Former Military Presi-dent, Ibrahim Babangida, has chided the presidency for describing the statement he made in a political forum recently in Abuja as treasonable and said that whatever he said was within the context of the events in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Fielding questions from newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos yesterday, […]
A SPECTACULAR display of fireworks that painted the pitch dark and fuggy Ogun sky red brought to a fitting end Saturday night, the 13th annual Holy Ghost Congress, a spiritual retreat of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the sprawling Redemption Camp of the church along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Thousands of joyous young men and […]
A Pro-Goodluck Jonathan group, Grand Rainbow Initiative (GRI), yesterday established its presence in the South East zone, when it launched a zonal office in Enugu. The group, which started as a University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association seven years ago, is poised to promote merit above sentimental agitation through support for credible, dynamic and visionary […]
ALTHOUGH Nigeria spends about 25 per cent of its national expenditure on the National Assembly, official sources within the US government has put the cost of running the entire US congress, including salaries of senators and representatives, at 0.2 per cent of all federal spending. Recently, a statement credited to the Governor of the Central Bank […]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Millennium Development Goals, Hajia Aminat Zubair, has said that the country will require an investment of about $44.56bn to achieve her target in agriculture. Zubair stated this at the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute in Ilorin, on Friday in a lecture titled “Public Private Partnership […]
SPEAKER, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has argued that the Executive arm of government should be blame for high cost of governance in Nigeria, claiming that the first tier of government expends about 50 per cent of the nation’s budget on itself. Bankole, who was Guest Speaker at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria yesterday, […]
TO understand the Jonathan Presidency, we must return to its roots in the Yar’Adua era and trace developments therefrom. The Yar’Adua presidency at its inception announced a seven-point agenda, focusing on key issues of power and energy, Niger Delta, land reform, national security, wealth creation and employment, transportation, and food security and agriculture. The objective […]
JUSTICE Ambrose Alagoa of the Federal High Court, Jos has sentenced 15 suspects to 10 years imprisonment for their complicity in the Jos crisis. Two other suspects were, however, discharged and acquitted. Delivering the judgment at the weekend, Justice Alagoa said the lingering crisis caused Nigeria serious embarrassment among the comity of nations. “The issue […]
Contrary to the situation in Nigeria where about 25 per cent of the nation‘s budget is used to service the National Assembly, the US official sources has put the cost of running the entire US congress, including salaries of senators and representatives, at 0.2 per cent of its federal spending, Empowered Newswire reports. Recent assertion […]
Despite the Federal Government‘s pledge to slash recurrent expenditure across board in 2011, the State House and the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation will spend more funds on overhead and other non-capital projects next year. The recurrent budget of the State House and the SGF‘s office will rise by […]
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