THE presidency has rejected the sum of N1,305,292,050 budgeted to cover the cost of its meals, refreshment and other miscellaneous expenses in 2013, saying it is grossly insufficient. The State House Permanent Secretary, Emmanuel Ogbile, said on Tuesday that the amount was not enough for the 2013 fiscal year. He said this when he […]
THE international wired service, Reuters, on Tuesday, said it has withdrawn the video purporting to have shown Nigerian troops shooting some captured villains after discovering it was fake. A news item posted on the site of the news agency said it had since discovered that the video was staged. The Nigerian Army had, on […]
Essien-Garricks | credits: Winner of an airplane at the MTN Ultimate Wonder promo, Ebube Essien-Garricks, speaks with MAUREEN AZUH on how she became the lucky millionaire and her plans Stories of a rise from grass to grace, to many people, may be a case of a happy ending in movies and works of fiction. […]
At least, 50 eminent southern and northern Nigerian leaders met in Abuja on Tuesday on the state of the nation During the closed-door meeting at the Yar’Adua Centre, they resolved to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the National Assembly. The leaders met under the aegis of Project Nigeria, chaired by Prof. […]
Chief Meni Jonathan | credits: thestreetjournal.org President Goodluck Jonathan has announced the death on Tuesday of his younger brother, Chief Meni Jonathan. The death coincided with the President’s 55th birthday. Meni passed away at the National Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and […]
Advertising guru, Dr. May Nzeribe, died in London on Monday, while receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Nzeribe, who was one of the brains behind the formation of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, was also a civil war veteran. He served as a Major in the Biafran Army and an Aide-de-Camp to the Biafran […]
A NIGERIAN gospel singer, Oluwamayowa Ajayi, who fleeced four American women he met on the internet dating site, Match.com, of over £120,000 was jailed for six and a half years on Friday evening at Snakesbrook Crown Court in East London. Ajayi, 31, who is an overstayer in Britain, looked blank and and showed no outward […]
-Punch INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega | credits: File copy The Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday said the commission would soon embark on constituency delimitation. Declaring open a workshop for information officers drawn from across the country, in Abuja, Jega said the exercise would precede the creation of new polling […]
-Punch Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina | credits: Federal Government on Monday commenced the distribution of 11,500 metric tonnes food relief to families affected by floods in some states of the federation. The release of food relief, which the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, started in Ibadan […]
-Punch Chief Justice of Nigeria, Aloma Mukhtar | credits: Chief Justice Aloma Mukhtar on Monday warned that stiffer sanctions would be imposed on judges found guilty of any form of misconduct. The CJN gave the warning in an address at the opening session of the 2012 biennial conference of all Nigerian judges of the lower […]
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