Dickson on N4,451 Bayelsa balance

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

A former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Tuesday described the claim of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson that he inherited a state treasury with N4,451 as the outburst of somebody “troubled by an attack of conscience.” Sylva, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr. Doifie Ola, in Abuja regretted that one year […]

Keshi, Yobo disagree over Ballon d’Or

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi and Nigeria captain Joseph Yobo were part of the process that produced Lionel Messi as the Ballon d’Or winner for a record fourth time on Monday but the two had different opinions on who should be the best player in the world. In the full list of the votes for […]

PDP BoT election ends in stalemate

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

The three-hour meeting of members of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday failed to produce a new chairman of the board as expected. The meeting was meant to elect a replacement for former President Olusegun Obasanjo who resigned from the position last year for […]

Why fuel subsidy account is empty —Okonjo-Iweala (It has been embezzled?)

Posted by admin Latest Politics, National Politics Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday confirmed The PUNCH’s story that the Federal Government’s subsidy account with the Central Bank of Nigeria was empty, blaming the situation on technical hitches in the documentation with the CBN. Okonjo-Iweala, while briefing journalists in Abuja, said the transfer of funds meant for fuel subsidy payments […]

Talk with Boko Haram, Obasanjo tells Jonathan

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said the President Goodluck Jonathan administration had not been reaching out enough to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and canvassed what he described as a “carrot-and-stick” strategy to address the sect’s menace. Obasanjo told the CNN in an interview that Jonathan had been applying less of dialogue and […]

Chime: Where are the people of Enugu?

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” —Martin Luther King, Jnr. It should be of utmost concern to the indigenes of Enugu State that the peaceful state is gradually drifting into a state of anarchy, following the intrigues playing out on the whereabouts of the state governor, Sullivan […]

Overcoming Sycophancy in Governance – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Presidency Saturday, January 5th, 2013

By Arnold A. Alalibo / NNP / Jan. 5, 2013 – James Cardinal Gibbons once said” “the trouble with being a leader today is that you cannot be sure whether people are following you or chasing you”. There are respective forms of government, but on close examination of them it is apparent that democracy is […]

The Zero Development Budget Ritual of the Nigerian Government – By Leonard K. Shilgba

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, Presidency Saturday, January 5th, 2013

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba / Yola, Nigeria / Jan. 5, 2013 – In 2013, the sum of N 4.987 trillion shall be spent by the federal government of Nigeria. The capital expenditure is a paltry N 1.6 trillion, which is 32 per cent of the entire budget. But more worrisome is the established tradition […]

In Picture: Eagles lift Cataluyna trophy in Spain

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News Saturday, January 5th, 2013

President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will today return to the country with the Cataluyna trophy the Super Eagles won on Wednesday night in Barcelona following a 1-1 draw with Catalonia X1 in a friendly game. Alhaji Aminu Maigari, who watched the game live in the company of former technical committee chairman of the federation, Barrister […]

Shelling Nigeria – By Leburah Ganago

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leburah Ganago, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics Saturday, January 5th, 2013

By Leburah Ganago / Atlanta, GA / Jan. 5, 2013 – Actually, this caption belongs to Femi Oyafemi who in his thought provoking piece in The Punch (Nigeria), newspaper of Friday December 27, 1996, diligently exposed Shell’s complicity in the executive murder(apologies to Professor Ben Nwabueze) of the Ogoni Nine, on November 10, 1995. In […]