NFF in dilemma over labour strike
An air of uncertainty surrounds the Nigeria/Angola international friendly as the Nigeria Football Federation have rallied to ensure the proposed nationa-wide industrial action by labour did not affect the planned friendly.
Low voter turn-out mars Rivers East senatorial re-run election
THERE was restriction of movement in Port Harcourt and seven other local government areas in Rivers State, yesterday, because of the re-run election in Rivers East Senatorial district.The election was marred by voters’ apathy and low turnout.
We expect impact of subsidy removal to be positive – Lagos govt
As organised labour threatens to shut the nation’s economy from Monday, unless the Federal Government reverses fuel price to N65 per litre, Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it expected the impact of the subsidy removal to be positive on Nigerians.
Petrol Price – Anger Real, Rising
GOVERNMENT still under estimates the anger of Nigerians on the new price of petrol. The responses have remained the same, they have failed to address the questions Nigerians are asking about the new price of petrol, a critical product for the Nigerian economy.
New year and unresolved issues of the past
AS Nigerians celebrated the New Year with joy and gratitude, even in the midst of security threats, they still think seriously about the unresolved economic and political problems of the past year…
Oil subsidy removal and a way forward
MY take on the removal of oil subsidy is that it should not elicit industrial action from organised labour. This is not because I do not see and appreciate the position of the majority of Nigerians who are already groaning under the deadweight of the subsidy removal.
