NIGERIA: Ajimobi presents N152bn budget
GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has presented a N152 billion budget for the 2013 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for approval. The budget, which was tagged...
NIGERIA: Tambuwal’s headaches as Reps resume today
The House of Representatives resumes from the yuletide break today with the scars and scandals of the last year still on the agenda. SPEAKER Aminu Tambuwal of the House of...
NIGERIA: Two children found dead inside a car
Tragedy struck recently in Ibeshe area of Ikorodu, Lagos, after two children were found dead inside a car. One of the children, Olamipo Oluwaferanmi Kadiri, who was two years and...
NIGERIA: We’ll create wealth through indigenous technology
Minister of Science & Technology, Prof. Ita Okon Bassey says the ministry is aiming at generating millions of jobs and creating wealth through indigenous technology. The minister sated this at...
NIGERIA: Jonathan, Tukur divide PDP govs
THE internal conflict within the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, showed no sign of abating, yesterday, as it emerged that the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga...
Nigeria spends N3.5trn annually on power generators
N17.9bn on importation of generators Nigerian manufacturers, small scale businesses and families spend an average of N3.5 trillion yearly to power their generating sets with diesel and petrol due to...
NIGERIA: When do our politicians keep their oaths of office?
WE’VE had cases in this country of deputy governors who suffered impeachment or fell out of favour with their bosses for real or perceived acts of disloyalty when the governors...
NIGERIA; Clouded future surrounds Senate as it resumes from break
Public expectations should have been high as the Senate resumes from the yuletide break today, but issues of yesterday continue to scar the prospects of the David Mark Senate. JUST...
NIGERIA: Ex-militants pledge support for Uduaghan, JTF
WARRI—FRESHLY disarmed militants in Delta State, under the aegis of the defunct Niger-Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, have promised to work with the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Joint Task...
NIGERIA: Sen Owie faults Obasanjo on corruption
BENIN—A FORMER Senate Chief Whip, Senator Roland Owie, yesterday, said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo had no moral right to speak on corruption in Nigeria. According to him, Obasanjo institutionalised ...