Former Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki, has urged the Federal Government to tackle the alleged corruption in the petroleum industry to win the confidence of Nigerians in its plan to withdraw fuel subsidy. According to him, there is the need for public enlightenment to make the people appreciate the policy. Saraki, who represents Kwara […]
By Femi Fani-Kayode, NNP – October 16, 2011 – ”I am not David….I am not a general…..I am not a lion……I will defeat the Goliaths in our land”-President Goodluck Jonathan. These are deep and instructive words yet I do wonder whether Mr. President understands the spiritual and practical implications of what he is saying. If […]
By Haruna Manu Isah, Kaduna, Nigeria – October 16, 2011 – Nigeria has about 160million population. This qualified it to be the 8th most populous nation in the world and surprisingly the 32nd biggest economy in the world, but today is saddened by the burden of inept leadership. When, in 2010, former U.S ambassador to […]
Tempers flared as the Development Control Department of the Federal Capital Territory Administration demolished an illegal drinking joint and restaurant built on a land owned by Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha at Port Harcourt Crescent, Area 11, Abuja, on Friday. The plot, which had an uncompleted shopping mall, had been converted into a drinking joint […]
Omidina Babatunde, a.k.a Baba Suwe The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said that it could not readily determine when the ace actor and comedian, Mr. Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, would be released from its custody. Baba Suwe was arrested on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Lagos when he was […]
The Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration has decried the neglect of Nigerian border communities by the Federal Government. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya, said in a statement in Kaduna on Sunday that the Federal Government’s lack of interest in the welfare of the nearly 22 million people living […]
Fresh facts have emerged on the illegal N1.5 trillion spent on oil subsidy by the Presidency as against N240 billion approved for the same purpose by the National Assembly for the 2011 fiscal year. Senator Bukola Saraki had raised the alarm in a motion approved by the Senate last Thursday. He said that the Presidency […]
Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora, Chief Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu has expressed hopes that her husband, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu who is currently undergoing treatment in a London hospital will soon be discharged as he is recuperating rapidly. Speaking with journalists at the Leyton Marsh Fields, London, venue of the 2011 Nigerian Carnival United Kingdom […]
The Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr. Bukola Saraki at the weekend said the Federal Government might spend a whopping N1.5 trillion on fuel subsidy this year. He added that government expended N600 billion in 2010 alone in subsidising the same products. Saraki, who is the chairman, Senate Committee on the Environment, spoke with […]
As the race for the Creek Haven Government House of Bayelsa enters the critical stage, the quest of Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson to unseat incumbent Chief Timipre Sylva has recieved a major boost, as notable Bayelsa elders are now trowing their weight behind his candidacy. A statement made available to Daily Sun said the elders […]
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