Is APC jittery?
I RETURNED from a trip outside Lagos to discover this rumour making the rounds that; the Lagos state government has unbanned the operations of motor bike riders (okada), hitherto disallowed from operating along the major streets of Lagos. If the rumour is true, then, it is a jittery sign on the part of the APC, following from, the LASU school fees saga. Oshiomhole’s recall of sacked school teachers, the stumble at Ekiti and the decampment of Nuhu Ribadu to the PDP in Adamawa state.
The Adams Oshiomhole you don’t know
FOR most locals in his native Iyamoh village, a Saturday offers an opportunity to take a break from their agrarian occupation and enjoy the thrills weekend brings. But for the visiting Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, all days are the same, insofar there is still work to be done to “take Edo to the next level.”
‘Keshi has no choice than to answer to Mr President’s appeal’
Speculations that the Super Eagles could face both Congo and South Africa in next month’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers without a coach have now been put to rest. It is understood that Coach Stephen Keshi, who told BBC that he was “taking a walk” after contract talks between him and the Nigeria Football
Auto makers’ association ED, Madueke, for burial
As the auto sector continues to mourn the Executive Director of the Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA), Mr. Arthur Olisa Madueke, who died recently in Lagos, the Motor Vehicle & Miscellaneous Assembly Sectoral Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), in conjunction with the Madueke family, has unveiled a programme of funeral activities leading to the burial of the departed.
Nigerian ad industry recovers, spent N103bn in 2013
Nigeria’s advertising industry recovered in 2013 from the slide it recorded in 2012, as the media spend by advertisers across the country amounted to N103.8 billion, representing an increase of N12.95 billion over the N91.9 billion recorded in the previous year.
NHIS set to take community health insurance to 36 states — Thomas
Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Dr. ‘Femi Thomas says the Scheme is set to launch Community Based Health Insurance Programme, CBHIP, in at least three LGAs of each state of the Federation by the end of the year.
