The Arab Republic of Egypt has joined the rest of the world to condemn the terrorist attacks by the extremist Islamic sect, Boko Haram. This was contained in a statement by Mr. Ihab Fahmy on behalf of the Egyptian Embassy in Nigeria, in Abuja, on Wednesday. The statement said Egypt strongly condemned the attacks on […]
BY PETER OKUTU ABAKALIKI— THE United States of America Chapter of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday, declared that the present status quo of Ndigbo was not acceptable in view of their enormous contributions to the growth and development of the nation. Secretary-General of the party in USA, Mr. Okwukwe Ibiam, who made the disclosure […]
ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan may have ordered the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, to conduct full investigations into an Austrian newspaper report alleging the purchase of a 20 million Euro mansion by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. Alison-Madueke was one of the recipients of the national honours in Abuja yesterday and has […]
Nigeria’s debt portfolio, which once became an albatross to Nigeria’s economy, is gradually becoming unmanageable again as the Director General of Debt Management Office (DMO), Dr Abraham Nwankwo, yesterday, put it at N6.1 trillion. Nwankwo, who gave this figure in Abuja at the commencement of training for Nigeria’s first set of medium term debt strategy experts […]
The President yesterday justified why business mongul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, was bestowed with Nigeria’s second highest honour of Grand Commander of the Niger (GCON). The award is usually reserved for the Vice President, Senate President and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Criticisms have trailed Dangote’s GCON since the list was made public last weekend. […]
FOR the third time this year, the monthly allocation to federal, state and local governments from the federation and other special accounts again skyrocketed, as the three tiers of government shared N1.75 trillion allocations in October. The bumper allocation was arrived at after states rejected earlier allocations to them by the Federation Allocation Account Committee […]
The U.S Mission in Nigeria has relaxed its weekend security warning to its citizens to avoid specific locations in Abuja over fears of bomb attacks. A statement posted on the mission’s website on Wednesday said there were“increased security checks at major hotels, government facilities, and along major roadways in Abuja”. It added that the mission […]
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI— The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has debunked the belief in some quarters that the country’s intelligence machinery was a failure and inefficient. Ihejirika, who stated this while flagging off this year’s Army Chaplains Training Week in Owerri, however, promised that security men would continue to enhance […]
By Daniel Eteghe & Okebugwu Chinomnso LAGOS — As the deadline by the Federal Government to the United Kingdom’s mega carrier, British Airways (BA) to reduce its flight frequencies from seven to three times a week expires tomorrow, Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, yesterday, insisted that the British Government was wrong in disrespecting the Bilateral […]
Retired Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Tafa Balogun, has made a special case for the creation of Igbomina State from the present Kwara and Osun states, saying “the ethnic equation of Nigeria remains incomplete without the creation of Igbomina State.” Speaking as the chairman of the seventh Igbomina Day Celebration held at Esie in Irepodun […]
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