Atiku faults FG’s borrowing spree amid N7.98 trn oil windfall
"This naturally raises two unavoidable questions. First, why is a government enjoying such an extraordinary oil windfall borrowing at almost twice last year's pace as though the nation were in financial distress? Second, where is the money?" he queried.
Anambra: Group berates Ojukwu over war song
By Henry Umoru ABUJA—A group under the aegis, Igbo Youth Forum yesterday dismissed the prediction of doom by Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu that war looms in Anambra State if Andy Uba obtained favourable judgment from the Appeal Court, even as they called on him to apologize to the people of Anambra and the entire Ndigbo […]
Ex-militants shun FG’s post-amnesty camps
REPENTANT militants in the Niger-Delta have turned down the directive by the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament of Militants to report to camp for rehabilitation latest yesterday, saying the rehabilitation plan in its entirety was not clear to them
C’ttee recommends panel to streamline DESOPADEC
A Technical Support Committee set up by Delta State government to advise it on how to make the Delta State Oil Producing Communities Development Commission (DESOPADEC) more functional and service delivery-oriented has recommended the appointment of an external audit/management panel to streamline the structure and workload of staff of the commission.
NBA boss, 3 kids kidnapped
THE Ekpoma branch chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Nath A. Inegbedion and three of his children were kidnapped at Ekpoma, yesterday.
Delta Assembly slashes DESOPADEC staff salary by 30%, approves budget
Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed the budget proposal of N30 billion as the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) 2009 budget.
