THE current power outages experienced across the country may get worse with the steady decline in power generation due to the inadequate supply of gas to fire the turbine power stations.

Acting President, Goodluck , stands at history’s crossroads. The road he chooses to travel will make all the difference for him as a historical figure in Nigeria and for Nigeria itself. He is faced with the choice of either charting a new course and laying the foundation for the new Nigeria of our dreams or following the ignominious familiar road which we have travelled in the past.

Going by the date of appointment, the tenure of the Executive Vice-Chairman, EVC, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, ended yesterday.

AND the incumbent won. Ordinarily, there is no big deal about that, to use the pedestrian parlance, except you consider that the re-elected Anambra State Governor is no ordinary politician.

Barely 48 hours before he was redeployed to the ministry of justice as attorney general of the federation, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode spoke to Pension and You on factory accidents, the role of government and measures being taken in the interest of injured employees.

NDSU, located in Fargo, N.D., has an enrolment of more than 14,100 students, and its annual research expenditures top $100 million. During the past decade, NDSU has undergone approximately $150 million in major new construction.

When former President Bill Clinton made a historic trip to Africa in March 1998, he hailed Presidents Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, Isaiah Afwerki of Eritrea, Laurent Kabila of Congo DR, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda as the new leaders of Africa taking charge of their own backyard. As it turned out, the so-called “new leaders” were just old win in new bottles.

AMIDST speculations of fresh plots to bring back home ailing President Umaru Yar‘Adua, the Senate has commenced efforts to fast-track the amendment of the constitution to cover perceived inadequacies in the National Assembly resolution that empowered his deputy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President.

THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, at its weekly meeting, yesterday, resolved to commence the process that could lead to the invocation of Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution, by setting up a six-man team to travel to Saudi Arabia to ascertain the state of health of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua, who has been outside Nigeria on medical vacation.

UNITED Bank for Africa, the pan-African banking group, received further endorsement of its strong brand strength, rising 161 places to 285th in the latest ranking of the Top 500 Banking Brands by the Banker Magazine.
The increase from 451 in 2008 to 285 in the 2009 ranking marked UBA out as the second fastest growing financial brand globally and the fastest world-wide outside the US.