The great budget tug-of-war
This past week, Nigerians were visited with more uncertainty over the passing of the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law. Having passed the bill on the respective floors of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the countdown to the constitutional deadline for presidential assent, set at 30 days, expired at the weekend. The Appropriation Bill, which is the formal legislative nomenclature for the Budget, has been the inanimate central character in what has turned into a quite animated caper on the national stage in the last few months.
Pfizer in trouble to pay $785m for overcharging US government on drugs
US authorities said Wednesday that drug giant Pfizer had agreed to pay nearly $785 million to settle allegations that one of its units overcharged the government for anti-acid drugs.
West Ham set to offload Emenike
West Ham United will not extend Emmanuel Emenike’s loan deal at the end of the season following the signing of Toni Martinez.
If Koulibaly were white he’d be playing for Barca or Real – Maradona
Diego Maradona has suggested that racism in football is holding back Napoli centre back Kalidou Koulibaly.
Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe arrested by police
Osogbo – Star Yoruba movie actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, Wednesday had a bruise with some armed policemen in Osogbo when the vehicle she was traveling with was impounded by them.
Nigeria or North?
THE words of President Muhammadu Buhari above remains his best lines to a badly divided country till date. They were reassuring to segments of Nigeria already feeling alienated by the negative triumphalism of some scions of the far North following the outcome of the March 28 elections which I captured in “Arewa songs of conquest.”
