A time to be wary: Return of ‘One chance’ in Lagos
None of the passengers in the yellow painted commercial bus suspected anything unusual when the bus took off from Apongbon area of Lagos, heading towards Lawanson the supposed destination of some of them. Maybe they had no choice in boarding the bus as its arrival was a welcome relief after a long wait under the sun.
Amakakpabo takes over as Enyimba coach
The management of two-time African champion, Enyimba Football Club of Aba has placed head coach, Zakary Baraje and his assistant, Monday Odigie on indefinite suspension. Erstwhile second assistant, Imama Amakakpabo, will take charge of affairs on a temporary basis. The decision followed a poor league form of the six times league champions.
Former SUN MD, 18 others make Obiano’s commissioner nominees’ list
AWKA — ANAMBRA State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, yesterday, submitted 19 names to the State House of Assembly for confirmation as commissioners.
Confab: Now, we need resource democracy, not resource control — Bassey
So, resource control sound like somebody cornering everything but resource democracy enables everyone in Nigeria to understand that wherever you are, you have something. And that something is valuable; you can decide to exploit it or not to exploit. So, if I have a resource that is harmful when exploited, it can be in my best interest not to exploit it and I will then look for something else to do.
Labour demands N687m unpaid Kaduna workers’ benefit
Organised Labour in the nation’s Textile industry has called on the 19 Northern Governors to pay the N687, 073,346.00 entitlements of workers of Kaduna Textiles Limited, KTL.
Fighting crime in Delta: Our major challenge — CP Aduba
The Commissioner of Police in-charge of Delta State, Ikechukwu Ayodele Aduba, is certainly not happy. His unhappiness has nothing to do with the challenges he is having with criminals in the state because he has proved that he is equal to the task. It has to do with the role of those generally referred to as “learned men” or lawyers.
PDP, APC trade words over attacks
The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “barbaric, callous and primitive” the attack on campaign office of the party’s 2014 governorship candidate, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose, in Ado Ekiti on Monday.
Akanu Ibiam Airport to cost N11.6bn— MINISTER
The Supervising Minister of Aviation, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has said the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Terminal, Enugu, will be completed at a cost of N11.6 billion and ready by September next year.
NBA tasks FG over prison reforms
THE Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has expressed shock over the state of Nigerian prisons saying that urgent steps should be taken by the Federal Government to de-congest them.
Economic growth: The more you look, the less you see!
“Please spare us all the balderdash. Every day, they keep reeling out figures they manufactured to deceive us; all words and no tangible action,” hissed Joe, a commuter in the CMS-bound bus as a radio presenter said that Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had projected 6.75 per cent growth for the economy in 2014.
Africa’s Biggest Economy By Figures
HOW does an economy that does not have regular electricity, where infrastructure is in deficit and most of the people are so poor that the Gross Domestic Product per capita does not get into their pockets, become the largest in Africa?
