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Nigerians own 200 private jets

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, December 3rd, 2012

•Spend N1.3trn on aircraft By PETER ANOSIKE Nigerians have invested about N1.3 trillion in the acquisition of private jets in the last three years, according to the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV). The institute disclosed this in Lagos recently at an international seminar on plants and machinery valuation with focus on aircraft, […]

Fresh trouble for Onagoruwa, sacked BPE boss

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, December 3rd, 2012

•House may invite her to render account From CHUKS AKUNNA, Abuja Sacked Director-General, Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa, may be in for fresh trouble following moves by the House of Representatives to make her account for her tenure. Last Tuesday, Onagoruwa was billed to appear before the House Committee on Public Procurement, […]

Reps summon Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi, Budget Office D-G

Posted by admin Budget, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Legislature Monday, December 3rd, 2012

By IHEANACHO NWOSU and CHUKS AKUNNA, Abuja The House of Representatives has summoned the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) Governor, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Director-General of Budget Office in the Presidency, Dr. Bright Okongwu, over allegation that they prevented the audit of the […]

17 die in multiple attacks in Borno

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, December 3rd, 2012

…As JTF kills another Boko Haram commander From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri No fewer than 10 people died in Borno at theweekend following multiple attacks by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect. Security sources hinted that at Mbwa, a small community in Chibok Local Government, South of Borno, seven people including three Christian worshippers were […]

2015 and the Political Drama in Akwa Ibom

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

When the former Deputy Governor Mr. Nsima Ekere resigned some weeks ago, a colleague being conversant with the situation on ground as it were, called to tell me that one of the tyres of Eket Senatorial District has been deflated, he went on to analyze the rhythm of celebration that those against the governorship of […]

Call to sack workers: CBN gov incurs Nigerians’ wrath

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

The governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is under fire to resign his position for calling for the sack of 50 percent of civil servants within the federal government employ. Saturday Vanguard’s JOHN BULUS in this special report takes a look at the debilitating situation Again, he is stuck into another […]

The faces of Nigerian gays

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

One after the other, Nigerians who indulged in homosexuality with impunity narrate how they eventually opted for this illicit romantic escapade CHARLES ADINGUPU writes that as the government tries to clip their wings, they hid under veil of fundamental human right. James Onuoha (real names withheld) a banker, is a product of both Western influences […]

Primate says ‘it is ridiculous’ to tax Churches

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

Abuja – The Primate of All Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, on Saturday dismissed calls in some quarters for Churches in the country to be mandated to pay tax to government. Okoh said this in Abuja at the 2012 Carnival for Christ, organised by the Abuja Diocese of the Anglican Communion. The Carnival […]

Dangerous Flight: I flew plane with water in the engine – Chinyere Kalu, first female commercial pilot

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

Being a pacesetter in the aviation sector in Nigeria is no mean feat. But for Captain Chinyere Kalu, the Rector and Chief Instructor at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, being the first female commercial pilot in Nigeria was a natural choice which had the support of her aunt whom she grew up with. Although […]

Jaji bombings: Military removes two generals

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

*`Explosives made in US, some components from Brazil’ By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja, Luka Binniyat, Kaduna In what is apparently a fallout of the suicide bombings of a church in the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), yesterday, removed two top military officials from their posts. The DHQ announced […]