Nigeria‘s President Goodluck Jonathan sacked the head of the civil aviation authority on Monday, citing an “unsatisfactory response to concerns of stakeholders in the aviation sector,” nine months after the country’s worst air disaster in 20 years. The statement announcing the removal of civil aviation authority Director General Harold Demuren, […]
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Nigeria budget deficit falls to 1.85 pct of GDP
Nigeria‘s budget deficit is set to fall to 1.85 percent of gross domestic product in 2013, the director general of the budget office said on Thursday. Last year’s budget predicted a 2012 deficit of 2.97 percent of GDP. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan approved a 4.99 trillion naira budget last month […]
SSS Journalists Watch List: Jonathan Must Walk The Walk
Reports that the Presidency has sanctioned the compilation of a “black list†of mostly foreign-based online journalists by the State Security Service (SSS), is most unusual and curious for many reasons. Firstly, it smacks of desperation by government to silence critics and reinforces the President’s strong anti-democratic credentials. Besides, it […]
