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.
2009 rainfall prediction was 70 per cent correct – NIMET
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has said that the evaluation of the 2009 rainfall pattern showed that predicted dates tallied with actual dates in more than 70 per cent of cases.
N/Delta: Industrialist upbraids Senate president
FOR comparing the Iraq situation to the Nigerian Niger Delta, Senate president, Senator David Mark, has been described as lacking adequate knowledge of the situation in the country and showing insensitivity to the plight of ‘an oppressed minority’. An industrialist, Dr. Ime Umanah, said on Friday that the Senate president’s reaction to visiting American secretary […]
`Iri Ji’ Festival: Imo govt gives condition for participation
As various communities in Imo celebrate the 2009 `Iri Ji’ festival, the state government has said that it would identify with only those celebrating the indigenous variety.
Prof. Nok wins LNG’s Science Prize
*As nine others grab Nigeria Prize for Literature By Akoma Chinweoke PROFESSOR Andrew Jonathan Nok has won this year’s edition of the Nigeria LNG Limited sponsored Prize for Science from the list of 26 applications, for his seminal work in discovering the gene responsible for the creation of sialidase (SD), an enzyme which causes sleeping […]
Police dislodge 3500 fanatics in Niger
By Wole Mosadomi Minna – A Combined team of police, immigration and prison officers in Niger State yesterday dislodged about 3,500 Islamic fundamentalists from their camp on the Bokani-Mokwa road. The dislodged men are members of Daru Salam led by a Sudanese, Bashir Abdullahi. The police, citing security reports on activities of the sect, moved […]
