FG To Maintain Presidential Jets With N1.52Bn in 2014 - Punch

Culled from Punch 

The Federal Government has budgeted N1.52b for the maintenance of the 10 aircraft currently in the Presidential Air Fleet in 2014.

The maintenance cost is slightly higher than the N1.5bn proposed as the initial deposit for the purchase of additional aircraft that will bring the number of aircraft in the fleet to 11.

This is apart from the N747m earmarked for the purchase of aviation fuel for the aircraft already in the fleet.

Uche Obodo Talks about AfroCandy and HarrySong

Read about Uche Obodo's interview with Nonye Ben-Nwankwo of Punch Newspaper as she talks about her career and life

 

All of a sudden, you are seen in many movies unlike before. Why are movie, producers courting you now?

Are they really courting me? Well, I don’t think I work more than other actresses. I know that my spirit and my zeal to do better in my job have pushed me further. That I am everywhere is just because I am persistent and I try to improve on any job that I am given.

 

What of now that new, vibrant and young actresses have come into the scene? Don’t you think your chances of achieving your goal may be limited?

I am not scared of them. I am not scared of challenge because it makes you stand out. If there weren’t any challenges, I might not be better than I was before. I would have been the same Uche. If you see new girls who are zealous and vibrant, you just have to make yourself better than they are; that is the trick. I am not afraid, they are afraid of me because I am never going to give up.

Fashola, his Lagos, and the ‘bottom millions’

Culled from Punch

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, turned 50 last week. Not unexpectedly, it went without fanfare, in keeping with the man’s character.

What better time than now – on the occasion of his 50th birthday, and midway into his second and final term as Governor of Lagos State – to reflect on his impact on Lagos, and on the place of the city in the Nigeria of the 21st century.

Lagos is Africa’s second most populated city – estimates range from 12 million to 18 million, depending on who you’re asking – and one of the fastest growing “megacities” in the world; expected to add another five million inhabitants by 2025.