By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba / Yola, Nigeria / Jan. 5, 2013 – In 2013, the sum of N 4.987 trillion shall be spent by the federal government of Nigeria. The capital expenditure is a paltry N 1.6 trillion, which is 32 per cent of the entire budget. But more worrisome is the established tradition […]
BY HENRY AKUBUIRO Long before his foray into mainstream politics and becoming the governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu’s peculiar leadership was already an attraction for political scientists. In 1983 when he first held an elective post as a member of House of Representatives, he had set the pace for a journey into the […]
The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to improve his performance on a number of key national issues, including security, employment generation, and economic management. The ARG also challenged the president to tackle corruption, profligacy of government officials and the sacred cow syndrome, saying only such a move would make his leadership […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said providence saved him from the fire which recently burnt a part of his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun State. If the fire which consumed his secretary’s office had occurred during the night, the former President said he would have been suffocated by fumes from the inferno. He spoke […]
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA—Giant campaign posters, announcing President Goodluck Jonathan’s readiness to contest the 2015 presidential election, greeted Nigerians in Abuja, the nation’s capital, as they woke up to savour the dawn of the New Year. The all-glossy posters, which were strategically posted in the high brow areas of the Federal Capital […]
The ground appears to have been prepared for another New Year confrontation between President Goodluck Jonathan and civil rights activists with a stiff opposition by the latter to a suit asking Jonathan to remove totally the subsidy on fuel. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, Chief Stanley Okeke, has filed a […]
DECEMBER 31, 2012 BY MIKE ODIEGWU Bishop of Bomadi Catholic Diocese, Vicarage Hyacinth Egbebor, in his homily on Saturday, blamed the helicopter crash that killed the former National Security Adviser, Andrew Azazi; former Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, and four others, on corruption. At the state funeral of Azazi in Peace Park, Yenagoa, attended by […]
Former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the fire at his Abeokuta home on Thursday as a minor one which only affected the office of his Personal Assistant. Obasanjo, who was not at home at the time, was not sure of the cause of the incident, telling the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), “It […]
Photo: Vanguard President Goodluck Jonathan As part of efforts to keep his second term bid on track, indications have emerged suggesting that President Goodluck Jonathan has commenced moves to pacify one of his predecessors in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. This is coming on the heels of reports yesterday in which the President denied insinuations that […]
Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday explained why most Nigerians believed that his administration was slow in implementing and responding to some of the people-oriented policies and projects of the government. According to him, this was because of his resolve to avoid taking hasty decisions that may be fraught with mistakes and which might […]
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