Queen Elizabeth’s movies show life behind Buckingham
Home movies filmed by Queen Elizabeth are to be released for the first time Friday, giving a glimpse of life behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace and showing a softer side of Britain's royal family.
New electricity tariff takes off today
A NEW electricity tariff regime with potentially grave cost implications for urban dwellers, the rich and commercial concerns commences today.
Informal workers call for massive investment in critical sectors
FEDERATION of Informal Workers of Nigeria, FIWON, has called for massive investment in the critical sectors of the economy and called on the government to ensure a conducive working environment for workers especially those in the informal sector.
Mangroves: A vanishing resource (2)
THE prevailing theory among scientists, reports the Mangrove Action Project, is that the plant originated in the Indonesia-Malaysia (Indo-Malaysia) area. Between 66 and 23 million years ago, it apparently migrated, via ocean currents, westward to India and east to South and Central America
Sacked Doctors Reinstatement: NMA receives news with mixed feelings
LAGOS – THE long-drawn face-off between the Lagos State government and the Medical Guild took a dramatic twist yesterday as Governor Babatunde Fashola ordered the state Health Service Commission, HSC, to reinstate the sacked 788 doctors with immediate effect, even as the Nigeria Medical Association said it received the purported reinstatement with mixed feelings.
Akala was not a good example for us – Gov Ajimobi
On the heels of his first anniversary in office, Governor Ajimobi in this interview reviews his challenges, achievements in office and the direction he claims to be leading the Pace Setter State. Excerpts:
