THE Lagos State Government through Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to residents of Games Village Surulere, Yaba, National Stadium and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) for failure to procure bins for their waste which resulted in loose wastes and a filthy environment within their vicinity.

President of Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN), Mr. Ganiyu Sanni, has advocated effective implementation of government policies on public health and environmental protection as they affect professionals like the public analysts to provide backup scientific services.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has faulted the call, by some leaders in the region, for the disbandment of the Presidential Panel on Amnesty and Disarmament of Militants, headed by the Minister of Defence, Major-General Godwin Abbe (rtd).

By  Chianugo Offor The right of access to court is a fundamental right the sterling status of which is accorded constitutional recognition under the provisions of section 36 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, thus establishing the right of citizens to access the courts of our land as the fulcrum, the hallmark […]

Bayelsa State House of Assembly yesterday defied a court order asking it to suspend the resolution for the removal of a commissioner in the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Mr. Banabas Edure, over non-eligibility by screening his replacement, Mr. Prefa Akporyi Freedom, as a member of the commission.

By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto—The Sokoto Customs Area Command, comprising  Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, has netted the sum of N202,286,492.67 of the N300m target for the Federal Government from January to October this year. Speaking to Vanguard in Sokoto, the Customs Area Comptroller, Alhaji Musa Jubril, said that, of the amount,  N155,794,497.11 was generated from […]

The International Energy Agency yesterday revised its 2010 world oil demand forecast slightly higher, but warned that rising crude prices, if sustained, risk smothering the fragile economic recovery under way.

THIS is the moment that we have all been waiting for.I know how it feels especially for those who are passionate about Nigeria’s football.
Tension will take the greater part of them. In Mozambique, Tunisia will be playing to sail on to 2010 World Cup. In Kenya, Nigeria will be struggling to win and hope that Tunisia gets stuck.

Anambra State has once again taken the front burner of political developments in the country. With its governorship election slated early next year, the tension in the state is therefore understandable.

In a bid to end the perennial artificial fuel scarcity in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said yesterday that it has concluded arrangements with some Independent Marketers to take over their filling stations in order to sustain steady fuel supply.

Anyone who raises this question is clearly out of tune with the times. The Supreme Court ruled about four years ago that civil servants can join political parties. Besides, it is assumed worldwide that every central bank governor shares the philosophy and ideology of the administration which appointed him or her into the office. Who does not know that Allan Greenspan, the immediate past Chairman of Federal Reserve in the United States , is Republican.

Recently,  the law firm of Bamidele Aturu and co. presented its  annual Law and Social Development Lecture series with the theme: “Corruption and the Law: A case of unequal justice”, presented by Dr Sam  Amadi.  Mr Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika examined the paper as presented below By Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika Dr Sam Amadi has made a very good […]

Dear Fellow-Nigerians,President Umoru Musa Yar’Adua may go down in history as the just Pharaoh that “facilitated” the emancipation of the Niger Delta [something the Balewas, Babangidas, Abachas, and Obasanjos tried, in vain, to achieve] by simply listening to the true representatives of the region’s peoples and having the political courage to address the fundamental challenges of the region…or, at least, that is what we are all praying that he does…if the hawks in his kitchen cabinet will let him!

I HAVE recently, on two occasions, praised Mr President for his new Niger Delta initiatives. And I’ve been amazed by the number of sour comments I’ve received.

THE National Economic Council (NEC) must have intended to impress Nigerians with news that former President Olusegun Obasanjo squandered N200 billion of the Ecological Fund. So what is next? If someone is known to have, squandered public funds, no matter what the funds were for, are there no sanctions? Is the law silent on what […]