The Nigeria government is expected to welcome representatives of the Swiss government on Tuesday, March 8. The two governments are to discuss on the repatriation of another tranche of huge public funds stolen by
Nneameka Okorie , better known as Patoranking , is one of Nigeria’s most celebrated reggae-dancehall artistes and by extension, Africa. But like many other success stories, the road to stardom wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. Patoranking was recently in Ghana where he had an interview with Starr 103.5 FM. During the radio chat, he revealed that his music career actually started off in Ghana but it was pure struggle. In his words… “I started music from my mum’s belly, but dancehall has always been something that I grew up listening to and it was perfected in Ghana.” His first trip to Ghana, according to him, was in 2007 after he gained admission into Cape Coast University. A year after resuming school, he dropped out of Uni for financial reasons. “I had to move from Cape Coast to Accra. I was sleeping on the streets of Osu just to make it. We must make am now…survival at all cost. “The only option I had at that point was making it in life because I just had to cha...
Transportation Minister Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi yesterday alleged that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) could not account for the sum of N63billion it generated in 2015, adding that federal government may be compelled to send Bill to the National Assembly to repeal the Act that sets up the agency. The minister also alleged that the sum of N300billion intervention fund meant to encourage individuals to buy vessels by the Goodluck Jonathan administration to encourage investors was equally embezzled. Amaechi also alleged that the agency spends monies it generate without recourse to financial regulations and accountability. The minister stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, stressing that NIMASA has developed a penchant and notoriety for outsourcing its core responsibility with impunity. He pointed out that NIMASA was basically set up to provide safetHe but expressed worries that the agency that there was n...
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