COMMONWEALTH finance ministers will meet in Washington DC later this week to come up with plans that will prevent members states from incurring heavy debts that will cripple their economies.
MILITARY authorities have been asked by the Economic Community of West Africa (Ecowas) Court of Justice to pay Nigerian soldier Barnabas Eli a sum of N10m as compensation for his dismissal for losing a rifle.
Back in 2012, Private Eli was dismissed from the Nigerian Army after he lost his rifle. In addition, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court martial without recourse to the confirming authority before enforcement.
RETIRED military officers have asked the federal government to upgrade the Veterans Affairs Division of the defence ministry to a full fledge ministry to cater for their welfare and that of their families.
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leaders have asked the inspector-general of police Mohammed Adamu to investigate the recent armed attack on the home of its national chairman Adams Oshiomhole in Benin.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha has debunked stories that she has spent the last few months in the UK because she is unhappy with her husband's plans to marry a second wife saying she stayed away to spend time with her children.
(1) Over the last week, we have had a lot of commentary about the government’s proposed 2020 budget. Personally, I see it as offering less than 10% of what is required. There is no way you can make $28bn work for 200m people. When the sums being invested in human development are so minuscule, it is clear that poverty will remain with us for the foreseeable future if we are expecting the government to be our messiah
NIGERIA'S Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw with Brazil this afternoon in an international friendly game which took place at the Singapore National Stadium succumbing to a second half equaliser after taking the lead early in the match.
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has revealed his line-up for today's friendly game against Brazil taking place at the Singapore National Stadium with only three changes from the team that drew 2-2 with Ukraine last month.
[1] Over the last week, Nigeria's minister for humanitarian affairs, disaster and management, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has been in the news for the wrong reasons. While everyone has been talking about her private life, she has been in New York, attending a United Nations campaign against poverty. October 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and she was engaging in the discussions there
COMMONWEALTH finance ministers will meet in Washington DC later this week to come up with plans that will prevent members states from incurring heavy debts that will cripple their economies.
MILITARY authorities have been asked by the Economic Community of West Africa (Ecowas) Court of Justice to pay Nigerian soldier Barnabas Eli a sum of N10m as compensation for his dismissal for losing a rifle.
RETIRED military officers have asked the federal government to upgrade the Veterans Affairs Division of the defence ministry to a full fledge ministry to cater for their welfare and that of their families.
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) leaders have asked the inspector-general of police Mohammed Adamu to investigate the recent armed attack on the home of its national chairman Adams Oshiomhole in Benin.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's wife Aisha has debunked stories that she has spent the last few months in the UK because she is unhappy with her husband's plans to marry a second wife saying she stayed away to spend time with her children.
NIGERIA'S Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw with Brazil this afternoon in an international friendly game which took place at the Singapore National Stadium succumbing to a second half equaliser after taking the lead early in the match.
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has revealed his line-up for today's friendly game against Brazil taking place at the Singapore National Stadium with only three changes from the team that drew 2-2 with Ukraine last month.
