Bad road: Okota residents send SOS to Fashola
WHEN the rain poured in torrents in most parts of Lagos State last Tuesday evening, many Lagosians sighed with relief. They relished the fact that it came with a refreshing coolness after they have had to endure a spell of unusually hot weather. But for most residents of Debo Bashorun Street, a stone throw from the popular Faseun Road, near Century Bus-stop, Okota, the last thing they wish for now is another rainfall.
Nigeria should jettison federal character principle, says Don
NIGERIA has been called upon to have a rethink of the Federal Character clause in its constitution, if there should be any meaningful check of the series of crises and violence that rock the country.
Amnesty: Jonathan demands immediate action
THE Federal Government’s Presidential Steering Committee on the Implementation of Amnesty for the Niger-Delta, chaired by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday rose from an emergency meeting with a marching order to all Ministries Departments and Agencies, MDAs, that are directly or indirectly connected to the programme to go back to work, and ensure that the provision of infrastructure continues flawlessly.
EFCC arrests 2 council workers over N66m debt
TWO principal officers of Udenu Local Government Area in Enugu State, have been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an indebtedness of about N66 million to Skye Bank Plc by the immediate past administration of Dr. Ignatius Eze.
Obasi makes case for youths in governance
Action Congress, AC, governorship candidate in Ebonyi State in the 2007 general elections, Chief Obasi Obasi, has said that Nigeria needs dynamic young men and women holding executive positions at all level of governance, especially at the centre.
Unexploded Biafran war landmines worry Imo govt
Imo State Government has lamented that although the Nigeria/Biafra war ended 40 years ago, there are still vestiges of the war as exemplified by the landmines, unexploded ordinances and explosive remnants in several places in the South East and South-South.
