Senate warns govs against fresh debt burden
THE Senate, yesterday, warned state governors against creating debt burden for future generations, just as it urged them to stop what it described as excessive borrowing.
Jonathan thanks Nigerians
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed appreciation to Nigerians and other world leaders for their support and solidarity over the death of his younger brother, Chief Meni Jonathan.
Foreign Debts: Should Nigerians be worried?
THE Federal Government budget for domestic debt service in 2012 is N559.6 billion (more than the budget allocation to Works, Power, Agriculture and Water Resources combined), leaving less money for infrastructure and other needs.
NBA directs AGF to compile list of detained terrorists
The Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, directed the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke, SAN, to compile names of all persons in detention on terror related activities, insisting that such detainees should be accorded their rights.
Jonathan re-instates 3,645 plots in Abuja
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the immediate re-instatement of 3,645 plots hitherto revoked in the Federal Capital Territory.
How kidnappers got Okonjo-Iweala’s mother
THE gunmen, who abducted Professor Mabel Kamene Titi Okonjo, the 82-year-old mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, reportedly mounted surveillance on the palace for about one week before they kidnapped her, Sunday.
