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2017 Budget: ‘N151bn Line Items Unnecessary, Wasteful’
There are at least N151bn worth of line items in the proposed 2017 budget that are either frivolous, inappropriate, unclear or wasteful expenditures, hence the budget need to be reworked to focus on...
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Nigeria Needs $140bn To Fight Climate Change – World Bank
The World Bank says that Nigerian Government will need about 140billion dollars to mitigate negative impacts of climate change in the country. Mr Benoit Bosquet, an official of the World Bank, stated...
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NPS Set To Recruit 6,545 Personnel
The comptroller general of Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) Ja’faru Ahmed yesterday hinted that the service is in receipt of a waiver to employ 6,545 staff in different cadre with a budget of N6 billion...
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ICPC Freezes N6bn SURE-P Funds, Recovers 124 Vehicles
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offencs Commission, (ICPC) said it has caused the freezing of about N6 billion Subsidy Re-investment Programme, SURE-P funds after the suspension of...
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Justice Ngwuta’s Case Suffers Set-back, Adjourned To March 16
About 24-hours after the office of the attorney-general gave clarification on why it sacked International Criminal Court (ICC) lawyer, Charles Adeogun-Philips it engaged to prosecute Justice Sylvester...
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Al-Makura Tasks Employers Not To Reject Corps Members
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has ordered all employers in the state to stop rejecting corps members posted to their organizations for national service. He made the call during the closing...
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Group Raises The Alarm Over Plot To Undermine PMB’s Presidency
The Northern Patriotic Assembly yesterday raised the alarm over what it said were plots by some individuals to exploit President Muhammadu Buhari’s health saga through paid protests and media...
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FG Releases N844m For School Feeding Programme In 7 States
The Federal Government has released enough funds to start the serving of one hot meal a day to more than one million primary school pupils across seven states in the country, under the National...
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2017 Health Budget Grossly Inadequate – Senate C’ttee
The Senate Committee on Health has said that for many years running, Nigeria’s health sector has suffered gross neglect. Consequent upon this, legislators are pushing for an upward review of the...
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Senate Queries Interior Minister Over Construction Of Police Barracks
The senate committee on Police Affairs yesterday queried the minister of Interior, Mr Abduraham Dambazau for citing the construction of eight out of 24 police barracks in Bauchi State which was...
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Again, Judgement In Apo 6 Killings Case Adjourned
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has adjourned judgement in the trial of six Police officers accused of killing six Abuja motor spare parts dealers in 2005 to March 9, 2017. The...
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FG Inaugurates Team To Renegotiate 2009 Agreement With ASUU
The federal government has inaugurated the team to re-negotiate the 2009 agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, yesterday said the...
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Tree Planting As Panacea For Biodiversity Conservation In N’Delta
Decades of deforestation and over logging have created large expanses of degraded lands in many countries including Nigeria. Forests have to be protected and preserved. As repositories for terrestrial...
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Ibori’s Return And Future Of Delta Politics
From across the length and breadth of Delta State, prominent politicians have continued to troop to Oghara, to pay homage to a former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, at his country home since...
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Labour Crisis: Can ULC Get Registered As Alternate Labour Centre?
The crisis which has engulfed the labour movement in Nigeria took a new twist last December as the break away faction led by Comrade Joe Ajearo attempted to register a new Labour Centre to be known as...
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Arik: Too Costly To Be Allowed To Fail
It was Jawaharlal Nehru who once said: “Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.” 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of Arik Airline. The airline rose from the ashes of...
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Treasury Looters Have Reduced Nigeria To Nothing – FG
The federal government has disclosed that those who looted the country’s treasury have reduced Nigeria to nothingness. The government also said it has intensified the war against corruption to ensure...
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Nigeria’s Economy: Public And Private Sector Convergence Of Ideas
Last week, the public and private sector dialogued frankly, at the Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth Plan Consultative forum in Abuja. The event, which was opened by the Acting President, Professor...
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Lagos Marathon: 7Up Gets Kudos For Refreshing Over 35,000 Athletes
For being there for the over 30,000 athletes who turned up for the 2nd Access/Lagos Marathon which held over the weekend, 7Up and Aquafina premium table water, the official beverage and water,...
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Danjuma Wins 19th IBB Ladies Golf Open
Rachael Danjuma of Nigeria emerged champion of the 19th IBB International Golf and Country Club’s Ladies Open Amateur Golf Championship which held over the weekend. Danjuma, with 8-handicap, had 265...
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