Apparently trying to stave the planned nationwide strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, over pension-related issues, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the immediate release of N90 million to the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP.

Justice Okechukwu Okeke of the Federal High Court, who retired this month, from the bench of the court, yesterday, blamed his near dismissal by National Judicial Council, NJC, few days to his retirement on a Justice of the Supreme Court.

LAGOS—DANA Air, Monday, said the process for compensating relatives of victims of its aircraft that crashed a year ago at Iju-Shaga, Lagos, was being delayed by problem of securing grant of probate, otherwise known as letter of administration, by families of the victims.

DEPUTY Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha; Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Mrs. Chris Anyanwu; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri and the Minister of Power Prof. Chinedu Nebo were among the dignitaries that, yesterday, paid tributes to the late Vanguard Columnist, Chief Pini Jason.

Lagos State Government has raised an alarm following the discovery that many tank farms are operating in Apapa without requisite permit, saying they pose security threats to life and property in the state.

THE traditional ruler of Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Chidubem Iweka has narrowly escaped assassination at the ever busy Nkpor area near Onitsha. Suspected assassins fired bullets on his Nissan Fortuna, injuring his police orderly and damaging the car in the process.

AWKA—THERE is a looming battle in the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State as members of the authorized Association of Anambra State Park Agents and motor park touts, popularly known as Agbero, appear set to confront each other over the control of numerous parks in the town.

The PDP as a party has often not looked back in bringing vengeance upon its high profile members who turn aside from the establishment.

WHEN FESTAC town was built to host participants at the second Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture in 1977 known as FESTAC 77, it was a model estate and was the first of its kind on the shores of Africa. For those who dwelt in Lagos then, it was a delight to come here and savour the paved streets, the flowers, the modern planning and the decent environment. How this estate degenerated to this parlous state is a subject that should continue to engage our interest as stakeholders’’.

Nigeria is set to make history as plans have been concluded for the foundation laying ceremony of the $1.2 billion world largest gas-to-urea fertilizer plant project.

By DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA—leadership of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, has pleaded with aggrieved members of the party not to dump the party for other political parties, boasting that PDP would defeat the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the state come 2015 general elections. The party warned members not to fall for the baits of some party leaders, allegedly […]

With a population of 18 million people in Lagos, there are less than a million blood donors in the state, the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Services, LSBTS, has disclosed.

I want to talk about the takeover of GSK (GlaxoSmithkline), which foreign investors are trying to corner by taking up to about 80 per cent of the shares issued capital, thereby taking over the company.

President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) Daniel Igali will today address the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in St Petersburg, Russia, over the reported withdrawal of wrestling event from the 2020 Olympic Games.

ABUJA— The Federal Government has been advised to provide appropriate and adequate platforms for the Nigerian Navy to enable the force meet up with the task of checking criminality in the nation’s vast maritime environment, including oil theft, vandalisation and piracy.