Rochas Okorocha Presents N195.7bn Budget Proposals
Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha on Monday presented a budget proposal of N195,743,684,031 to the State House of Assembly for the 2013 fiscal year with N63,550,209,564 representing 34.4 per cent…
Three Injured in Kano Bomb Blast
A Monday morning bomb explosion at Kantin Kwari Junction, near the famed Kantin Kware Textile Market in Kano has left a traffic warden, a Hisbah official and a staff of…
Should government sack 50% of civil servants?
At the Second Annual Capital Market Retreat in Warri, the CBN Governor, Lamido Sanusi, made a strong case against the current dedication of about 70 per cent of national income…
MRS Group Facing Bankruptcy
Headed by Sayyu Dantata, half-brother of business magnate, Alhadji Aliko Dangote, MRS has been unable to raise money in Nigeria ever since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) forbade banks…
2015 and the Political Drama in Akwa Ibom
When former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere resigned some weeks ago, a colleague conversant with the situation called to tell me that one of the tyres…
Presidency may probe Obasanjo — Sources
Against the backdrop of his public criticism of the Jonathan Presidency vis-a-viz his refusal to back Jonathan second term bid, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been earmarked for deliberate attacks…
Will the Nigerian woman ever stand up?
Four times in the past 10 years, I have challenged the Nigerian woman to rise and shine. In: “Whatever Happened to the Nigerian Woman? (New Age, April 2003), I said:…
Jaji Bomb Blasts: Defense HQ Redeploys Senior Officers
Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim has ordered the redeployment of two principal officials from the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, in a move considered to be…
What About Us?
I am not going to bore you with statistics about how the Nigerian public officers and civil servants take more than 70 per cent of Nigeria’s revenues every year; probably,…
AMCON opposes opening of capital oil tank farm
Fuel scarcity occasioned by the closure of the tank farm of Capital oil and Gas Industries, which accounts for 35 per cent of local petroleum consumption, may persist till next…