Re: A homesless generation
Housing is very vital to the human life; for without it, we are no better than the animals whose roof is the sky. Sadly, the sky has become a roof for many city-dwellers in our country, so to say, as homeless people of all ages sleep under the bridges, in market places, in uncompleted buildings, on pavements, and slabs on the roadside. How did Nigerians, particularly those from areas noted for their pride of their ethnic group, family and roots, get to this deplorable situation? Population explosion, mass migration to the urban areas, loss of jobs and consequently of rented premises, all contribute to this.
Goodbye to Ikeja Computer Village
As a follow up to the story on the relocation of Ikeja Computer Village, our correspondent, during a visit to Katangowa Market, along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, gathered that Katangowa is the proposed site where the Ikeja traders may be resettled.
Customs deepens reform
In line with the on-going reforms in Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Murtala Muhammed Area Command (MMA Command) has trained about 85 participants, which include agents, airport operators, media practitioners, ICT operators on extant rules safeguarding Customs clearing procedures. The three-day training, which attracted stakeholders from various organisations, covered change management, compliance, bond/licensing, risk management, Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA), import procedure, ICT, documentation, core Customs functions, valuation, rules of origin (R.O.O) and airport/baggage declaration.
OMATSOLA: Broadcaster who announced Nigeria’s Independence in 1960, goes home
HE was a renowned broadcaster with specialisation in news reading, became known and acknowledged all over this country throughout the 19 years of his career. Sir Emmanuel Aghanjuebitsi Ewetan Omatsola (KSC, OON) hailed from the family of David Omatsola Usitara of Mereje town, in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. He was born in Forcados, in the old Western Region, now Delta State on January 29, 1930.
Boko Haram: Battling scourge of migration and terrorism in West Africa
The trans-national nature of thea Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) makes it imperative for authorities in Nigeria to pay more than cursory attention to socio-political and in the neighbouring countries.
Pope’s resignation, a lesson for our leaders – Clerics
PRIMATE of African Church, Most Rev. Emmanuel Udofia, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, Mainland Diocesan bishop of African Church, Rt. Rev. Ola Ade Ajayi and a Catholic priest who pleaded anonymity have said that the recent resignation by Pope Benedict XVI is in order, arguing that Nigerian leaders should borrow a leaf from the act.
