THE Senate will resume on January 19 to face a host of issues it carried over from 2012 after embarking on a recess on Thursday December 21, 2012 for the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Prior to the vacation, Year 2012 began for the Senate with the January 1 fuel hike ‘gift ‘to Nigerians from President Goodluck Jonathan.

HAPPY New Year! Welcome to the year of medical technology.Considering the significant medical milestones of the outgone year, pointers as to what to expect this year are quite definite, so it’s no surprise the brand new year is already being so acclaimed.

The quest to have a foothold in Lagos Island has therefore led to the construction of sub-standard buildings by Shylock developers who charge outrageous rents; illegal conversion of residential apartments into commercial and even industrial uses and non-compliance with the planning and environmental laws/regulations governing the Island.

But because the majority of us do not eat properly and as such, are chronically acidic and unhealthy, this repeated borrowing of alkaline substances without proper replacement, can quickly deteriorate the body. This problem is further intensified by the fact that when these organs and tissues are no longer able to efficiently replace the missing alkaline substances to the blood, it, too, will become acidic.

About a fortnight ago the Federal Government blamed the drop in electricity generation on the shortage of gas supply to the power plants, especially the from the oil majors, notably the Escravos Gas Plant, operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, which supplies most of the gas used in feeding many of the National Independent Power Plants, NIPPs.

OCHEREOME Nnanna in his Vanguard, Monday November 26, 2012 View Point explains why the planned Alliance between Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu “Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) and General Muhammadu Buhari’s Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) may not work. In the course of his explanation he brings to the fore the larger problem of the fate of opposition parties and the apparent futility of opposition politics in Nigeria. It is this latter problem that is addressed in this version of the Tuesday Platform.

Tragedy struck yesterday at the Tin-Can Island Port, in Apapa area of Lagos, after a lady was crushed to death by a truck which driver was trying to escape from security personnel over the former’s refusal to pay a toll at the gate.

Members of the Nigerian community in South Africa have started mobilising to support the Super Eagles during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The event has been scheduled to run from Jan. 19 to Feb. 10, 2013.

Condemnations have continued to trail the demolition of Minanuel Housing Estate, Abuja by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA. This is coming on the heels of a plea by subscribers of the 500-unit residential estate that justice should prevail.

United Progressive Party, UPP, yesterday, tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to sit up and tackle, head-long, issues of insecurity, corruption and poverty which have slowed the nation’s wheel of progress in recent times.

ABUJA – The Federal Government has signed a Cooperation Agreement on Ecological Safety with the International Ecological Safety Collaborative Organization IESCO.

Pharmacists under the aegis of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, have passionately appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to wade into the impending hike in the prices of pharmaceutical drug products, likely to envelope the country as from tomorrow, January 2, 2013.

2012 could best be described as the year the foundation for the development of Abia State was laid. Created 21 years ago, the state lacked virtually all needed infrastructures that drive development. Even the present Government House is still on temporary ground, there is no befitting secretariat for the civil servants.

Ekiti State Governor,Dr. Kayode Fayemi yesterday, signed the 2013 Appropriation bill of N 97.6 billion and nine other bills into law.

Spain-based striker Obafemi Martins will not get a late recall to the Eagles, contrary to speculations in the media.