Budget '09 still hangs, Senate to screen 13 ministers
From Madu Onuorah and Alifa Daniel, Abuja
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua will not present the 2009 budget to the National Assembly today as earlier scheduled. The earliest the budget may be presented to the National Assembly is next week.
Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido (left), his Kogi State counterpart, Ibrahim Idris, Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, his Edo State counterpart, Adams Oshiomhole and Governor Danjuma Doje of Gombe State, at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja... yesterday
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Nigerians in U.S. divided over 'missing' satellite
From Laolu Akande (New York) and John Abba-Ogbodo (Abuja)
SHOULD the Federal Government seek the assistance of the United States (U.S.) space agency to help resolve the Nigerian Communications Satellite's (NigComSat-1) disappearance in orbit? Nigerians in the U.
Soldiers get life jail for arms supply to militants
From Saxone Akhaine, Kaduna
IT was a day of reckoning yesterday when military authorities, through a general court-martial in Kaduna, sentenced an army officer and five soldiers to life imprisonment for illegal arms supply to militants in the Niger Delta.
Jonathan, govs, others meet, proffer ways out of global crisis
From Madu Onuorah, Abuja
TO insulate the economy from the global economic meltdown, a meeting of National Economic Council (NEC), which met under the chairmanship of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday canvassed for closer co-operation between the federal and state governments.
SSS may wade into governors, senators rift
From Alifa Daniel, Asst. Political Editor, Abuja
THE Senate may seek the intervention of the State Security Service (SSS) in the resolution of political disagreements between state governors and their Senators, which have often degenerated into alleged manhandling of the lawmakers by security operatives attached to the state chief executives.
AFRICA
Zimbabwean doctors protest ailing health system
TRUCKLOADS of riot police were yesterday deployed outside Harare's main hospital to prevent scores of doctors and nurses from marching in protest at the state of Zimbabwe's collapsing health system.
UN lauds peaceful Guinea-Bissau election
A UNITED Nations (UN) special envoy has said that parliamentary elections held in Guinea Bissau had been a "victory for democracy" in the poor west African nation that is a haven for drug traffickers.
WORLD
Israeli tanks rumble into Gaza, level farmlands
AMID rising violence, Israeli tanks have moved into Gaza strip area for the first time in a week as militants said they fired rockets and mortars at them.
Again, China forecloses possible autonomy for Tibet
WITH Tibetan exiles now considering whether to push for independence, China has reaffirmed it's hard-line stance on the future of the Himalayan region, saying that any move to separate Tibet from China was "doomed."
POLICY & POLITICS
INEC, politicians disagree on balloting system
From Kelechi Okoronkwo, Abuja
FUNDAMENTAL flaws in the last general election have continued to engage the attention of Nigerians - the political class, academia and civil society organisations. Recommendations ranging from the re-composition of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make it financially independent, a review of the 2006 Electoral Act, review of electoral offences litigation to severely sanctioning electoral culprits have been suggested to the Electoral Reform Committee.
ARTS
Harnessing the creative, cultural industries
By Marc Nekaitar
THE African Union Agenda for Cultural and Creative Industries Development is based on three main instruments. The African Union Charter for Cultural Renaissance, the Nairobi Plan of Action for Cultural Industries and UNESCO's Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
Editorial
Oshiomhole's victory at the Appeal Court
LAST week, the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City gave its long-awaited verdict in the matter of Osunbor v. Oshiomhole over the April 2007 governorship election in Edo State.
Fashion
Men's fashion mistakes to avoid
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WE all make fashion errors now and again, but some fashion mistakes made by men are just unforgivable. Outlined here are some fashion mistakes to avoid at all costs:
