Rebels and govt forces: The case of CAR
THE Ten Year Government of Francis Bozize fell to rebel incursion like a pack of cards. What does that tell us? It tells us that a straw cannot be transformed into steel by reinforcing it with steel, with bayonets.
Traders protest planned demolition of market in Lagos
LAGOS—Activities in Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, came to a halt, Monday, when hundreds of traders in Pelewura Market stormed the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola and the State House of Assembly, to protest planned demolition of the market by government for the construction of cable car station.
BPE commences liquidation of NITEL/MTEL
The Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE, yesterday cleared three firms to bid for the liquidation of the Nigerian Telecommunications Plc, NITEL, and the Mobile Telecommunications Plc, MTEL.
Fashola counsels children on security
LAGOS—GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Monday, urged children in the state to be vigilant and security-conscious as the state joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s Children’s Day.
Igbo youths renew call for completion of Zik’s mausoleum
Igbo Youth Council, IYC, has expressed regrets that 17 years after Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe passed on, his Mausoleum and Centre had remained abandoned.
Group writes Okorocha on Ekemegbu Oha-Afor Uzoagba Road
Worried by the stoppage of work on the construction of the Ekemegbu Oha -Afor Uzoagba road which links Uratta in the Owerri North Local Government Area and Uzoagba in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, a socio-cultural group, Messrs Klobb X has appealed to the State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha to compel the contractor to return to site or re-award the contract to a more competent contractor.
