Brazilian arrested over attempt to shoot Argentina’s Vice President 

By Biodun Busari  A Brazilian man has been apprehended for attempting to shoot Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner near her residence in Buenos Aires, the Argentina capital on Thursday. AFP reports that the footage of the incident showed the man pointing a handgun in Kirchner’s face from close range. The attack was foiled […]
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Subsidy: Why release 98m litres of PMS instead of 60, Customs CG, Ali queries NNPC

By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja The Controller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed Ali, retd, has queried why the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, would allow the release of 98 million litres of petrol per day for local consumption, instead of 60 million litres admitted by its own computation. He wondered where 38 million […]

Why Nigeria is in debt — DMO DG

By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja The Director-General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Mrs. Patience Oniha,  yesterday attributed Nigeria’s high debt profile to lack of revenues and approval of the annual budget with a deficit by the National Assembly, which increased the debt stock of the country. She said Nigeria had been running on budget deficit […]

US Open: Nadal overcomes freak self-inflicted injury, reaches third round

Rafael Nadal overcame a freak injury scare when he accidentally hit himself with his own racquet to reach the US Open third round on Thursday. The Spaniard defeated Italy’s Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 but only after suffering a bizarre self-inflicted injury when leading 3-0 in the fourth set. The four-time champion, and holder […]

MCSN wins, as commission ends battle over artistes’ royalties collection

By Benjamin Njoku The lingering battle between the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria, MCSN, and Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, regarding who is legally empowered to act as a Collective Management Organisation, CMO, has taken a new twist, with the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, declaring publicly that the former is the only society empowered by […]

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