Tanker drivers, Kirikiri residents clash
THERE was pandemonium Tuesday at Kirikri area of Lagos State, when members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum & Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, clashed with residents over alleged recklessness of the Tanker drivers operating in the area.
Containers of death on our roads: How many more lives must go?
For the second time in less than a week, four persons, three men and a woman have been crushed to death by unlatched containers, which fell off from their trucks at different areas in Lagos State. The first incident occurred last Tuesday at Ijesha, along the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, where a truck conveying an empty container veered off the expressway, apparently due to the a break failure.
Edo 2012: How PDP ‘ll trounce ACN- Ihonbvere
PROF. Julius Ihonbvere was special adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Project Monitoring and Policies.
UNN to honour Madueke, Sanusi, Ibeto with doctorate degrees *Gov. Fashola to deliver Convocation Lecture
FORMER Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Allison Madueke and the Central Bank Governor, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi have been selected among four distinguished Nigerians to be honoured with Doctorate Degrees in Business Administration by the University of Nigeria at its 40th Convocation holding at Nsukka, Enugu State on Saturday
200 million people unemployed worldwide –ILO chief
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Friday in Abuja said that more than 200 million people were unemployed worldwide
Loral School floors Govt College, others in quiz competition
Loral International Boarding Secondary School, Igbesa, has won the Inter-secondary School Quiz Competition held recently at the Corona College, Agbara
Health Commissioner lauds impact of health mission …as Eko health mission begins
As another round of Eko Free Health Mission commenced Monday in Lagos, the State government has said that the programme has impacted positively on less privileged Lagosians
PDP and infrastructure development
ALL over the world there is a growing appetite for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) as a vehicle for the financing of public infrastructure.
President Jonathan appoints new registrar for NABTEB
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has approved the appointment of Dr. Francis Olatunde Awotokun Aworanti as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB)
More students for 2011 NASSMAC as first stage exam holds nationwide
The 2011 edition of Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition (NASSMAC) will begin with the first stage examination for this year’s contest holding on Saturday March 19, 2011 in 200 centres in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The competition is open to all students 10-18 years of age in JSS 3 and SS 2 attending full time secondary education in government approved schools in Nigeria
Court stops guber polls in five states
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja, yesterday, barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from conducting gubernatorial elections in five states of the federation in April, saying vacancy would only exist in the affected states next year.
