It was not an easy task of the Finance Minister , Ngozi Okonjo – Iweala to convince President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, and members of the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, on the need to rescue Nigeria from financial crisis by removing the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, Sunday
A committee set up by Bauchi State government to verify its workforce says 1,326 ghost workers exist in the state civil service.
A middle aged lady was yesterday arrested at Saint Mulumba’s Catholic Parish, Owerri, for not only impersonating a Catholic nun but was also accused of dubiously fleecing unsuspecting Nigerians of varying sums of money.
For residents of Ejigbo, Idimu, Ikotun and other surrounding Lagos communities, the best Christmmas and new year gift their leaders both at federal and state levels can give them is to rehabilitate the dilapidated Ejigbo- Ikotun road.
Adamawa Police Command, Saturday,said it has succeeded in detonating three bombs planted around Churches in Mubi town of the state.
The FederalGovernment says the major thrust of its transformation agenda in the powersector is to ensure improved electricity supply to the citizenry
Following the collaboration between Edo State government and security agencies, the security situation of the state has improved in the past four months. Over two hundred suspected kidnappers are facing prosecution in the state while about sixty are serving jail terms.
THE Vice-Chairman of the Congress for ProgressiveChange (CPC) in Edo State, Comrade Ikonomwan Francis, has disassociated members of the party from the statement credited to the chairman of the party in the state, Comrade Godwin Erhahon, who faulted Governor Adams Oshiomhole over the latter’s comment on late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
The nineteen newly appointed commissioners in Gombe State, yesterday, took their oath offices.
In view of President Goodluck Jonathan’s submission of the 2012 budget last week to the National Assemble, in which no consideration was again given to sports as the presidency’s key attention for the year, former Bauchi State Sports Commissioner Alhaji Sani Ahmed Toro and CAF technical committee member, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde have expressed their pain on the little attention given to sports in the budget.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said his administration would continue to work diligently towards redirecting national resources from wasteful and unproductive areas to identified priority sectors.
A new wave-making publishing company, Borodoro Books, based in both Lagos and Onitsha has just released the debut collection of poems by Isidore Emeka Uzoatu.
Enugwu-Ukwu, Nawfia, Agukwu-Nri, Enugwu-Agidi as well as other communities like Oraeri, Neni, Enugwu Ezike, Umudioka and Ogwashi have Umunri ancestral origin.
Super Eagles goalkeeper trainer, Ike Shorunmo has revealed that the three home based goal-keepers in the Eagles camp would be nurtured to become top goalkeepers for the country.
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