SSCE fee hike: Examination bodies would have generated N175bn annually — Investigation
By Joseph Erunke& Elizabeth Osayande If the Federal Government had not reversed the proposed N50,000 registration fee per candidate for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, the examination bodies would have been able to generate more than N175 billion annually. An analysis […]
Another approach to the South African attacks by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
THE destructive attacks in South Africa on Nigerians and other sub-Saharan Africans are tragic and mindlessly wrong. The assaults sorely bruise the objective of inter-African harmony. They also put an eraser to the idyll of progress and domestic tranquility many people saw when gazing at South Africa.
NNPC Act gives it a ‘Blank’ cheque to spend without limit or control – PWC
Total gross revenues generated from FGN crude oil liftings was $69.34bn and not $67 billion as earlier stated by the Reconciliation Committee for the period from January 2012 to July 2013. Total cash remitted into the Federation accounts in relation to crude oil liftings was $50.81bn and not $47bn as earlier stated by the Reconciliation Committee for the period from January 2012 to July 2013. NNPC has provided information on the difference leading to a potential excess remittance of $0.74 billion (without considering expected remittances from NPDC).
Suicide trip to Europe by road: Uncovering fatal attraction among Nigerian migrants
Mummy, Festus is likely to be among them,’’ Promise Okorodion casually told her mother upon learning about the migrant shipwreck in the coast of Italy.
Seeing that her statement prompted a worried change on her mother’s countenance, Promise added: ‘’ Mummy, you are wasting your time over that senseless boy. It would even be good if he is one of them; that should at least be the reward for his stubbornness.’’
Senate Presidency: A case for equity and competence
AS Nigeria awaits the inauguration of the eighth National Assembly, the political space has understandably become awash with speculation about who will be Senate president and, therefore, chairman of the National Assembly.
Xenophobia: When hard work, entrepreneurship, romance ignite hatred
He moved down there in 2006 in pursuit of the proverbial greener pastures, and he found success. A profitable business dealing in computer accessories, a comfortable apartment, a smart car, a Nigerian wife, his girlfriend whom he had returned to Nigeria to marry in 2010, and taken with him back to the rainbow nation, and who has given him two lovely kids: the good life.
