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NEWS REVIEW FOR APRIL 17, 2018

NEWS PAPER REVIEW VANGUARD 2019- I’M NOT BOTHERED ABOUT POLITICS – BUHARI PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari in London on Monday told the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, that though the country will be having elections in 2019, his primary concern was to tackle insecurity and also put the nation’s economy in a better position. President Buhari said this when he held a bilateral meeting with the British Prime Minister, at 10, Downing Street, London. He told the British Prime Minister that his administration from the onset was focused on three cardinal areas which were security, economy and fight against corruption, adding that as his opponents were interested in the forthcoming elections, his interest was to deliver on his election promises. He commended British companies like Unilever, Cadbury, and many others, “who have stood with Nigeria through thick and thin. Even when we fought a Civil War, they never left. “But like Oliver Twist, we ask for more investments. We ar...

NEWS PAPER REVIEW FOR APRIL 13, 2018

  PAPER REVIEW PUNCH 20 SENATE SUB-COMMITTEES DELAYING 2018 BUDGET – SARAKI The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, at the plenary on Thursday, insisted on today’s (Friday) deadline issued to standing committees to represent their reports on the 2018 budgets proposed by the Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies. He said the deadline would not be extended, noting that the Senate would not be held to ransom by the 20 sub-committees that had yet to present their reports to the Committee on Appropriations. “My meeting with the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations as of Wednesday showed that a number of committees have not