Guild of Editors’ confab begins in Benin
As the seventh edition of the Guild of Editors conference kicks-off today in Benin City, Edo State, the Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, who received members of the Guild led by its President, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, at his palace, appealed to the Federal Government to find lasting solution to the problem of insecurity in the country.
Boko Haram: I told you so
Last week Friday, I was at the international wing of the Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with two other columnists. As we waited for a friend to arrive in a different flight, an item on the front page of THE Sun newspaper caught our attention: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had paid a visit to the family of Babakura Fugu, the brother-in-law of the leader of Mohammed Yusuf, the slain Boko Haram leader.
Between God, Jonah Jang and the Plateau crisis
In response to a barrage of questions from journalists on the Plateau issues [SIC], Jang angrily said: “Am I God to end Jos crisis…He wondered why people were particular about insecurity in Plateau. ‘Is Plateau the only place that has security problem? Security situation is all over the country, so why are you so particular about Plateau State?”- DAILY TRUST, Wednesday, September 14, 2011.
Curbing the Boko Haram threat: The political/NIA imperatives(2)
The meeting or conference might grant the Moslem states the right to demolish Christian churches and to prevent the erection of new ones. But there, it must also grant the Christian states similar rights, to uproot existing mosques and abolish the construction of new ones in their own areas.
PenCom rues over non-remittance of pension funds
National Pension Commission,PenCom, has said it is taking some drastic steps to recover un-remitted pension funds from defaulting organizations, lamenting that one of the greatest challenges facing the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, in Nigeria is non-remittance of deducted funds by private sector organizations.
Constitution should allow states to legislate on minimum wage – Eyitayo, Ondo AG
Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, a senior advocate, SAN is the Ondo state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In this interview he spoke on the National Minimum Wage Act 2010, Freedom of Information Act, call for merger of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, amnesty for Boko Haram, and other issues.
