Delegates agree on 70% voting system
CONTROVERSIES generated last week at the on-going National Conference over voting pattern to be adopted on reaching resolutions in its rules of procedures, was laid to rest Monday, at the resumption of plenary, as delegates unanimously agreed on 70 percent.
DSS HQ shoot-out: IYC calls for overhaul of security agencies
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide, has described Sunday’s security breach at the headquarters of Department of State Security, DSS, by members of the Boko Hram sect during which 21 persons were reportedly killed and two operatives injured, as a case of sabotage and called for a massive overhaul of security agencies in the country.
Yahya Jammeh: Lessons in Pan-Africanism
AT the infamous Nigerian centenary celebration in the nation’s capital, the now famous speech of the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, stole the show at the International Conference Centre, ICC), Abuja, venue of the Centenary lecture. Mostly, the value of the speech was in its condemnation of the senseless killings of Nigerian citizens in northern Nigeria.
Confab: Rwanda warns delegates against break-up threat
ABUJA — As the ongoing National Conference continues today, the High Commissioner of Rwanda to Nigeria, Joseph Habineza, has warned delegates to desist from act that could worsen the country’s security situation.
Litigating Gas Flaring in the U.S
THE history of crude oil production in Nigeria informs us that the Shell Oil Company was the first to discover oil in commercial quantity in Nigeria.
Environment, set back in war against malaria
FOr over a decade, Emmanuel and Ruth Odigie and their four children reside in a rented two-room apartment in Ajegunle area of Lagos. Year in, year out, the poverty-striken family have had their share of tales of woe. Come rain, come shine, they are forced to cope with challenges of living in an unhealthy environment.
