Is Kia going the way of Daewoo Motors?
Most Nigerians reading newspapers might have missed the publication. Even owners of KIA vehicles, like me, might have failed to understand the full implications of that announcement which include the possibility that the KIA brand of vehicles might be following DAEWOO out of the Nigerian market with the developments at DANA GROUP OF COMPANIES PLC.
Aregbesola pledges to reconstruct all schools in Osun
GOvernor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has assured the people of the state that by the end of his second term in office, no school will be left with any dilapidated classroom.
Glasgow Shame: Nigerian athletes in tatters
Nigerian athletes to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland are the poorest dressed among the delegations that will contest for sporting honours when the events begin on Wednesday.
2015: S-South journalists flay NBC’s directive on political programmes
THE recent decision by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, that it must approve every live political programme before it is transmitted, has been described as a great danger to the forthcoming 2015 general elections.
Maritime workers, commuters cry out over rising cases of piracy
Commuters and members of the Maritime Workers Union in Bayelsa State have expressed concern over the rising cases of violent attacks and killings by suspected pirates on the waterways of Nembe and Brass areas of the state.
No vacancy in Aso Rock — Interior Minister
The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro has declared ahead of the forthcoming general elections that there would be no vacancy in Aso Rock come 2015.
Ekiti LGDAs: PDP warns lawmakers on referendum
PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, yesterday called on the state House of Assembly, ESHA, not to consider the outcome of the referendum conducted Saturday on the creation of new 18 Local Government Development Areas, LGDAs by the Ekiti State Independent National Electoral Commission, EKSIEC.
APC spy in PDP will not defect – Group
THE Osun State chapter of the PDP Reconciliatory Movement, PRM, says that the PDP state secretary Major Raphael Towobola (rtd) who was expelled last week by the party would not defect to the APC or any other party as he was a major pillar in the building of the party in the state.
Nigeria must learn from South Africa’s nationhood—Utuama
Delta State deputy governor, Prof. Amos Utuama, SAN, has said that Nigeria has some lessons to learn from the Republic of South Africa. Utuama spoke, weekend, in Asaba at a dinner organised by the South African Consulate to mark the country’s 20 years of freedom.
100 exhibitors expected at BUILDMACEX Nigeria 2014
Poised to tackle the rising wave of building collapse as well as generate a forum to uplift the building sector in Nigeria, Atlantic Exhibition Nigeria Limited, AENL, Lagos, has unveiled plans to bring together over 100 local and international exhibitors to showcase modern building construction machinery.
No fewer than 2.5m people travel by rail — NRC official
Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, weekend in Lagos that no fewer than 2.5 million people travelled by rail in the first half of this year.
