Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said the 48-hour clearance of cargoes from the nation’s ports would soon become a reality, following the reforms in the sector and streamlining of agencies at the ports.

The Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) say it has critiqued and identified a number of shortcomings in the Federal Government’s 2012 budget.

Senator Gbenga Ashafa representing Lagos east senatorial district has asked the FG to outsource the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) immediately, saying “this is the only drastic measure that can help to bring merit into future privatisation process.”

WHY should 38 people die in a single boat mishap? The reasons centre on the same neglect that attends almost all aspects of our national life. There were no emergency services to rescue them in an accident that happened in the Rumuolumeni area of Port Harcourt. It would not have made any difference if this accident was in the centre of Abuja.

Standards Organisation of Nigeria says it will start enforcing its newly revised 0ff-shore Conformity Assessment Programme popularly called SONCAP before the end of January 2012.

For the fourth time within a space of three weeks, motorcycle operators popularly called Okada riders took to the streets to protest the decision of Lagos State government to ban their operation on the high ways in Lagos State with effect from December 31.

NIGERIA must have some of the best laws in the world. Ironically, Nigeria lacks the will to implement the laws. See what we have done with our numerous Constitutions and the governmental systems. In the beginning, our British colonial masters bestowed the parliamentary system of government on us.

It was a beehive of activities in celebration of Nigerian culture by children at the main exhibition hall, National Theatre, Iganmu Lagos last week when the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) celebrated its annual children’s cultural Festival.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, charged the 57 chairmen of local governments and local council development areas, LCDAs, to be up and doing in discharging their responsibilities to the residents of the state.

Disengaged workers of Sterling Group, who were laid off recently, have raised alarm over threats to their lives by unknown persons, which they said emanated from their stand against the company’s decision to deny them their full benefits as specified under the law.