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News Headlines:
1. Eclipse; MEND claims Responsibly
2. Don't use Eclipse to intimidate our
son... Edwin Clark tells North
3. US to help Nigerian fight future
Eclipse....Barack Obama
4. Nigeria Spent 500 Million Naira on
sun shades during Eclipse
5. FED GOVT. set up Eclipse monitoring committee to be headed by Asari Dokubo
6. Minister bought 2 armored
anti Eclipse Vehicles to protect self.
7. Eclipse: APC to GEJ; Eclipse has
weakened Nigerians confidence in your
Government.
8. Eclipse setback to negotiation,ASUU and ASUP strike continues..

frankyychiji: Tinubu next. Buhari follows!

All after jona nd patience

I believe the speaker will be remembered as someone that stood for democracy,morality,common sense and rule of law

Taraba State Speaker of the House of
Assembly dies.
The Speaker of the Taraba State House of
Assembly Hon. Haruna Tsokwa has died.
The Speaker has had health challenges that
worsened last week with reports that he
suddenly collapsed. Reports of his death
began as a rumour this morning, but close
associates have confirmed.
It was in April this year, that 17 out of 24
members Taraba State House of Assembly
impeached the erstwhile Speaker Hon.
Istifanus Gbana and his Deputy Hon. Abel
Peter Diah were impeached and in his place
the lateHon. Haruna Tsokwa emerged as
Speaker while Hon. Tanko Maikarfi was
elected Deputy Speaker
Taraba State has been the centre of a
constitutional crisis, following the
incapacitation of its Governor Danbaba
Suntai who sustained injuries in a plane
crash a year ago. Governor Suntai has been
in a struggle to reclaim his post since
returning to the country, with the Tsokwa-led
legislature insisting that the Governor
needed more treatment.

By the end of the day, the government will not be serving nigerians cos they would have left us to do all nd all

Oh boy wahala de so we still de enjoy subsidy for light,.....so by 2015 wat will poor nigerians be befitting from government ?

The Federal Government may discontinue
the provision of subsidy on electricity for
low income consumers from next year, the
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission has said.
This, according to the commission, will
affect low income electricity consumers in
the Residential 1 and 2 and Commercial-1
cadres.
The General Manager, Government and
Consumer Affairs, NERC, Dr. Tony Akah,
stated this at the Power Consumers
Assembly in Nnewi and Onitsha, Anambra
State.
Akah, according to a statement obtained
by our correspondent on Sunday, said if
possible, the subsidy fund would be
channelled into other priority areas such as
the provision of electricity to the rural
communities in line with the Federal
Government’s rural electrification
programme.
He was quoted as saying, “In the new tariff
that we have in the MYTO-2 (Multi Year
Tariff Order 2), there is a component of
subsidy because what Nigerians are
paying now is not the full cost.
“Because we don’t want the consumers to
have a big shock, the regulator made
recommendations to the government and it
accepted them and provided some
funding.
“That funding should be exhausted by next
year unless the government decides to
extend or raise it. Because the overriding
idea is that as more energy is ramped up,
Nigerians will spend less on alternative
power; and then, there will no longer be
the need for Nigerians to be subsidised
with regards to electricity usage.
“Then, that scarce financial resource can
be redeployed by the government to other
critical areas of need. There is subsidy
provided for certain amount and for certain
period, and after that, it will go.”
Akah said the government might run out of
its outlay for subsidising consumers by
next year and as such, it might not provide
more funds if there was no need to
continue with it.
In 2012, the Federal Government budgeted
about N110bn to subsidise electricity
consumption.
The fund was for low income earners in
rural communities and was meant to
subsidise their power consumption for two
years.
A breakdown of the expected subsidy
distribution as shown by the former
Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji,
indicated that the Federal Government had
earmarked N60bn for electricity subsidy in
the 2012 budget and another N50bn in the
2013 budget.
Akah, however, stated that the possibility
of the government making further
provisions for electricity subsidy was
dependent on NERC’s thoughts and
recommendations.
“But the regulator right now is studying
everything, and if there is a need for us to
make recommendations to the government
for more subsidy, and in view of the fact
that we may have to review the tariff, then
that will be presented on its merit to the
government,” he said.

sheniqua: Is that a reason to build mosques with state funds?

That may be part of the wants of the people

Two police killed

mekaboy: is this right for govt to use tax paid by both christian and muslim citizens to build mosques?

see how muslims reason?

