THE on-going strike by members of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, is causing pains to patients at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi, as striking doctors have abandoned them.

Angered by the spate of abandoned road projects in the Country, the House of Representatives Committee on Works, yesterday, threatened to blacklist civil engineering contractors.

The problem of this nation is greed and avarice. Greed, greed, greed, everybody is looking for money by all means. This won’t continue for ever. It has to stop somewhere, it has to stop some day….

The Chairman-designate of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, told the Senate that judging from the assurances he received from the Presidency when he was nominated for the appointment, he did not envisage any interference in the discharge of his duties.

FROM the 36 states and Abuja, they converged in Asaba, the Delta State capital for the 4th quadrennial delegates conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, one of the affiliates of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.

Registration of voters for the 2011 general elections must commence now if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is indeed poised towards ensuring a free, fair and credible election, the National Orientation Agency, NOA, has said.

THERE are strong indications that Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, any moment from now may make good its threat to shut down the nation’s ports over unpaid wages to dockworkers by about 21 firms for tonnage handled in off_shore operations for the past three years.

MINISTER of State for Finance, Remi Babalola said, yesterday, that Nigeria needed to move beyond the stop-start development patterns of an oil-based economy to create a stable and prosperous base for a 21st century society built on a critical mass of knowledge workers.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has commended the Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa, for his support to the state government, in its effort to transform the fortunes of the state.

CRITICS certainly are important in any society that is democratic or claims to be one. They do not only draw attention to problems, omissions or oversight by functionaries of state, but also point to possible alternatives or solutions.

A lawmaker representing Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Nelson Alapa, of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, has raised alarm over threats to his life by yet-to-be identified persons.

The crisis within the PDP in Plateau State appears far from over as a staunch member and former Governor of the state, Amabassador Fidelis Tapgun, has described as false reports that the state chairman of the party, Prof. Dakum Shown, represented the state at last week’s National Working Committee meeting of the party in Abuja.

Governor Mahmud Shinkafi of Zamfara has said corruption and indiscipline are the main factors militating against the country’s development.

According to Chief (Mrs) Maureen Bakare, Chairman, UNILAG Parents’ Forum, Post-UTME is the screening procedure for admitting students into an institution to ensure that such students are able to receive tuition and pass whatever examination that will prove them qualified to pursue the career of their choice.

In a surprise turn-around, Osaze Odemwingie has said that it was a mistake to fire Shaibu Amodu and replace him with Lars Lagerback.