In their prime, they toiled and gave their best towards the development of their fatherland. Some spent over three decades working loyally for the system which they had implicit faith in. Years after retirement when they should be rewarded for good work, they are receiving pain and anguish.

To aid Nigeria’s drive for sustainable development, CP Fiberglass Limited, a company that specialises in advanced composites including fiberglass-reinforced products, is set to provide technologically advanced solutions that would be of benefit to the nation.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has blamed the lack of interest by private investors in power generation and distribution on what it described as the cheap price of electricity in the country.

NO fewer than 500 Nigerians are currently serving jail terms for various offences in Switzerland. Also, 1,800 others are living and working legitimately in that country while 1,600 seek asylum annually

WE are surely getting good at being bad, taking one step forward and several backward. And rather than pretend that the Nigeria/FIFA spat has been resolved by Nigeria blinking and grovelling before FIFA while the latter looks away to make for the impeachment of principal officers of the Nigerian Football Federation, the truth of the matter remains that we’ve once more made fools of ourselves before the whole world, showed ourselves up for the spineless people that we are.

FORMER Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, will Thursday chair a seminar which seeks to create a deeper understanding of taxation and business rules in Lagos.

Chairman, Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Mr. Wahab Oba; Secretary of the Council, Zone G, Mr. Adolphus Okonkwo; Mr. Shola Oyeyipo, Council’s Assistant Secretary, and their driver, Mr. Azeez Abdulrauf were kidnapped in Umuafouka junction near Ukwakiri in Obingwa Local Government Council of Abia State, Sunday. Reactions have continued to trail the incident.

EMBATTLED Public Relations Officer of Ifiekporo Community in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Patrick Nikoro, has said that the Charles Omadeli-led Trust has the backing of the royal father in Warri.

MISTER Dave Umahi, Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State, has advocated the adoption of the open ballot system of voting in the country to eliminate intimidation, blackmail and fraud in the nation’s electoral system

Lawmakers from Kogi East in the National Assembly have accused Senators Smart Adeyemi, Kogi West and Otaru Ohize, Kogi Central of inciting the people of the state against Governor Ibrahim Idris for choosing Itobe, as location for the proposed Kogi refinery.

To sustain his tree planting and green campaign, and meet the target of planting three million trees before the end of his administration, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola will lead Lagosians in this year’s tree planting campaign with the theme, One-man One-tree.

THE law (FOIA) gave the public the right to discover what the government was up to, with certain exceptions. It sets out the basic instructions to follow to get information which if improperly withheld by a governmental body, would warrant a court of law to compel such governmental body to disclose or release what is sought from it.

FEDERAL Government has been urged to absorb all repentant militants and their boys for the amnesty programme to be a success in the Niger Delta region.

Imo State governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has roundly condemned the reported kidnap of the Chairman, Lagos State Council of Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, and his colleagues in Obingwa council area of Abia Stat

AS the search for the abducted Lagos NUJ chairman and four others continues, Abia State council of the NUJ yesterday held a prayer session seeking God’s intervention, just as they condemned the abduction of journalists