By Caleb Ayansina The Minister of Tour ism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, weekend, appealed to the Islamist group, Boko Haram, and others disenchanted with the nation to sheathe their sword and join the struggle for peaceful co-existence and nation building. Duke, while addressing a press conference to mark the 2012 International Peace […]
The onslaught of the security services against Boko Haram seems to be paying off with the arrest of a top operative of the Islamist group described as the accountant. `The accountant’ was said to be in transit between Kano and Zaria, last week, with N4.5 million cash belonging to the Islamist group when men of […]
By EMEKA MAMAH & SONI DANIEL, Abuja Apparently worried over the inevitability of the north losing power in 2015 due to lack of peace and unity among the people in the region, the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called for political strategies that would put the area in strong position of strength to secure some […]
Abuja- Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, on Friday said that the Federal Government had paid additional N56.75 billion to oil marketers out of the 2012 subsidy claims. While briefing newsmen in Abuja, Okonjo-Iweala, also Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, said that the payments were made to 14 companies after being screed by […]
By Ben Agande FOLLOWING the outcry from Nigerians over the planned introduction of the N5,000 note, the Federal Government has confirmed it is stepping down the introduction of the note by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Presidential spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati who confirmed this last night said the move was to allow more enlightenment by […]
By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—A pressure group, the Foundation for Integration in Nigeria, FIN, weekend, rejected the plan by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to introduce N5,000 note, saying the move would cause devastating effect on the nation’s economy. The group which stated this in a communiqué issued at […]
By CHIOMA OBINNA & CHARITY UGWUANYI LAGOS— Healthcare services in the Federal Government owned-institutions in Lagos were yesterday paralysed following the nationwide indefinite strike embarked upon by health workers under the aegis of the Joint Heath Sector Unions, JOHESU. Meanwhile, the striking workers have vowed to continue with the action until the contentious Federal Government […]
By JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA—The Federal Government, yesterday, rebuffed criticisms against the introduction of N5,000 note in the country, insisting that there was no going back on the decision. Similarly, the government insisted that, notwithstanding fresh facts that have been unearthed by the Vanguard to prove that Bakassi peninsula belongs to Nigeria, and which were concealed […]
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, urged the Federal Government to appeal against the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Soyinka said this at the commemorative lecture of rights activist, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, at 79 in Lagos on Monday. He said Bakassi remained a testing ground for Nigeria’s corporate integrity, stressing that the government should know […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Monday sounded a note of warning to national honours awardees, threatening that the Federal Government would withdraw the honours from conferees that lacked credibility. Already, the President said he had mandated the National Honours Committee led by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore, to compile the list […]
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