The Senate on Wednesday passed N4.695 trillion as the 2014 national budget. The budget is N52.2bn more than the N4.642 trillion submitted by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Assembly on December 19, 2013, through the Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Main points of the 2014 budget approved…
OKONJO-IWEALA HONOURED WITH ROCKEFELLER AWARD
The Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was on April 8, honored with the David Rockefeller Bridging Award alongside Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever and Simao Jatene, Governor of the state of Para, Brazil in New York, US. According to organizers of the prestigious award, Okonjo-Iweala was honored for her…
London Embraces Half of A Yellow Sun Movie
The film adaptation of award winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie’s book, “Half of A Yellow Sun” has been well received by movie lovers in London, UK who described it as one of Nigeria’s best films. Tickets to the film, which premiered Tuesday, April 8 at the Odeon Cinema were said to have been…
NON-PAYMENT OF SUBSIDY CLAIMS RESPONSIBLE FOR FUEL SCARCITY-PPMC
The Management of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, has said that the lingering fuel scarcity in the country is as a result of the non-payment of subsidy claims to oil marketers. Prince Haruna Momoh, Managing Director of PPMC, who made this known in his submission before the Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream…
Pistorius Breaks Down In Court, Apologises To Late Girlfriend’ s Parents
As the Oscar Pistorius murder trial enters a new crucial phase with the opening of the defence case, the South African Paralympic broke down in court today while apologizing to the family of his late girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp whom he shot dead last year. The Olympic runner took to the witness stand today to…
200 Kill In Zamfara Massacre
Suspected cattle rustlers over the weekend killed over 200 people who were attending a security meeting in Yargaladinma area of Dansadau community in Maru LGA of Zamfara State. The men who were said to have come in over 100 motorbikes carrying guns and machetes, surrounded the building where the security meeting was holding and…
Army Kills 18 Boko Haram Members
The Nigerian Army in Abuja on Monday announced that it killed 18 persons suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect while troops retrieved weapons and aborted attacks on the outskirts of Bama and Ngurosoye, Borno State. Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information and coordinator, Joint Information Centre Counter Terrorism Campaign, said…
EPIC Records Set To Release Micheal Jackson’ s Post-Humus Album “ESCAPE”
Epic Records, United States, have announced its readiness to release a post-humus album of late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. This was made known in a statement released by the records recently. The album entitled ‘Escape,’ which will feature eight brand new tracks of the late musician, will be released on May 13, 2014.…
Oscar Pistorius Defence Postponed
The defence in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has been postponed until April 7, as one of the assessors assisting the judge took ill. The paralympic athlete who was billed to take the stand today as the only witness to the alleged murder, would have to wait to give his testimony when the trial…
‘Embrace National Dialogue’ – Anyim
The secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has called on all Nigerians to embrace the proposed National dialogue as a means of resolving critical national issues facing the country. Anyim made the call today at the launch and review of a book titled, “Conversations with my Country,” a five-year compilation…
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