WORKERS of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, have begun massive mobilisation to stop any discreet hand-over of the assets of PHCN by the Federal Government to private sector individuals without settling labour issues especially full payment of terminal benefits.

The enthronement of a Senate President and a Speaker of the House of Representatives without the input of the president in 2011 meant that the National Assembly and the presidency were bound to work at cross purposes. However, in her two years as the presidential contact person in the National Assembly, Senator Joy Emodi succeeded in weaving an unusual détente. So it was surprising when the woman that won hearts as the Joy of the Senate was unceremoniously removed.

Former Defence Minister, General Theophilus Danjuma, yesterday, blamed the worsening insecurity in the country to the high rate of unemployment plaguing the nation.

IN these days of insecurity and talks of energy efficiency, , a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, School of Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr. Adoghe Anthony, has come up with solutions. In this chat with Vanguard Learning in his office, Adoghe speaks on his current works and says they are poised to make life easier for people through research and innovation. Excerpts:

The concept of severance still retains the requirement of proving criminal allegations in civil proceedings beyond reasonable doubt because, the ‘severed’ pleadings, with criminal imputations, must still be proved beyond reasonable doubt else the claims founded on them will inevitably fail. Severance seems useful only where there are other pleadings devoid of criminal imputations and which have the suit’s main justiciable claims attached to them.