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OPINION: SHADES OF THE GOVERNMENT’S INSENSITIVITY

Social contract is an umbilical cord which tethers the conscience of a government to the vulnerabilities and necessities of a people. Graphically, the conscience of a government is assessed by its high or low sensitivity threshold; sensitivity in the...

OPINION: AMAECHI, APC DECEIT AND THE ENDGAME

One thing you cannot take away from Chief Tom Ikimi is his ability to draw symbolisms to illustrate his points.  Penultimate week in Port Harcourt, the former External Affairs Minister offered Nigerians another meaning to the APC acronym of...

OPINION: JONATHAN’S POWER SECTOR REFORM BECKONS ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE

It is an unfortunate reality of our times that many Nigerians have become experts at disapproving. Indeed, they are lacking in the simple yet humane act of giving credit where it is due.  A major case in point is...

House Seeks Adequate Funding for NAPTIP

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights, Hon. Beni Lar, Wednesday called for increased funding for the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Lar, who made the call...

Emergency Rule: House Summons Service Chiefs

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Wednesday invited the Service Chiefs to appear before it on Thursday, November 14 to brief lawmakers on the state of security in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. The resolution...

House Approves NDDC’s N315 bn Budget

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Wednesday passed the 2013 budget of N315 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Details of the budget shows that N15 billion was approved for recurrent expenditure, while...

Nigeria’s Banks Seek New Avenues To Make Money After Profit Hit

Nigeria's banks are facing a profit squeeze this year as a result of new measures to help the country's economy that are also partly designed to get them to lend more to domestic businesses and consumers. The banking sector, which...

House Investigates Prison Services for Tax Evasion

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 13, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts is to investigate allegations of evasion of taxes and non-remittances of taxes to the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) by the Nigeria Prison Services...

At Last, US Declares Boko Haram, Ansaru Terrorist Organisations

SAN FRANCISCO, November 13, (THEWILL) - The Department of State has announced the designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and as Specially Designated...

Desperate Philippine Typhoon Survivors Loot, Dig Up Water Pipes

Desperation gripped Philippine islands devastated by Typhoon Haiyan as looting turned deadly on Wednesday and survivors panicked over shortages of food, water and medicine, some digging up underground water pipes and smashing them open. Five days after one of the...

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