Lagos State House of Assembly has approved a total sum of N489.69 billion as 2014 budget for Governor Babatunde Fashola. African Examiner reports that the amount was 3.43 per cent lower than the last year’s budget of N499.105 billion naira. Out of the total appropriation, N234.665billion is for recurrent expenditure while N255.025 billion is earmarked […]
By Kehinde Akintola, Abuja Daring the consequences of the forces militating against anti-graft war in the country, Bala Mohammed, FCT Minister on Thursday gave vivid account on how corrupt Nigerians launder stolen money through acquisition of property in the nation’s capital city. Mohammed who spoke while addressing Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission […]
The Kwara State Government says all necessary machinery has been put to place for rapid job creation for youths in 2014. This assurance was given on Thursday by the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, while inaugurating a committee to work out a job intervention initiative tagged QuickWin at Government House, Ilorin. Governor Ahmed stressed […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday says the Federal Government should be held responsible for incessant oil tanker explosions in Lagos and other parts of the nation. The governor expressed dismay and sadness over Tuesday’s tanker explosion in Lagos, which killed 15 people with lots of properties destroyed in the inferno. […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to tread softly on his reported plan to force the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to resign because of the impact such will have on the nation’s economy. In a statement issued in Lagos on […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The presidency has refuted allegation that President Goodluck Jonathan refuses to receive a minority report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the proposed national conference. Statement from the presidency signed by Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity was made in reaction to the allegation reportedly made […]
President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Friday, January 10, 2014, to attend a meeting of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. According to a statement signed by Presidential spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati, President Jonathan and other ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are scheduled to confer with the Japanese Prime Minister, […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is projecting 7.1 percent economic growth rate for the region in 2014. The figure is higher than the 6.3 percent growth rate in 2013 and 6.6 percent in 2012, said a statement from ECOWAS Communications Assistant Director, Sunny Ugoh. Sierra Leone is anticipated to […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Abia state government says her monthly internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has risen from 150 to N500 million naira. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Eze Chikamnayo, disclosed on Wednesday in Umuahia, the Abia state capital while speaking with newsmen. He said before now, the state’s IGR was between N150 and N200 […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The Nigeria Bar Association, Ikeja Branch has condemned the recent bombing and setting ablaze of the Ahoada East High Court in Rivers, describing it as “pure intimidation of the judiciary.” The President of the association, Mr. Monday Ubani Esq. who stated this on Thursday during a press conference in Lagos demanded immediate […]
By Theophilus Ilevbare It never rains but pours. The storm is certainly not over for the embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah who is now embroiled in a scandal of towering proportion – certificate forgery. Stunning revelations by the intrepid online whistleblower, Sahara Reporters, revealed that Princess Oduah (‘Princess’ as she has insisted she […]
The African Examiner The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Thursday blasted the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for describing the main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) as an agenda for the Islamisation of Nigeria. The group, in a statement signed by the its executive director Professor Ishaq Akintola and made available to African Examiner […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The United State embassy in Nigeria has condemned the attack in Shonong, Plateau State, Nigeria where gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed at least 30 people, including women and children. The embassy, in a statement issued by its Public affairs Section and made available to African Examiner, said it was […]
By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Politics globally requires constant research and continuing proactive discussions with the electorates on methods to improve and develop the respective societies. It is not supposed to be an individual approach. However for most Africans what they refer to as politicians are individuals with possession of high […]
Plateau state governor, Mr. Jonah Jang, has called for the implementation of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) in all the seventeen local government of the state. He has also directed accountants, budget officers and auditors with the state and local governments to learn and be computer literate or face appropriate actions. The governor […]
Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja The National Agency for the Prohibition in Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) has lamented the weak anti-trafficking laws in Nigeria and vowed to tackle the upsurge in the sale of newborn babies in the country. The Executive Secretary of the agency Beatrice Jedy-Agba who raised the alarm during an interactive session with Journalists […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The All Progressive Congress (APC) has commended Rivers State Governor, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, for coming up with a realistic budget for the 2014 fiscal year and its successful presentation before the State House of Assembly on December 7, 2013 in Port Harcourt. Interim Chairman of the party in Rivers State, Chief […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is gravely alarmed and totally disgusted at the Peoples Democratic Party’s PDP’s decision to use religion as a trump card in the run-up to 2015, warning that even in its desperation to cling to power at all cost, the ruling party must desist from […]
Adelowokan The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has warned heads of government-owned schools to desist from charging fees under any guise in public primary and secondary schools in the state. Ajimobi gave the warning on Wednesday while hosting executive members of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) who paid him […]
By Femi Kehinde Senator Iyiola Omisore, a former Deputy Governor of Osun State and former Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation has picked Expression of Interest form and paid N5 million to vie for the gubernatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State. Others who picked the form are Senator Olasunkanmi Akinlabi from […]
