The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said the reduction in oil production and receipts caused the shortfall in the federal allocation to the other tiers of government. The minister debunked the claim that politics was behind the dwindling allocations to the states. She attributed the reduction in…
Three people were killed when two fuel-laden articulated vehicles exploded at Gyazama village, along the Funtua-Birnin Gwari
Loquacious All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Engr. Joe Igbokwe, has come under blistering attack from a cross section of his Igbo kinsmen outraged by his prediction of political doom for the race following the refusal of Anambra people to vote for his party’s candidate, Senator Chris Ngige, in last Saturday’s governorship election. Reacting to the…
A large-scale scandal has broken out in a church known as the City of Truth (a.k.a Holy Ghost Embassy), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State as the founder and general overseer of the church, Bishop Israel Usoro, has been accused by his pastors of engaging in fake instant healing and false prophecies. But Bishop Usoro has denied…
CHAIRMAN of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, yesterday, alleged that over 400 northerners may have betrayed the region after collecting money to back President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term. Aliyu threatened that the list of the traitors will soon be published for all to see. The governor, who…
No fewer than 12 people have been killed in Borno State as suspected Boko Haram insurgent attacked a village in Damboa area, military sources said yesterday. The suspected insurgents were said to have attacked Sandiya village in Damboa Local Government last Wednesday, killing at least 12 people. They also set ablaze some houses, the sources…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan thanks all patriotic and well-meaning Nigerians, including his supporters, friends and political associates who expressed and conveyed their sympathies and solidarity with him, through various means, following the announcement of his sudden indisposition while on a mission to attract greater investments to accelerate the growth of the Nigerian economy in keeping…
ZIMBABWEAN authorities say they have given foreign shop-owners mostly Nigerians
Clarification on the issue of legal protection for Biafrans in Nigeria and elsewhere from the Executive Council of the Indigenous People of Biafra United Nation’s Defined Rights of Indigenous People and their Implications for the Indigenous People of Biafra? According to the United Nations charter for the Rights of Indigenous People, all fears hitherto holding…
The anger of All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Engr. Joe Igbokwe, over the fate that befell his party’s candidate, Senator Chris Ngige, in last weekend’s governorship election in his home state, Anambra, boiled over this afternoon. He descended heavily on Ndi Igbo, predicting that they would pay a heavy price for their alleged ‘shameless and…