Looking ahead and looking back at 2013
JANUARY 2012 began with an ill-timed fuel tax, called removal of fuel subsidy. That act inflamed passion and caused a nationwide conflagration that nearly consumed the government. It seems that in the absence of such drama this year, some people tried to create their own drama by pasting President Jonathan’s campaign posters in some parts of Abuja.
Varsity workers threaten strike over unpaid allowance
…Gives FG January ending deadline
SENIOR Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has given the Federal Government up to the end of January, 2013 to pay members unpaid Earned Allowance, to avert a protracted industrial unrest in the nation’s university system.
Mischievous people behind Jonathan campaign posters – Owie
BENIN—FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, Monday, alleged that some persons he described as mischievous, pasted the controversial 2015 campaign posters of President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja to divert attention from the seeming improvement in the power sector and railway transportation, which had been achieved by Jonathan’s administration.
195 died from burns in Lagos last year – Fire Service
FOR 11 months in 2012, no fewer than 1,100 fire cases were recorded in Lagos state giving an average of 100 cases per month.
Why FG extends Cotecna, others’ contract
The extension of the contract of the three Service Providers, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), SGS and Global Scansystems, has been attributed to the unpreparedness of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to fully take over the functions performed by the Service Providers.
Our leaders not responsible for poverty in the North – ACF
THE Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF dismissed as misinformed comments that northern leaders, who have dominated rulership of Nigeria are responsible for the underdevelopment and rising poverty in the North.
Our patch-patch Constitution reviews will not lead us to the Promised Land
THE ritual of Constitution amendments has become too familiar an end game for Nigerian politicians that nothing cheery is expected to come from the on-going process at the National Assembly.
Chime: Combustible politics in Coal City
A state branded as the coal city state has its top stakeholders sitting on hot coal as intrigues shape issues emerging from the prolonged absence of the state’s governor.
Intrigues, subtle battle as PDP elects BoT chair
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will today in Abuja elect a new Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BOT, for the party. Those angling to occupy the PDP top seat are former Vice President Alex Ekwueme who is 80 years; former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih (79); former PDP National Chairman, Dr. Ahmadu Ali (76); former Senate President Ken Nnamani (64); Publisher of Champion Newspapers, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu (70); former Minister of Petroleum, Don Etiebet 68; former PDP Deputy National Chairman, Chief Shuaibu Oyedokun, who is also above 70 years.
Focus on houses with cultural designs, AUA boss tells architects
The President of Africa Union of Architects, AUA, Tokunbo Omisore has urged Nigerian young architects to be innovative and emphasize on indigenous architecture if they must survive in their chosen profession.
Help! East-West Road on the verge of total collapse
Work on the rehabilitation and dualization of East -West Road which links Edo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River States began a few years ago. But despite the importance of this strategic road which bears the whole burden of oil exploration in the country, the reconstruction work is going on at a snail’s pace.
