“I don’t know if the Federal Government is broke, but I know there is a serious financial crisis and it is unprecedented in the history of this country. That, for the first time since 1999, allocations can no longer come as and when due to states is shocking.” With these words, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of…
The Oil and Gas Producing Communities in Nigeria yesterday called for an upward review of the derivative fund to 30 per cent. They also made a strong case for direct payment of the fund to benefitting communities. The communities also demanded for the replacement of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and its state equivalents…
Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ONICCIMA) yesterday at its 26th Annual General Meeting
Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, at the weekend said though there is a prevailing ceasefire between the Presidency and the G-7 governors, the latter have not traded off their conditions for a peaceful resolution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crisis. He spoke in…
Northern leaders on Saturday in Kaduna said that the region was not afraid of the National Conference, but that it would be an avenue to galvanize people to articulate their positions for future national development. Governor of Niger state and Chairman, Northern Governors Forum, Dr. Mu’azu Bababgida Aliyu, who spoke at the official commissioning ceremony…
Annually, the Igbo-speaking people in Nigeria set aside 29th September to mark and commemorate the vision of its founding fathers. This year’s event took place at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu which witnessed the presence and participation of seven states that comprises of Ohaneze Ndigbo. IFEANYI EZUGWU writes on the significance of the event while…
The Minister for Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has expressed fears over the shutdown of the America economy, saying that it might affect Nigeria’s bond trading in the international market. She made the statement during a news conference on the outcome of the Commonwealth Ministers of Finance Meeting at the…
Cental Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has stated that the solution to Nigeria’s development challenges is the fixing of the various broken value chains in the country’s economic activities. He made this assertion today while delivering a lecture at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Rhode Island Avenue, Washington,…
We ‘re ready for any eventuality –Army FOUR days to the celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir festival, the Federal Government has put all security forces on nationwide security alert. A top security source told Saturday Tribune last night that the charge from the Federal Government was for an inter-agency surveillance and combat readiness for a hitch-free…
Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has formally requested to do a year of community service rather than be jailed or put under house arrest following his conviction for tax fraud. The centre-right leader, 77, was sentenced to four years in jail in August, commuted to one, for masterminding a massive tax fraud scheme at…