WORKERS and members of the civil society allies of organised labour, yesterday, paralyzed parts of Lagos as they began a nationwide protest against the privatisation of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to drop the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has been commended by Nigerians in Plateau state.

MINISTER of Finance, Olusegun Aganga said yesterday that Nigeria was worried that in spite of economic growth being witnessed, the country’s ratings were plunging and being rated very low on the Global Competitive Index, GCI.

AFTER many years of leadership tussle in Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members of the party finally resolved their differences yesterday and elected Chief Emma Nweze as the state chairman at a successful state congress of the party

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan warned yesterday that Nigeria will remain among the poorest countries of the world if we continue with a business as usual approach on foreign crafted development paradigms.

SOON after the bomb blast that rocked the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Independence Day, claiming 12 lives with scores wounded, many expressed reservations over the ability of our security agencies, unearthing masterminds of the tragedy. In fact, their fears were not unfounded going by the number of unresolved cases of that nature which have dotted the history of our checkered nation like a sore thumb. The list of such cases are unending.