JUST think for a second what the world would be without teachers. As the images rush through your mind, think again about the treatment teachers get from us individually, and from their employers, especially governments.

RIVERS State council of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, in what can be regarded as a u-turn, has resolved not to confront the Rivers State government over State Social Services Levy, SSSL, pending before the state House of Assembly.

THE Police in Enugu Monday arrested about 30 persons for allegedly attempting to disrupt the visit of the wife of the President, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan.

FEW days to the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s political independence, the man who first moved the motion for independence in 1953, Chief Anthony Enahoro, has again lamented the state of the nation’s union, saying “this is not the nation we fought for.”

ENUGU State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday night, endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for next year’s presidential polls

ONITSHA, the commercial city of Anambra State, was yesterday thrown into confusion as armed men suspected to be kidnappers abducted the chairman of Onitsha Electronics International Market, Chief Okechukwu Okolie,
who is more known by his business name, Gozac

THE Jonathan Success Movement, JSM, a political pressure group in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, has called on Nigerians to massively support President Goodluck Jonathan in the coming 2011 general elections because he has shown that he has what it takes to lead Nigeria to greater heights.

Vice President Mohammed Sambo, has disclosed that the Federal Government is expending $10 billion to ensure stable power in the country, through the construction of 10 new power stations and transmission lines for the workability of the National Independent Power Project, NIPP.

THE Chief Emma Nweze-led caretaker committee of Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday warned political godfathers who had held the party to ransom in the state over the years to steer clear of the party, advising genuine members to beware of another attempt to deceive them.

More harrowing times await Lagosains seeking healthcare in any of the Lagos State-owned hospitals as they may be yet to see the worst of the current face-off between the Lagos State government and doctors under their employment.

ACTIVITIES at the Federal Psychiatric Hospital Uselu, Benin City, and its environs were grounded, yesterday, when workers of the hospital protested the abduction of the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the hospital, Dr. Olabisi Ihenyen and her husband, Dr. Lionel Ihenyen.

The Akwa Ibom State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, says it arrested 2,106 offenders, for 2,211 offences between January and August 2010 this year.

PRESI-DENT Goodluck Jonathan has said that the nation’s economy recorded a growth of seven per cent in the last four years, three per cent difference from the four per cent, recorded four years arlier. He added that the government was targeting an increase of 10 per cent by the end of 2012.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, has assured that it will provide a level playing field for all political aspirants in the state in the forthcoming party primaries.

The duo of Chijioke Okolie and Princewill Osika are currently telling detectives at the State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Lagos State, the motive behind their attempt to kidnap a Lagos -based businessman.