“Stop irresponsible spending” – Sanusi tells FG to sack 50 per cent of civil servants, remove fuel subsidy

by Isi Esene Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday called on the Federal Government to slash 50 per cent of the entire civil service workforce. He lamented that 70 per cent of the nation’s earnings go to the payment of salaries and entitlements of civil servants. Sanusi said this... Read More

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November 28, 2012

Call for truce: Boko Haram requests for dialogue with FG

by Rachel Ogbu Following a double suicide bombing that killed at least 17 people at the Protestant Military Church, Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, Kaduna State, the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, allegedly distributed a letter requesting dialogue with the Federal Government. According to reports, the letter sent through head of journalists in... Read More

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November 28, 2012

Yahoo Yahoo: NYSC member bags 8 months in jail for Internet fraud

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced a member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Ibok Benneth, to eight months imprisonment for attempting to commit internet fraud. Benneth, 30, was convicted by Justice Olabisi Akinlade after he pleaded guilty to the offence on arraignment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that... Read More

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November 28, 2012

Thugs on rampage in Ajah, as police state readiness to deploy armoured tanks

Many people were injured in the Ajah area of Lagos on Monday after hoodlums believed to be members of rival gangs clashed. PUNCH Metro learnt that the clash was as a result of a long-standing feud between rival gangs in Ilaje and Ajah. A police source who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that the clash... Read More

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November 28, 2012

Boko Haram: NYSC redeploys 800 corps members from Kano due to insecurity

by Rachel Ogbu The Kano State co-ordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alhaji Bashir Yakassai, announced that 800 out of the 2,129 posted to the state for this year’s National Youth Service programme were redeployed to other states following the recent attacks from sects. Speaking at the passing out parade of Batch ‘C’... Read More

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November 28, 2012

On the run? Terry G declared wanted by the police over a hit-and-run case

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that the ‘Akpako’ master, Terry G, is wanted by the police for a hit and run incident. Terry G’s car was said to have hit a man identified as Moshood Azeez while making his way out of Club Royale on Oba Akran road, Ikeja. The incident was said... Read More

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November 28, 2012

Why BPE DG, Bolanle Onogoruwa was shown the way out

by Akan Ido Though no reason was given by the Federal Government for the sack of the director-general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises yesterday, observers attribute it to the controversies surrounding the management contract for the Transmission Company of Nigeria awarded to a Canadian firm, Manitoba Hydro International. The Presidency had earlier released a... Read More

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November 28, 2012

Man, 75, who became a woman in gender reassignment wants to be a man again (PHOTOS)

A pensioner is pleading with the UK’s national health service, NHS, to turn her from a woman back into a man, after realising the sex change operation she had 23 years ago was a huge mistake. RAF veteran Gary Norton, 75, underwent a full male to female gender reassignment – but says it left her... Read More

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