ALTHOUGH the Pension Reform Act 2014 has been widely hailed by Nigerians, especially the labour and pensioners as a bold step in the right direction, one of the worries expressed by virtually everybody has been the question of implementation.

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it would continue to dialogue with the National Assembly over its directive that the corporation should refund 262 million dollar to the Federation Account.

Glenn Thomas, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation, was among the 298 people killed in the crash in eastern Ukraine of a Malaysia Airlines jet, the UN agency said Friday.

Germany captain Philipp Lahm, who led his country to a World Cup triumph in Brazil, is to quit international football, his agent told the DPA news agency on Friday.

The Presidency and the ruling PDP forcefully had their way in Adamawa. Governor Nyako has been impeached. Nigeria’s constitution suffers violence. Democracy has been setback.

Russia warned Friday it may respond if cross-border shooting from Ukraine continues, sharply raising tensions over the crisis a day after a Malaysian jet crashed in the country’s rebel-held east killing all 298 people aboard.

The loss of a second Malaysia Airlines plane within six months left Asia-Pacific nations shocked and saddened Friday, prompting calls for a full investigation and a day of mourning in Australia.

Jihadists in the northern Syrian province of Raqa have accused a woman of adultery and stoned her to death, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

Dazed relatives of Dutch victims killed in a Malaysia Airlines plane crash struggled Friday to come to grips with the horrific loss of family and friends as they demanded a thorough investigation.

Israeli forces backed by tanks and warplanes Friday pushed into the edges of Gaza in a major operation to destroy Hamas tunnels that the Palestinian Islamist group warned was doomed to fail.

THE growth and development of any modern economy depends on the industrial sector, but particularly the automotive industry. From America to Japan, China, Germany and host of other developed countries, the impact of the automotive industry in catalyzing development of the overall economy of a nation cannot be over-emphasized. It is in the light of the above that many Nigerians today are gratified at the pioneering effort the INNOSON vehicles manufacturing Co. Ltd. has made in the manufacture of the first made-in-Nigeria vehicles.

Malaysia’s transport minister said Friday it would constitute an “outrage against human decency” if it is confirmed that flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine.

SPECULATIONS over the fate and future of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State finally came to a halt Tuesday, July 15, 2014, with his impeachment by the State House of Assembly.

PRESIDENT of the Shippers’ Association of Lagos State, Jonathen Nicol, has said that the two weeks traffic gridlock which grounded business activities in the port city cost the industry over N1.3 billion.

FOLLOWING the lingering industrial action by Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday, threatened to summon Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, to appear before the House.