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‘Government Must End Subsidizing with Borrowed Money’ – President Jonathan
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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‘Government Must End Subsidizing with Borrowed Money’ – President Jonathan

No meaningful infrastructural development is possible in an environment where government depends on borrowed money to fund capital budget and subsidies.   Nigerian President Goodluck E. Jonathan made the declaration earlier on Friday during a meeting at the State House, Abuja, with a Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs.   Mr. Jonathan said that the deregulation of the petroleum sector is a necessary change Nigeria must make if government will have a significant impact in the lives of citizens.   According to president, the country’s 2010 capital budget was funded with borrowed money, the equivalent of which was used to fund the subsidy last year, adding that “no meaningful infrastructural development is possible in such an environment”.   P...
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Lagos-Ilorin Passenger Train Overcrowded
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Lagos-Ilorin Passenger Train Overcrowded

The passenger train that left Lagos for Ilorin on Friday was so overcrowded that many simply sat on the floor, while some others remained standing. The train was already overcrowded at its takeoff point, Ido on Lagos Mainland, leaving many of those waiting to board along the numerous stations on its path disappointed. (more…)
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NDLEA Lagos Command Lists Successes in 2011
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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NDLEA Lagos Command Lists Successes in 2011

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos State Command, seized 10.6 tonnes of assorted hard drugs in 2011, its commander, Mr Aliyu Sule, said on Friday. Sule said in an interview in Lagos that the seizures were an increase on the 6.1 tonnes it made in 2010. (more…)
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RTEAN Holds Rally in Support of Subsidy Removal
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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RTEAN Holds Rally in Support of Subsidy Removal

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) says it has scheduled Saturday for a peaceful rally nationwide in solidarity with the Federal Government over removal of petroleum subsidy. Alhaji Danlami Navom, the Secretary General of the Association, who disclosed this in an interview on Friday in Abuja, said the association had disassociated itself from other segments of the labour movement. (more…)
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Woman Sues Guardian for Failure to Reveal her Biological Father
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Woman Sues Guardian for Failure to Reveal her Biological Father

A 36 year-old woman, Mrs Aishat Abubakar of Barnawa Area in Kaduna State, on Friday sued her guardian, Alhaji Shuaibu Tanko, for refusing to take her to her parent. Aisha told a Kaduna Sharia Court that Tanko and his wife, Fatima, were not her biological parents and efforts to convince them to take her to her real parents failed. (more…)
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Jonathan Begs Nigerians in Nationwide Broadcast
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Jonathan Begs Nigerians in Nationwide Broadcast

- Promises Adequate Security and Smaller Government EVEN as labor and affiliated organizations across the country have said that there is no going back on the total industrial strike action planned for Monday, President Goodluck Jonathan said in a nationwide broadcast Saturday night that his administration would cut (more…)
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No Shooting Incident in Abuja – Police
15Mar By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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No Shooting Incident in Abuja – Police

The Police Command in FCT says no shooting incident occurred ``at a place of worship in Garki, Area 10, Abuja, on Sunday. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Jimoh Moshood, the command’s spokesman. (more…)
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