 President Jonathan’s Speech Declaring State of Emergency Adamawa, Borno and Yobe
Dear compatriots,
1. It has become necessary for me to address you on the recent spate of terrorist activities and protracted security challenges in some parts of the country, particularly in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Plateau and most recently Bayelsa, Taraba, Benue and Nasarawa states. These unfort...
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 The anticipated 'State of Emergency' has now been declared by President Goodluck Jonathan during his nationwide broadcast. The declaration which came less than 24 hours after the Nigeria Governors Forum, led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of River State cautioned the government from doing so. The states...
 Poverty might be very good in poems, maxims and sermons, but it is practically unbearable. In fact, it is like watching one’s relations dying in pain for their inability to afford basic needs.
There is no doubt that poverty is a global crisis. However, it has wide range of impacts among Africans. Thi...
 The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, has said that the implementation of accurate metering and measurement policy by the Weights and Measures Department of the ministry is expected to save the country about N755bn.
The minister said this during the official launching o...
 The importance of rail transportation cannot be overemphasized in the development of a nation because it has advantage over the roadways and the trains can carry a large number of passengers and heavy loads to long distances.
Analysts also believe that journey by train is more comfortable than by roa...
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 Perhaps, there is no better way of assessing the determination of Dr. Precious Kalamba Gbeneol, Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Millennium Development Goals than to be part of the team she has been leading on sensitization and project inspection tours across the country. D...
 “It is therefore, everybody’s business and we must all put our hands on deck to ensure effective disaster management by regularly evolving strategies, policies and programmes so as to reduce loss of lives and property in our communities, thereby facilitating development”, says the Director General o...
 When I wrote an open letter to the Coordinating Minister in Charge of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over appointments to some top positions, it was, to me, simply the continuation of an age-old hobby that I developed since my student days in the university. I write wi...
 The Sunday Times recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of listing men and women of class, rank, privilege, substance and excessive money in the UK. As a professional snooper of the life of the rich and well heeled in the UK, April had always been a much awaited month to undertake an annual ritual...
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