Month: January 2016

FG Denies Withdrawing 2016 Budget From NASS

The Federal Government has described reports that the 2016 budget has been called back by President Muhammadu Buhari as a “big lie”. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, told Daily Trust in an interview on Monday that “there is nothing like that.” There were reports in a section of the media that the 2016…

Kwara APC Urges Teachers To Suspend Strike

Striking teachers in Kwara State have been asked to shelve their action. This plea was made to them by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Teachers in state-owned primary schools embarked on an industrial action on Monday after they had given notice to the government on this. They are angry over non-payment…

Obaigbena Writes EFCC Over N670m Compensation

President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, Nduka Obaigbena, has explained why his body got N670 million from the office of the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, for compensation for confiscation of copies of newspapers and circulation vans of newspaper houses by the last administration in 2015. The Economic and Financial…

Why We Won't Subscribe To TSA–NASS

The Treasury Single Account, TSA, has continued to generate controversies and the National Assembly, NASS, has explained why it would not be part of the policy, saying it would jeopardise its independence. President Muhammadu Buhari, on assumption of office in May 2015, directed all government agency to key into the TSA as a way of…

Bishop Kwakpovwe Set for Annual ODM World Anointing Service

Information reaching our office indicates that preparations are already in top gear ahead of this year’s annual World Anointing Night service organized by the wave-making and lives-changing daily devotional, ‘Our Daily Manna’ in conjunction with The Manna Prayer Mountain, an inter-denominational Ministry located at Orioke-Ogudu, Ojota in Lagos. According to what we learnt, the man…

How We Outsmarted Elechi, Others–Umahi, Egwu

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and former Governor Sam Egwu last Wednesday openly narrated how they outwitted the immediate past governor of the state, Martin Elechi and his allies, to emerge victorious in the April 2015 elections. They said during a thanksgiving service by Egwu, who is the current Senator representing Ebonyi North senatorial…