TEN governors drawn from four leading opposition parties yesterday rose from a meeting in Lagos vowing to rescue Nigeria from the abyss she had been flung into by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP

VLEKETE Slave Market which was established in 1502 in Badagry Lagos, served as the meeting point for European slave merchants, African middlemen and slaves brought from the hinterlands who were later auctioned. Although there were other slave markets in the country, the Vlekete Slave Market was unarguably the largest and most populated.

No fewer than 50 commercial motor-cycles, commonly called Okada, caught plying the streets of Asaba, Delta State capital in violation of the ban, have been impounded. Meantime, the initial exemption extended to military personnel due to the nature of the jobs has been cancelled due to abuse.

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, admitted on the eve of his side’s semi-final clash against the Aiglons of Mali, that he has been having selection headache since he first picked up the job of coaching Nigeria, but it’s even at a boiling point now that the team is on the verge of qualifying for the final of Afcon 2013.

For almost 10 years now, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA has been enmeshed in intra-party leadership crises. In this interview, former Deputy National Chairman, South and one of the founding fathers of the party, Chief Onwuka Ukwa insists that all aggrieved members have been reconciled by the stakeholders group. Excerpts:

Recently, the Telecom Answers Associates, a technical partner with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC announced a business workshop on Broadband expansion program. The Business Workshop is expected to feature discussions on implementation modalities of the Program and also on topics such as Investment Opportunities in Infrastructure Extension; Content Development; Challenges of the Industry; Accessing Funding Opportunities as well as Operating Environment and Regulatory Requirements; amongst others. In this interview, the organizer of the programme, Engr. Titi Omo-Ettu shed more light on the essence of the workshop, which is to expand the reach of Broadband infrastructure in Nigeria. Excerpts:

The Akilo family has appealed to the Lagos State Police Command to intensify investigation into the mysterious disappearance of its member, one Abass Akilo, since November last year,with a view to unraveling the circumstance behind the disappearance and bringing those behind it to book.

LAGOS—The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has said that it would on Saturday take definite position over the alleged refusal of 18 state governments to implement the Teachers Salary Structure, TSS, by the end of January.

To reduce the incidence of forgery, the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, CPN has approved the design of a new certificate with security features unscripted on it.

LAGOS— The National Lottery Regulatory Commission has filed an appeal against a Federal High Court, Lagos judgment which held that the NLRC had no right to issue licences in spite of the Lottery Act.

Efforts by Lagos State Attorney-General, Mr. Ade Ipaye, to formally arraign suspected killers of Cynthia Osokogu allegedly killed by her Facebook friends in a hotel in Festac, Lagos, hit brick walls, yesterday, as the court adjourned their arraignment at the request of the accused persons’ lawyer.

In the past four months, there has been unusual attention and comments in the media about frequency spectrum sales and allocations by the telecom regulatory body, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. The allegations of underhand frequency dealings were made topical by one of the national dailies which devoted its front pages to report the matter.

DOUBLE whammy is what the English will call it. But for Fela, its ‘c-o-n-f-u-s-i-o-n breaki boni’ because ‘deadi bodi geti aksident’ as he put it in his album, ‘Confusion Break Bone’.

TWO people narrowly escaped death, yesterday, in Lagos, during an auto crash involving a tricycle popularly called Keke Marwa and a commercial bus with number plate Lagos YA 525 MUS.

GENERAL Dwight Eisenhower was quoted as saying that “to knock people over the head is assault, not leadership”. Similarly, to beat up people, steal their goods and extort money from them is criminality, not law enforcement.