Nigeria’s corrupt budgeting: What our President needs to know
The revelation that the rationale of this year’s Appropriation Act was distorted through the jacking up of the budgets of some sectors is rather unfortunate. Thus, while signing the budget on Friday April 13, 2012, an angry President Jonathan threatened to sack heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) who lobbied to get their budgets increased by the legislature.
11 ACN members matcheted as thugs disrupt Adefarati’s lecture
Former Labour Party (LP) chairman in Ondo State, Chief Olaiya Oni and another politician, Chief Wunmi Adegbomire, now both Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chieftains, were high profile victims of attack by suspected political thugs who attempted to disrupt the 5th Memorial Lecture for Chief Adabayo Adefarati, former governor of Ondo State.
Emotions flow as Benue 22 are laid to rest
Tears flowed freely yesterday at Adamgbe, Mbayongo in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State as the remains of the 22 worshippers who were crushed to death when the aged building of St. Roberts Catholic Church collapsed on parishioners in an Easter eve (April 8), church service were laid to rest at a mass burial.
Using artificial rain to fight African droughts
IS artificial rain possible? Can rainfall be prevented? If artificial rain is possible, why hasn’t it not been used to combat the myriad of droughts hitting Africa? In the Horn of Africa, countries such as Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are endlessly plagued by drought so much that it takes the world to rescue them from hunger and death. The vast Sahara desert which is spreading fast to Nigeria is also home to little or no rain.
Mixed reaction as S/Court throws out Sylva’s suit against PDP
Mixed reactions yesterday trailed the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the nomination of Seriake Dickson as the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Bayelsa State in the February 11, 2012 governorship election won by the incumbent governor, Mr Seriake Dickson in the state, saying that the nomination of candidates for elective positions were exclusive preserves of political parties.
Scores injured as crisis rocks Mile 12 market
Crisis, broke out yesterday in Mile 12 market, Lagos, during a foiled attempt to overthrow the incumbent chairman of the Arewa Perishable Foodstuff Association, Alhaji Haruna Mohammed. Consequently, scores of persons sustained varying degrees of injuries and foodstuff destroyed.
