Daily Archives: December 4, 2012
Okorocha budgets N197.7bn for 2013
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday presented a budget proposal of N197,743,684,031 to the state House of Assembly for the 2013 fiscal year, just as he said the embargo placed on employment has been lifted. The governor also sought the ... Read More »
Court remands farmer in prison for killing wife over sex
An Ilorin Magistrate Court, presided over by Mrs Mariam Ahmed has ordered a 65- year-old farmer, Musa Yusuf of Koshogi village via Shonga in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing ... Read More »
FG spent N25bn to tackle flood disaster –SGF
The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that a total of N25bn was taken from the Ecological Funds to tackle the recent floods that ravaged the country. Secretary to the Government of the Federation ( SGF), Chief Anyim Pius Anyim stated this ... Read More »
2015: What we are doing to reposition ANPP – Moghalu
Chief George Moghalu is the secretary, National Rebuilding Inter-party Contact Committee, set up by the All Nigerian Peoples’ Party, [ANPP] as part of the process towards ensuring that it regains its voice as a formidable opposition party in the country Read More »
Why banks’ deposits rose to N12.33trn – NDIC
A 13.75 per cent increase in total deposit liabilities of insured banks has been attributed to improvement in service delivery, innovative and aggressive deposit mobilization, as well as increase in the number of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in strategic locations. ... Read More »
Dana crash: Uncertainty over settlement of claims
Events playing out in respect to settlement of claims to victims of the ill-fated Dana Airline since June 3, 2012 indicate that more muscle flexing still needs to be exerted. Some families, who felt that the agreement reached as regards ... Read More »
Our 2012 Global Thinkers
The recent recognition of two Nigerians on the list of 100 Global Thinkers for 2012 is good news for our country that is sorely in need of role models Read More »
Obasanjo and his legendary ego
I have always thought that history is a great teacher. But it seems that the biggest lesson we, as Nigerians, have learnt from history is that we don't learn from history. This also seems to be at the base of ... Read More »
Perversion in the households of faith
I stumbled on one article by a certain public affairs analyst, Suraj Oyewole in one of the national dailies recently which led me to a conclusion that Nigerian newspapers are truly the platform that accommodate all views regardless of your ... Read More »
