FG May Create Special Fund for State-of-the-Art Medical Facilities
The Federal Government will fully explore the option of creating a special intervention fund that will facilitate the rapid establishment of more centres of medical excellence across the country, according…
Plane Crash: Death Toll Increases… Airline Bribed to Skip Maintenance
One of the survivors of the crash of Embraer 120 twin prop aircraft belonging to Associated Airlines on 3rd October 2013 has died. The survivor’s death during the weekend brings…
Dangote to chair World Economic Forum Meeting
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has been appointed to co-chair 2014 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos-Kloster, Switzerland. The Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Prof. Klaus…
Akpabio Fires Three Commissioners, One Special Adviser
Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio took his cabinet by surprise on Monday when he sacked three commissioners and one special adviser. This is the second time this year that…
Strike of Resident Doctors Illegal, Says FG
The ongoing industrial action of the National Association of Resident Doctors is illegal and unwarranted, the Federal Government has said. According to Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu — who…
Passengers Besiege DANA Airlines… Demand Ticket Refunds
The departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos was a rowdy sight to behold on Monday morning, when hundreds of Dana Airline passengers trooped to the airline’s counters…
2015, PDP and the impotence of Amaechi’s NGF
The impression, which has been created in some quarters, is that the position of the chair of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), a non-constitutional body, was at the root of…
Jonathan Inaugurates Advisory Committee on National Conference
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday inaugurated the advisory committee he earlier named to oversee the framework for the convocation of a national conference to discuss some of the country’s vexed…
PDP Crisis: Jonathan, G-7 Governors Adjourn Peace Meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan and breakaway governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have agreed to postpone the peace meeting called to resolve the ongoing crisis in the party. Those governors…
Guess who is dollarizing the economy!
Any patron of Bureau de Change may find that a difference of about N10 per dollar now exists between the official rate of N155 per dollar ex-Central Bank, and about…