The Police have deployed their men to strategic locations in the Federal Capital, Abuja ahead of the ruling on the validity of President Umaru Yar’adua’s election. The Public Relations Officer, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Moshood Jimoh, a Deputy Superintendent, … read more
The Senate on Thursday asked the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwumah Soludo; Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman; the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Dr. Tanimu Yakubu and the Director General, Budget Office, Dr. Bright … read more
When President Umaru Yar’ Adua presented the 2009 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday 2 December 2008, he said the Federal Government hopes to spend a total of N2.87 trillion as its budget next year. The proposed aggregate … read more
INDUSTRIALISTS and economists have expressed worries over the falling prices of crude oil, Nigeria’s major foreign exchange earner, saying that it will have a negative impact on the nation’s economy. Experts who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune said there were … read more
BRITISH parliamentarians on a visit to Nigeria have blamed persistent violence in Nigeria on the inability of Nigerian government to address human and civil right problems. Briefing Journalists in Abuja weekend at the end of their one week fact finding … read more
Indications emerged on Sunday that the authorities of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Restore Hope, may have issued a shoot-on-sight order to its troops in the Niger Delta. The Commander of the agency, Brig. Gen. Wuyep … read more
Nigerian dailies were this week dominated with the presentation of the 2009 budget by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, to a joint session of the country’s National Assembly. The budget presentation was delayed, giving rise to media speculations. Also on the … read more
Trading went down at the end of the week on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with a turnover of 1.6 billion shares valued at 10.9 billion naira in 38,044 deals. In contrast, a total of 1.8 billion … read more
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Restore Hope, has launched a fresh offensive against the militants in the region ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Findings by Sunday Punch indicate that the Commander of the … read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF) yesterday killed two militants around the Cawthorn channel, near Okrika when the hoodlums in five speed boats ran into a patrol of the Task Force and immediately opened fire on them. Briefing newsmen on the … read more