Tell me a single local govt in katsina that has 20% Christians?
If u add all the christian of katsina state origin u will not get 100000 in a state of 5mill

Another Police station attacked in badarawa kaduna

Attacks on Police Station in Kaduna,moments ago..May God bring an end to this calamity..new barracks along kawo rd

Willywilly7: Are you a blind man, don't you have ears, they are in Israel signing bilateral agreement with Israeli government, are you ODE from REMO

Ode read/listen to news, oga jonah is on a pilgrimage, madam armoured cars signed the deal ystday and has join her oga on pilgrimage.

Willywilly7: Gud, nice photo, they are in Israel now.

Oga jonah needs rest from all the 2015, G7,BH and strikes of Nigeria while madam is escaping from the media “witch hunt”

Mr and Mrs corruption

otokx: If true then 2013 should be declared the Nigerian year of strikes.

true with 2 more months a lot more might happen

payless: Cut numbers of embassies, presidential aircrafts, ambassadors, ministries and parastatals, estacodes, unnecessary travels with large entourage, oil bunkering, official cars, legislators largese, etc. Nigeria could be saving trillions on naira by cutting the waste I listed.

Hmmm not possible,wen at the moment oga jona is in Israel with 130 ppl

atlwireles: That agreement calls for 26% yearly allocation to education. Can Tambuwal tell us where that money is coming from Speeches are fine, but ASUU seeks a NTrillion. Tambuwal should show us the money.

Give 20% to eduction...reduce spending (embassies,aids,corruption)

payless: Tambuwal is ready to help the executive meets its obligation through apppropriation. This shows there is money for executive to fufill its obligations to ASUU.

I blv they don't want to pay them cos there is nothing for them(kick back)

dt02: D Speaker feelz tinz cn stil wrBk out well!

So who do u blv?

By the end of the month Non Academic staff Union (NASU) will join the growing associations on strike!

It seems the Leadership is confused

COMPARE AND CONTRAST!
VIEWS OF TWO PRESIDING OFFICERS OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ABOUT ASUU STRIKE.
(1) "Those who signed the
2009 agreement on behalf of the Federal Government were incompetent .... it only
shows the level of people
the executive sent to go
and negotiate on their
behalf .. .. ASUU simply took advantage of
the ignorance of those who were sent.." - SENATE
PRESIDENT, David Mark.
(2) "... If there is any need for
further appropriations to be made or any law to be amended to meet any of these conditions, the House of
Representatives is faithfully ready to expeditious address such
requests." -SPEAKER Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

So who should Nigerians believe and which of the 2 leaders makes more sense and is the best for Nigeria?

It seems buhari/tunibu always find a way off cropping up if pdp stooges are around

NASU to resume her indefinite strike by Fri. 1st November if the Fed. Govt. Failed to implement full payment of CONTISS.
> Being a Resolution of the Union adopted at the end of the Regular Meeting in UYO.

cashkid(042):
hope dt Tinubu is nt among

Congrats tunibu is now a head of state

Us is spending a lot in intelligence gathering

Hope oga jona is not among!

On the same day that German officials
censured the U.S. government for the
NSA’s surveillance of Chancellor Angela
Merkel’s phone, new revelations show that
35 world leaders (not named in the report)
were given the similar spy treatment.
The Guardian reported Thursday that the
NSA “monitored the phone conversations
of 35 world leaders after being given the
numbers by an official in another U.S.
government department, according to a
classified document provided by
whistleblower Edward Snowden.”
Via the Guardian:
The confidential memo reveals that the
NSA encourages senior officials in its
“customer” departments, such the
White House, State and the Pentagon,
to share their “Rolodexes” so the
agency can add the phone numbers of
leading foreign politicians to their
surveillance systems.
The document notes that one
unnamed US official handed over 200
numbers, including those of the 35
world leaders, none of whom is
named. These were immediately
“tasked” for monitoring by the NSA.
… The memo acknowledges that
eavesdropping on the numbers had
produced “little reportable intelligence”.
In the wake of the Merkel row, the US
is facing growing international criticism
that any intelligence benefit from
spying on friendly governments is far
outweighed by the potential diplomatic
damage.

Ppl complain of lack of morality nd decay of social order but wen actions are taken to tell kids dressing ok is rhe right thin to do ppl start shouting Afghanistan wen most countries around the world are doing the same.
In Israel its 2 weeks + fine not like kano that its fine.