Don asks NASS to ignore agitation for state sreation
A university don from the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Prof. Rufus Akinyele, has said following innumerable requests of state creation, the National Assembly should impose a moratorium of 10 years.
Local employment content, must for FG’s contracts – Wogu
MINISTER of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, yesterday in Abuja, said all contracts under consideration by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, must henceforth indicate a local employment content under a new contract policy adopted by the Federal Governmen
419er bags 120-yr jail term
A 48-year-old-man, Olusoji Abiodun Ilori, was yesterday sentenced to 120 years imprisonment by an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, for offences bordering on fraud, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence.
Nationalists left in the cold
These were relentlessly persecuted by the colonial masters, dismissed from work, their businesses wrecked and in many instances sent to jail. Amongst the latter was Osita C Agwuna who made the famous call to revolution and went to jail. He had publicly argued that “the redemption of Africa lies in the hands of Africans themselves and must be achieved by either violent revolution or by non-violent revolution”.
Travellers’ anguish on Lagos-Benin highway worrisome to Jonathan – Ogienwonyi
“Apart from RCC, I am also not happy with the Controller of Works in Ondo, who is supposed to monitor and give instructions to RCC. I want to warn that the Federal Government will not hesitate to deal with any controller not doing his job.
Bayelsa engages FBO for waste mgt
Bayelsa State Government has employed the services of FBO Ultra Engineering Limited through its Public Private Partnership, PPP, initiative to manage and properly dispose waste in the state. The company will also handle its waste damage control and construct new sanitary landfill
