Rights groups score Nigeria low on budgeting
The Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre, CIRDDOC, Nigeria, and other civil rights agencies have rated Nigeria below Liberia and Ghana on transparent and effective budgeting.
173,000 members dump PDP for ACN in Ebonyi
No fewer than 173,000 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members in Ebonyi State yesterday defected to Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in their pursuit for better representation in the next general election.
Uyo senatorial district and the 3rd term ambition
PROMINENT citizens, including elders, traditional rulers and political leaders in Uyo Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State, have continued to reject any third term aspiration to the Senate by aspirants in the forthcoming 2011 elections.
Lagos Trade Fair of traffic nightmares
With this year’s Lagos International Trade Fair presently in full swing, residents along the Badagry expressway and its environ are once again lamenting the heavy traffic jam usually associated the period.
Fashola tasks pilgrims on values
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, charged the 2010 intending Lagos pilgrims to Jerusalem to always focus on whatever would add value to their lives and the society.
Touts, Okada riders in bloody clash over tickets
Activities at Alakija Motor Park were disrupted yesterday when a team of touts, popularly called agbero within the office of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, seized some motorcycles belonging to members of the Motorcycle Association of Lagos State, MOALS, and barred them from using the park.
