ANAMBRA 2013: NEDG plans debate for candidates, deputies
The Nigerian Elections Debate Group, NEDG, a coalition of broadcast organizations, civil societies and professional groups committed to deepening democracy and entrenching an enduring democratic culture through organized and televised live debates, is to organize debates for all the candidates and their running mates in the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State.
FG names 10-man team for electricity services company
Determined to reposition the nation’s power sector, and to also ensure proper sectoral co-ordination of the value chain, the Federal Government has created the Electricity Management Services Limited, EMS.
Imoke wants Eagles back in Calabar
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State will like to see the Super Eagles return to the U J Esuene Stadium and play their final qualifier for the Brazil 2014 World Cup.
Jonathan is symbol of unity, says Gov Orji
ABUJA—Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State, Monday, described President Goodluck Jonathan as a symbol of national unity.
Architects to plant 1million trees in ten years
The Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, has embarked on tree planting nationwide. The Institute’s target is to plant a minimum of one million trees in the next ten years.
NIOB renews call for the establishment of Building Industry Development Board
No genuine national transformation would be achieved without the well articulated inputs of builders. This claim was made by participants at the just concluded 43rd annual general meeting, AGM of the Nigerian Institute of Building, NIOB, in Abuja.
DPR tasks vendors on adequate seismic data
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, the regulator of Nigeria’s petroleum industry has tasked Multi-Client vendors to deploy state of the art technology in the design, acquisition and processing of data.
Doctors in private practice tasked on PPP
The need for medical doctors in private practice in Lagos to tap into the Public Private Partnership, PPP, in the state took centrestage during a two – day Multi-Purpose Public Private Partnership Capacity Building Workshop organised by the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN in Lagos.
Drivers rush to beat new driver’s licence deadline
As the deadline for the acquisition of the new driver’s licence gets closer, Vanguard Motoring visited one of the licensing centres in Lagos and reports.
Aworo family sues Oba Aromolaran to court over Odogbo land
Members of the Aworo family of Odogbo in Atakunmosa East Local Government Area of Osun State have dragged the Owa Obokun of Ijesa Land, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran before an Osun State High Court in Ilesa, challenging the propriety of his attempt to take over about 4, 000 acres of land which make up Odogbo from them.
When will the Americans learn that a Super-power is no longer Super-powerful?
THE United States still has not got the memo: we are no longer in the “American century.” The United States is no longer what it was, if indeed it ever was what it was supposed to be: the colossus of the international system. There are now small-state actors that exercise significant regional power without reference to American hegemonic pretensions. There is also a new pretender to the American throne in the form of the Peoples Republic of China, a country with 3.4 trillion American dollars in its reserves.
