NASS: A look at the bloated tourism allocation
As the National Assembly resumes sitting next week, one of the key issues the legislators are expected to address is the consideration and passage of the budget proposal for 2014 fiscal year sent to them by President Goodluck Jonathan through the Co-coordinating Minister for Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.
CHAN: Work on goalkeeper, Oladipo urges Keshi
Dr Rafiu Oladipo, the President General, Nigeria Football Supporters Club, on Thursday urged Coach Stephen Keshi to work on Super Eagles goalkeeper, Chigozie Agbim, to save the team from first round exit of the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN)
Jonathan sacks Ihejirika, other service chiefs
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday approved sweeping changes in the nation’s military high command. The erstwhile Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh takes over from Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim as Chief of Defence Staff, while Major-General Kenneth Minimah replaces Lt.-General Azubike Ihejirika as Chief of Army Staff. Rear Admiral Usman O. Jibrin is the new Chief of Naval Staff. He takes over from Vice Admiral Dele Joseph Ezeoba. Also, Air Vice Marshal Adesola Nunayon Amosu takes the baton from Air Marshal Badeh as Chief of Air Staff.
Kirikiri tanker fire: Tank farms must remain in Apapa – Union
Mr Enoch Kanawa, Executive Secretary, Jetty Owners and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners Association of Nigeria, says it will be difficult to relocate tank farms from Apapa.
Nigeria overstates crude production in 2014 budget – Report
Global rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, S&P, yesterday, raised concerns that Nigeria’s crude oil production forecast of 2.39 million barrels a day in the 2014 budget, was over-estimated.
Jonathan’s administration creating jobs, building infrastructure, Okonjo-Iweala replies Reps
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has
responded to the 50 questions posed by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance during the 2014 budget presentation.
The Reps’ 50 questions for Okonjo-Iweala
2. You have been credited with many announcements regarding Nigeria’s economy as one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. If the economy is one of the fast growing economies, what is exactly growing the economy? What role does government play in the said economic growth, especially given that as high as 80 percent of the country’s total annual budget spending still goes into recurrent expenditure?
Australian heatwave set to worsen as fires rage
Australians sweltering through a severe heatwave were warned Thursday that the worst is yet to come, with hundreds of fires raging in several states and temperatures nearing record highs.
Dangerous pollution hits China’s capital
BEIJING (AFP) – China’s capital was shrouded in dangerous smog on Thursday, cutting visibility down to a few hundred metres as a count of small particulate pollution reached more than 25 times recommended levels. A grey haze filled the sky, leaving an industrial, burning smell hanging in the air as PM2.5 reached over 500 micrograms […]
Pregnant woman, student killed in Abeokuta cult clash
Tragedy struck, yesterday, in Onikolobo area of Abeokuta when youths suspected to be members of a secret cult unleashed terror on residents of the area, killing two persons.
Those who lost their lives, according to an eyewitness, include a pregnant woman said to be a passer-by, and a student of a polytechnic in Abeokuta.
PDP CRISIS: Confusion trails Tukur’s exit
CONFUSION reigned in the polity yesterday, over whether or not Alhaji Bamanga Tukur was still the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). One account said he had given his resignation letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, which the President was expected to read to members of the National Caucus, that reconvened at 6 pm at the Presidential Villa. The National Caucus meeting was planned to dovetail into the Board of Trustees, BoT, meeting last night.
Maiduguri suicde bombing: Death toll rises to 43
Death toll from the Tuesday’s bomb blast in Maiduguri has risen to 43, hospital sources and emergency workers said. The development prompted Governor Kashim Shettima to shed tears on seeing the magnitude of the mayhem.
FG, States, LGs share N581.498 billion
The three tiers of government in the country have shared N581.498 billion as allocation for the month of December, 2013.
Ayo Salami rules out equitable society in Nigeria, except…
Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, yesterday, noted that Nigeria will continue to suffer inequity and injustice except people in positions of authority uphold the truth.
Tukur’s topsy-turvy tenure
The nearly two year stewardship of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur was characterised with major upheavals in the party that climaxed with the division of the party on August 31, 2013 a day that the party bureaucrats had set out 37 cakes to celebrate the 15 year anniversary of the party. On that day, seven of the PDP governors and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar walked out of the party’s national convention to form a parallel structure that ultimately fused with the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC last November.
APC faction faults Amosun’s second term endorsement
A faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, loyal to a former Governor Olusegun Osoba has kicked against the recent endorsement of the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun for second term.
