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Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu named two of the ministers whom he said needed to be redeployed to include the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and Minister of Budget and Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, insisting that both ministers would perform better if assigned other portfolios. “In the first place, distinguished colleagues, we passed a budget for 2016 and we envisaged the situation we’ve found ourselves and we believed that the best thing to do was to increase the budget for 2016 so as to reflate the economy, but we are almost in the final quarter and yet no releases are being made. “I think the best thing to do at this point, Your Excellency, distinguished colleagues, is for the government to consciously release as much money as possible into the economy. “Yes, we are saying there is no money; the oil price has dropped but we were also told that through the TSA, we have about N3 trillion somewhere. We were also told that the former Minister of Petroleum returne...

Apple Fans Await iPhone 7 (Photo : Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Even the most-talked about smartphones for 2016 have issues too and these came from users who are bothered that "iPhone 7" might be another Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in the making at least for a certain context. Now is the best time to give much consideration to other android-powered phones like LG V20 and the upcoming "Google Nexus 2016". Talking about iPhone 7 alternatives, LG V20 and "Google Nexus 2016" phones are the closest in the circle since most of the issues have been provided solution by the two mentioned android-powered phones. The following are the issues spotted from iPhone 7: Camera The premium sapphire glass was reportedly removed from the camera lens. The Forbes reported that iPhone 7 camera lens is built with regular glass that is susceptible to scratches.  But here's the catch - Apple is still advertising the newest smartphones as using sapphire glass! New Home Button Whi...

The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Yahaya Bello as governor of Kogi State. Seven-man panel headed by Justice Sylvester Ngwata affirmed the election after listening to the closing statements of all the counsel

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the economic and financial crime commission (EFCC) speaks about he country while delivering a  lecture, entitled “Minimizing Corruption in Public Life” at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Management in Abuja, yesterday. Nuhun Ribadu who was ACN Presidential candidate insisted that Nigeria should as a matter of urgency put in place steps to eradicate corruption and pave the way for sustainable development and good governance like other progressive nations of the world In his speech he said: “Leadership at all levels should be beyond reproach to provide the needed example. There should also be the will to apply the sanctions. As I have pointed out several times, lack of will by the political leadership to prosecute the war against corruption takes us nowhere. The political leadership should be determined and it should be seen to be serious about it. “Honesty has to be lifted to the position of a prized and rewarding national...

Recession hitting hard on all citizen, FG has decided to inject N350 billion into economy next week , will this bring a sigh of relief, fingers crossed. This is not time to take actions without proper planning. Actions should be critically examined, or it will make little or no impact

“We call on our president to wake up to the fact that most Nigerians are today disillusioned by the frittering away of the high hopes which they invested in his resolve to turn things around. “The president can no longer safely ignore the very strong allegations of a rise in nepotism and sectionalism in federal appointments. “This has further deepened the feelings of alienation and the rise of centrifugal forces that are threatening the foundations of our unity. “One-sided appointments into public office have displayed a tendency towards a form of sectionalism that we have found difficult to associate with the high moral credentials of the president. A hurricane of violence by herdsmen and other agents of death has left in its wake a landscape of blood and destruction. “Political violence, corruption, kidnappings, armed robbery, ritual murders and all ills of the past, are still very much present and we seem to be progressively sinking deeper into the m...