2013 budget: Is there a fiscal cliff at hand?
It was considered one of the more remarkable points in the relationship between the executive and legislative arms of the Federal Government when at the end of last year that the National Assembly passed the 2013 budget proposals. Now all the gains are about to unravel.
Lottery Commission appeals court ruling
LAGOS— The National Lottery Regulatory Commission has filed an appeal against a Federal High Court, Lagos judgment which held that the NLRC had no right to issue licences in spite of the Lottery Act.
Technicalities stop arraignment of Cynthia’s alleged killers
Efforts by Lagos State Attorney-General, Mr. Ade Ipaye, to formally arraign suspected killers of Cynthia Osokogu allegedly killed by her Facebook friends in a hotel in Festac, Lagos, hit brick walls, yesterday, as the court adjourned their arraignment at the request of the accused persons’ lawyer.
Who is afraid of NCC’s frequency management?
In the past four months, there has been unusual attention and comments in the media about frequency spectrum sales and allocations by the telecom regulatory body, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. The allegations of underhand frequency dealings were made topical by one of the national dailies which devoted its front pages to report the matter.
Deadi bodi geti aksident…
DOUBLE whammy is what the English will call it. But for Fela, its ‘c-o-n-f-u-s-i-o-n breaki boni’ because ‘deadi bodi geti aksident’ as he put it in his album, ‘Confusion Break Bone’.
2 injured as bus crushes tri-cycle in Lagos
TWO people narrowly escaped death, yesterday, in Lagos, during an auto crash involving a tricycle popularly called Keke Marwa and a commercial bus with number plate Lagos YA 525 MUS.
Street hawkers are victims not villains (2)
GENERAL Dwight Eisenhower was quoted as saying that “to knock people over the head is assault, not leadership”. Similarly, to beat up people, steal their goods and extort money from them is criminality, not law enforcement.
Mali can’t stand Nigeria – Rufai
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations semi final clash between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Eagles of Mali has elicited a lot of interest among Nigerian football fraternity.
Bring the cup home, Jonathan tells Super Eagles
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday charged the Super Eagles to go ahead and win all the remaining matches and bring home the cup.In a call to the Eagles in South Africa, President Jonathan said Nigerians were behind them and expect that they (Eagles) will make Nigerians happy and proud.
Govt to institute maritime intervention fund
THE Federal Government has concluded plans to provide intervention funding for the development of the maritime industry following such intervention to other sectors of the economy.
