Abuja protest: FG summons ex-militants
THE Federal Government, yesterday, invited ex-militants who stormed Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Wednesday, to protest that they were excluded from the Post-Amnesty Programme by the Presidential Committee on Amnesty to a meeting.
S-Court okays death by hanging for robber
The Supreme Court, last Friday, okayed death by hanging for a convicted armed robber, Mr Olayinka Afolalu, for dispossessing a woman of her N1,750.00 at gun point.
DPP faction decamps to PDP, canvasses support for Jonathan
A faction of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, led by Chief Biodun Ogunbiyi as National Chairman, has weekend, dissolved into the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in order to help in actualising the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 general elections.
Nigeria’s external sector worsens in Q1
Nigeria’s trade and investment relation with the rest of the world fell significantly in the first three months of the year, with foreign direct investments taking more of the heat as it dropped by 65 per cent.
MDG and 2020 Goals: Nigeria’s Hidden Potential (2)
Sometimes last year, the government actually admitted that over 90% of all new jobs in the country were being accounted for by the informal economy.
Cattle business is very lucrative, Maigari
Cattle business, no doubt, is a big business employing a large number of people across the nation, especially in the Sudan and Sahel Savannah areas of the north where it is common to see entire families or communities earning their livelihood from cattle rearing.
