2011: Another budget of contradictions

2011: Another budget of contradictions

“Accordingly, there is a deliberate reduction in budget expenditure from the N5,159.66billion approved in the 2010 Amendment and Supplementary Budgets. Aggregate expenditure for 2011 is projected at N4,226.19billion…This represents a 18.1% contraction”
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How people ‘ll vote in Delta re-run, by Asaboro

How people ‘ll vote in Delta re-run, by Asaboro

Chief Benedict Asaboro is a lawyer based in Ughelli and hails from Isoko in Delta State. In this interview, he speaks on the state re-run election and his defection to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), among other issues of public interest.

What would you do if you discover you married a gay?

What would you do if you discover you married a gay?

Lola was a devoted Christian girl. While she was in the university her principle was so obvious by the opposite sex, that none of them dare near her because of her practice. This went on until she met Sammy who proved to be different because he did not worry her about sex. Sammy claimed love making should be consummated between husband and wife after their wedding. So they dated and courted until they finally got married.

Akunyili’s fanciful dancing steps

Akunyili’s fanciful dancing steps

Prof Dora Akunyili’s capacity for performance is a reality that has trailed her since her meritorious service to the nation as the Director_General of the National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Less known is her capacity for high level political drama as she did last Wednesday.

How Jonathan swayed PDP govs

How Jonathan swayed PDP govs

Thursday’s endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan for next year’s election by 21 PDP governors did not come on a platter of gold after all, according to fresh information from the PDP National Secretariat, venue of the deal.

PDP Legislators Vs Governors: Ogbeha, Farouk Lawan bare minds

PDP Legislators Vs Governors: Ogbeha, Farouk Lawan bare minds

Senator Tunde Ogbeha is a retired General from Kogi State and one-time military administrator of Akwa-Ibom State. He was elected Senator for Kogi West Senatorial District from 1999 – 2007, and was chairman of Water Resources Committee of the Senate.

I’ve never been married

I’ve never been married

As she relived memories of her sad past, tears rolled down her cheeks. Intermittently, she would pulse, gaze into the space and then continue.

Man U, Arsenal match tragedy: How police killed auto electrician in Lagos

Man U, Arsenal match tragedy: How police killed auto electrician in Lagos

AS the rage over the alleged murder of Lagos socialite, Mr. Femi Best by Mr. Muhammed Babamala, a Superintendent of Police, in front of the Onipanu Police Station, on Ikorodu Road, in Lagos, is yet to subside ,and the police authorities have vowed to bring the alleged killer to book.But not a few Nigerians had believed that such extra-judicial killing will cease and that the police authorities would re-orientate their officers on the proper use of firearms.

The Enahoro we knew- Yakassai, Falae, Ezeife, Oyegun

The Enahoro we knew- Yakassai, Falae, Ezeife, Oyegun

In the hey days of the military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha , pro-democracy chieftains under the aegis of National Democratic Coalition , NADECO, occasionally met in the house of Chief Olu Falae at Ahmed Onibudo, Victoria Island Lagos or in the Apapa residence of Chief Abraham Adesanya.

Deltans have suffered enough -Onokpite

Deltans have suffered enough -Onokpite

Chief Ogbe Onokpite, the governorship candidate of the Citizen Popular Party (CPP) in the Delta State rerun election is the founder of the Ogbe Political Change (OPC).