Bloody Easter averted in Kano, 14 terrorists killed
THE Joint Military Task Force, yesterday, averted what would have turned out as a bloody Easter in Kano, following a combat operation that left 14 insurgents dead, a primed car laden with explosives for suicide attack and assorted weapons of war recovered.
Our IGR will soon be enough to sustain us – FAAN
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Managing Director, Mr George Uriesi, has disclosed that the agency Internally Generated Revenue ,IGR, will soon be enough to sustain the agency without waiting annually for Federal government subvention.
Nigeria Rules African Athletics!
Nigerian junior athletes proved that athletics is still very much alive in the country, when they topped the medals table of the Africa Youth Athletics Championships here in Warri, DeltaState.
Group tackles insecurity with agriculture
In its efforts to tackle the increasing unemployment rate and security challenges facing the nation, Nehemiah Youth Empowerment Initiative (NYEI), a non-profit, non-governmental organization, has put up an Agriculture Empowerment Scheme, which it said was aimed at meaningfully empowering and engaging youths across the country to stay away from crime.
Equities’ transactions upbeat, as market capitalisation rises to N10.73trn
Investors’ appetite for investment in the Nigerian capital market took a turn for the better last week as all the measurement parameters in the market witnessed some degree of growth.
Fuel subsidy as a function of illegal exchange rate manipulation
At a recent forum in Lagos, on Tuesday, 19/3/2013, President Goodluck Jonathan insisted that “we cannot continue to waste resources meant for a greater number of Nigerians to subsidize the affluent middle class, who are the main beneficiaries (of fuel subsidies)”.
