THE colony of Nigeria was not federalist, the British did not co-ordinate contesting and putative rival sovereigns.

House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), yesterday, summoned the Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, over the ministry’s huge allocations for rents in the ministry’s 2013 budget proposal.

IN recent times,Nigeria has preoccupied itself with the review/amendment of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. Yes, as amended! It is less than three years since the constitution was amended, you remember?

The Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, and the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU that will make creating employment for young and qualified graduates as part of the conditions for winning oil and gas contracts.

TWO million persons die in the workplace every year out of an estimated 160 million work related diseases, and 270 million fatal and non-fatal work related accidents that occur each year in the workplace in Nigeria and other countries.

THE Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, ICCON, is being repositioned to becoming a major responder in the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan even as chemists have been recognized as the critical pre-requisite in the attainment of the transformation process.

NIGERIANS spend over $700 million every year on medical treatment overseas as a result of inadequate healthcare services in the country.

Paul Ogbebor wrote, among other things, of his battle to gain admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy-‘The Great Quest.’

Exposure to dust inside homes can have adverse health outcomes, such as respiratory problems, asthma, allergic reactions, and lead poisoning (if the dust contains lead). Dust comes from two sources. First, dirt and dust can be carried in from outside on shoes or blown in through windows and doors. Second, there are indoor sources of dust, particularly dust mites.

Gunmen, yesterday, launched an attack on the headquarters of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Abuja believed to be holding suspected Islamist extremists, killing two officers and leading to the escape of 30 detainees.