No fewer than 70 persons, including 15 soldiers, died in the military operations to track down the insurgents who carried out the last Friday’s pre-dawn attacks on Mohammed Kur Barracks in Bama, Borno State. The remaining 55 comprised of 50 insurgents and five villagers. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, who made this […]
By Saharareporters, New York It has been revealed that Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, sought and received import waivers that she then turned over to Coscharis Motors, a private car dealer, to import 200 BMW cars in 2012. Figures released by Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance budget office show that Mrs. Jonathan secured the import waivers […]
Ours is a pseudo-democracy BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, Deputy political editor LEADING human rights crusader and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) spoke to Vanguard on the structure of Nigeria as a country, the worthiness of the forthcoming centenary celebrations, the crusade against graft among other issues. Excerpts: On Speaker […]
FG overspends by N740bn BY Babajide Komolafe The three tiers of government shared N6 trillion from January to September from the federation account, while the federal government overspent its budget by N740 billion within the same period. These were revealed in the Economic report for the first three quarters of the year released by the […]
A letter dated September 25, 2013 written by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, to President Goodluck Jonathan was recently leaked to the media from undisclosed sources. In an apparent streak of patriotic fervour, Sanusi noted in his letter that, “I am constrained to formally write your Excellency, documenting serious concerns of […]
IN a wrong-headed move, the House of Representatives has initiated the process to legalise the operation of foreign bank accounts by public officers. Despite public misgivings about it, a bill to this effect scaled through the second reading on November 19. One of its sponsors, Bamidele Faparusi, argued that the current law is “weak and […]
LAGOS (AFP) – Amnesty International on Friday urged Nigeria’s president to reject a bill that would outlaw gay marriage and crackdown on gay rights after lawmakers approved a final version for his signature.The key elements of Nigeria’s anti-homosexuality legislation, which also criminalises public displays of affection between same sex couples, had cleared the upper and […]
BY DAPO AKINREFON Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately make public the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on National Dialogue, which was submitted, Wednesday. A statement by the group’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kunle Famoriyo, said making the report a public document is the only way President Jonathan’s wish to […]
THE Federal Government has rejected visa policies which require Nigerians to pay in foreign currencies. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, stated the government’s stand at a meeting with the Diplomatic Corps on Thursday in Abuja. The United Kingdom had on December 4 this year announced a new visa regime whereby applicants for […]
Johnson The Federal Government has threatened to prosecute telecommunication service providers who continue to render poor quality services to subscribers after December 31, 2013. The plan to prosecute errant telecoms operators was unfolded in Lagos on Monday at a joint news briefing addressed by the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson; Director-General, Consumer Protection […]
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