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‘Ghost’ beneficiaries beneficiaries of N33/7bn cash transfer

• Doubts over whether billions in benefits reached poor Nigerians By Dele Sobowale The N33.75 billion transfer controversy, now rocking the nation, is neither new, nor did the massive fraud stop in 2026. The well-oiled and entrenched mechanisms for transferring public funds, meant for poverty alleviation, into the bottomless pockets of public servants, continues till today […]
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Leaders and uncouth language

LEADERSHIP entails many things. Surely, one of the important attributes of a good leader is the ability to make use of language in directing his/her subjects towards a particular direction in achieving a desired cause of action. Therefore, it becomes a terrible thing when someone in leadership position misuses words in an uncouth manner.

Fuss over Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja road contract variation

LAST month, the Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen, appeared before the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) to shed light on the revision of the contract for the Abuja-Abaji–Lokoja highway, from the initial N42 billion in 2006 to N116 billion in 2011.

Health professionals and Orhii: Truth and falsehood

IT is not surprising that health professionals in the country are still howling over the 2009 appointment of Dr. Paul Botwev Orhii as Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

Social media and OBJ’s letter

THE media, especially newspapers, online and social media are feasting on what is now referred to as famous letter sent to President Goodluck Jonathan by erstwhile former president now elder statesman, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The ex-president wrote an 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan accusing him of failing Nigerians in his position as the President of the country.

Re:2015 presidency-Blood will flow…

I READ with much pain in my bones, heartache and running stomach the interview granted by a second Republic member of House of Representatives and a Russian trained medical doctor Junaid Mohammed, captioned 2015: there’ll be bloodshed, if Jonathan runs, warns Junaid Mohammed.

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