Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala By Ndubuisi Francis Following the failure to remove the subsidy on petrol, the Federal Government has revised the 2012 budget proposal, of which it intends to spend N888.1 billion as subsidy on petrol and kerosene this year. In the revised proposal, the government […]
Whitney Houston SKYNEWS Whitney Houston’s fans will be able to watch her private funeral on the internet after her family agreed to allow a camera into the small church service in Newark, New Jersey. Some fans expressed disappointment after it was announced that just 300 relatives and friends would able to attend the private funeral […]
Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, returned to Nigeria Wednesday aboard a chartered private jet that landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos about 9.00 pm and declared he was hale […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, Wednesday sacked the state’s executive council and the board of all government owned parastatals while also freezing the government accounts. All political office holders appointed by both former Governor Timipre Sylva and former acting governor, Chief Nestor Binabo, were asked to go with […]
By Ike Abonyi As a fall-out from the arrest of two Boko Haram suspects, Abu Qaqa and Kabiru Sokoto, the State Security Services (SSS) Wednesday declared a former soldier, Habibu Bama, wanted. A statement from the service spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar, said: “The person whose photograph appears above is Habibu Bama. He is hereby declared wanted […]
THREE days after their breadwinner, Pastor Isua Kiforo, was shot at the Kaduna State Government House by security operatives, who took him for a suicide bomber, life has become miserable for the family. His wife, Charity, who spoke yesterday on the incident and the plight of the family since the incident occurred, raised a […]
THE House of Representatives has called on the Executive arm of government to make adequate provisions in the 2012 budget for urgent repairs of the Nigeria House in the United States (U.S.) in order to save the country from further embarrassment. Adopting a motion introduced by Sokonte Davies, the lawmakers noted that the Nigeria House […]
IN what is termed the deadliest fire in years in the country’s overcrowded prison system, about 272 inmates were killed and dozens injured when a fire tore through a prison in Honduras, officials in the Central American country said yesterday. “We are pulling out bodies… The situation is serious. Most (inmates) have suffocated,” Agence France […]
Court to rule on ex-gov’s motion March 2 TWO officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday escaped the wrath of an Abeokuta High Court Judge who summoned them to appear before him “unfailingly” to answer questions bordering on professional misconduct. Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje, who pardoned Mr. Seyi Folarin and Mr. Kamilu Gebi […]
A MAJOR shake up has been carried out in the military by the Federal Government. In the exercise announced by the government yesterday, 72 top Army officers were affected. The redeployment of the senior officers, which was described by sources in government as “routine”, is however believed to be part of the efforts to strengthen […]
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