PDP’s stormy tea cup
WHEN the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, election politics was raging and some commentators said Their Excellencies were wasting time on an irrelevant issue that had no bearing on the average Nigerian, I laughed.
Why mosquitoes cannot transmit HIV – EXPERTS
Today, available statistics have shown that estimated 1.6 million people die of HIV&AIDS annually. In Nigeria alone, government reports claim that over 300,000 Nigerians die yearly of complications arising from AIDS.
Pro-Suntai lawmakers disown Uzodinma, reject PDP terms
Barely 24 hours after Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said it had resolved the political crisis in Taraba State, eight members of the House of Assembly, who are loyal to the ailing governor, have rejected the peace move brokered by the party.
ASUU STRIKE: Mothers say ‘enough is enough’, ready for protest if…
The lingering industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which enters its third month, has been greeted with reactions from Nigerian mothers who lamented the face- off between the Federal Government and the union and expressed readiness to wade into the matter.
Tukur declares war on Baraje, 7 nPDP govs
The crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, took another turn yesterday as the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur vowed to declare vacant the seats of senators, House of Representatives members and other elected officers who identified with the seven governors that formed a parallel executive of the party.
Customs, APMT at war over physical examination bay
Apapa Area1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, and the Management of the APM Terminals Apapa Limited are presently engaged in war of words over the health condition of the physical examination bay at Apapa port. The Command’s Customs Area Controller, CAC, Charles Edike, had taken some journalists to port to inspect the facility following claims by APM Terminal that they have provided the Service with new examination bay.
Power privatisation: Atedo Peterside’s committee, BPE clash over procedures
The Technical Committee of the National Council on Privatisation, NCP, and its implementation arm, Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, are almost at daggers-drawn regarding procedures for the conclusion of processes for the just-concluded sale of 15 power assets.
Imperative for setting up recovery options for Google account
Strong passwords help protect your accounts and information on the web. But forgetting your password is like losing your keys—you can end up locked out of your own home
Ozekhome: Abductors reduce ransom to N100m
…As Edo professionals condemn kidnap…
BENIN—THE bandits who abducted human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Athanasius Ugbome, have reduced their ransom to N100 million and N40 million respectively, sources told Vanguard.
ASUU STRIKE: Education doesn’t need piecemeal funding – Okei-Odumakin
PRESIDENT of Campaign for Democracy, a human rights group, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has advised the Federal Government to comply with the agreement reached between her and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, so that the union would call off the strike, saying that giving piecemeal money would not help to improve the education sector.
FG orders certification of blocks, concrete industry
As a way of checking incessant building collapses in the country, the Federal Government has ordered certification of blocks and concrete sector of the economy by Standards Organisation of Nigeria under its Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme, MANCAP, for local manufacturers.
