Vice President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday that for the country to move forward, Nigerians must imbibe a culture of change for the better.
Without Omisore or Omoworare to represent Ife East in the Senate there is no doubt that the real losers would be the people of Osun East who would be deprived of the privileges that a Senator would otherwise fight for them. In Omisore’s case, some colleagues accused him of cornering some major water projects for the South in the 2009 budget to Osun East for his constituency!
President of the Senate, David Mark, has reminded political office holders to be sensitive to the welfare of the citizens saying that they must all give account to both man and God.
Sometimes I don’t like the way issues, particularly issues relating to football, are handled. The issue of a technical assistant, physiotherapist or whatever you choose to call it, if we were doing things normally, every information on the technical crew should be coming from one source. Sometimes it leaves me more confused when you discuss an issue with your employers, the next thing you start reading it in the press. If I should tell you my frank answer, for now, there is no subtraction or addition to the technical crew that is going to the Nations Cup.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Thursday night urged Nigerians not to relent in keeping the light of development burning saying it is the only way to achieve success.
ANAMBRA State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Bishop C. O Dominic has advised the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, gubernatorial candidate in the state, Prof Chukwuma Soludo to stick to God in spirit and in truth, saying that it will enable him surmount all challenges before him in the days ahead.
TO create jobs and reduce poverty in his constituency, the Enugu North/Enugu South federal constituency Rep, Prince Ofor Chukwuegbo, has distributed machines and equipment worth over N10m.
President Umaru Yar‘Adua ordered a military operation in the area to apprehend some militants suspected to have murdered 12 members of Joint Task Force, including a Lt. Colonelon April 13. Yar‘Adua had ordered that the killers of the military personnel must be found dead or alive.
In defiance of the “no-jerry can†order imposed in filling stations, fuel pump attendants brazenly flout this order, filling hundreds of the containers to some street boys working for them. Right Across the street, instead of selling a litre for say, N70 as at Thursday, it was sold for N400 per litre to desperate buyers.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has impounded drugs worth over N100million in Kano within the last 3 weeks, and hounded into custody 17 suspected peddlers.
The FRSC has said 133 Nigerians died in 33 auto accidents which occurred across the country between Dec.18 and Dec.24.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province has distributed some items of food and made cash donations worth thousands of Naira to over 500 destitute and physically challenged citizens in the state.
The $150 million World Bank assisted Commercial Agriculture Project has taken off in the 5 participating states of Nigeria, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Cross River and Kano.
Merry Xmas!!! Merry Xmas!!! Merry Xmas. I know that we all have Christmas gifts wrapped up for our loved ones. If you have not got a gift for any member of your family, for your friends and neighbors, its still not too late to dash to town, and get a gift. Remember this is a season for sharing and showing appreciation to others for all they have been to you, especially during the course of the year.
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