Senate probes N2.5 bn NDDC Water Hyacinth Project
The Senate says it is probing the award of Water Hyacinth Emergency and Desilting Contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2017 to 2019. Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide made this known when the Director, Special Duties of the NDDC, Nosakhare Agbongiasede appeared before the committee in Abuja […]
Public pressures force FG to more disclosures on indebtedness
By Emeka Anaeto and Babajide Komolafe In response to the growing demand for transparency in government borrowings, the Finance Minister, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said the federal government will soon disclose details of loans obtained from China to fund infrastructural projects. Speaking at a panel session which focused on ‘Decoding Debt; Getting Transparency Right’, at […]
Music kept me away from trouble – Hify Doozy
Music is many thing to many people, to Ifeanyi Godwin Jibunoh popularly called Hify Doozy music has saved his life and kept him away from trouble.
House of Assembly frowns at N160, 000 survey rate for plot of land in Enugu
The Enugu State House of Assembly Committee on Lands and Foreign Investment has frowned at the high rate of N160, 000 that surveyors in Enugu State charge to survey a plot of land.
Government media operating under lots of constraints ― Lai
The Minister of Information and National Orientation Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday said that government-owned media organisations were operating under lots of constraints due to lack of proper funding. He made this known at an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of government media organisations […]
NASS will adjust defence budget to meet security challenges – Sen. Ndume
The Chairman Senate Committee, Army, Sen. Ali Ndume on Thursday said the National Assembly will adjust the defence budget to meet current security challenges in the country.
