N-Assembly won’t pass FOI Bill, says Rep

By Tordue Salem ABUJA—The Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill may afterall be shelved by the National Assembly, a member of the House of Representatives, Ahman Pategi (PDP/ Kwara) said yesterday. Mr. Pategi who spoke at a World Bank Training Forum for Journalists, said most of his colleagues were against the Bill, which they view as […]
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Constitution of Mega Party ready soon, says Jakande

Former Lagos State governor, and Chairman of the committee working on the manifesto and constitution of the mega party, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, said yesterday that the manifesto and constitution of the proposed mega party is to receive input from all national stakeholders and proponents of a new Nigeria.

ADR ’ll decongest courts – Fashola

GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday advised lawyers to educate litigants to use Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism in settling disputes to decongest the courts.

NANS asks Yar’Adua to abort deregulation plan

NIGERIAN students, under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have rejected government’s plan to fully deregulate the downstream sector of the nation’s petroleum industry and called on President Umaru Yar’Adua to avoid civil unrest in the country.

Family of 4 eletrocuted in Asaba

Eyewitness told our reporter that when the cable fell on top of the roof, “one of the neighbours ran out and started shouting ‘come out, come out’, but as soon as the father of the house came out, while carrying one of the children with him, they were instantly electrocuted as he touched the iron burglary proof”.

Mimiko intervenes in Ondo Assembly’s crisis

Governor Olusegun Mimiko has decided to intervene in the crisis that engulfed the Ondo State House of Assembly over the insistence of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP-dominated House not to swear in a newly elected member, Akindele Adeniyi as the governor has scheduled a meeting with the 25 lawmakers.

Bayelsa community raises alarm over fresh gas flare

The people of Gbarantoru community, a predominantly farming and fishing settlement in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State, have raised an alarm over the ignition of a new gas flare furnace in their community by Shell Petroleum Development Company.

Misdiagnosis : LASUTH instals new digital x-ray machine

In the wake of so many allegations of inaccurate medical diagnosis in the country, the Lagos State Government has procured an ultra-modern digital x-ray machine capable of covering 95 per cent of conventional x-ray examinations at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).

Bearing the red flag (3)

Ade, (29), Accountant: “I can’t remember clearly if the pains started immediately after I began menstruating or not. But if it didn’t, it couldn’t have been much longer. I began menstruating at the age of 14 years, a bit late because many of my age mates had started before then. Whenever the thing came, I would be so ill that going to school used to be a great problem.

At 25, CODISA adds value to life for the physically challenged

By Emmanuel Elebeke For the physically challenged in Lagos State, the 25th anniversary of the  Committee for the Disabled (CODISA) will remain evergreen in their minds. Never in the last 25 years had physically challenged persons been so celebrated. In the country today, little or no attention is paid the physically challenged, but thanks to  […]

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