Why Osun poll will not be like Ekiti – Salaam, Osun Speaker
Mr Najeem Salaam is the Speaker of the House State House of Assembly. In this interview, Salaam maintains that the outcome of the Ekiti State governorship election will not have any impact in Osun State. The Speaker also chided the Federal Government for allegedly stifling the state by deducting it’s allocation.
New power investors still learning the ropes
Nine months after acquiring the unbundled assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, the new investors have attributed their inability to improve on power supply situation in the country to lack of understanding of the workings of the sector
Fayemi appoints chairmen for 35 old councils, LCDAs
GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi, yesterday appointed caretaker chairmen for the 16 old local government areas, LGAs, as well as the newly created 19 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state .
This came as the Governor-elect, Mr. Ayo Fayose, vowed to review some of the policies of Governor Fayemi after his inauguration on October 16.
‘Solid minerals hold strong potential for economic diversification’
The responsibility of steering the ship of theNigerian Geological Survey Agency, now rests on Mr. Alex NdubuisiNwegbu, who was recently appointed the agency’s Director-General. In this interview with GABRIEL EWEPU, he stressed the need to use the mining sector for rapid economic diversification
Apapa gridlock: Operators berate FG for bad roads
The CHAIRMAN, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria, STOAN, Princess Vicky Haastrup, has called on the Federal and Lagos State governments to commence urgent repairs of roads leading into and out of Apapa, as a way of addressing the perennial traffic gridlock currently being experienced in the port city.
Bayelsa seeks relocation of NOSDRA HQ
Bayelsa State has kicked against the siting of the head office of National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, in Abuja, where oil spill and pollution does not take place
We’ll open new doors of hope for women — Obiano
The Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has assured the women of the state of greater opportunities to contribute their individual and collective quota to on-going efforts to reposition the state for greater heights. Speaking at the 2014 Mothers’ Summit that took place at the Women Development Centre in Awka, the state capital last weekend, […]
We are responding well to increasing housing demands —Fashola
As the commercial hub of the country, the demand for housing in Lagos is ever increasing. This is mainly due to continuous influx of people into the nation’s commercial capital on a daily basis. These immigrants whose main reason for coming to Lagos is to seek greener pastures, however end up residing in the city that is already over congested.
NUT pulls out of labour’s strike in Benue
MAKURDI—The ongoing industrial action by organised labour in Benue State may have run into a hitch following the decision of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to pull out of the action.
3 Yrs after UNEP Report: MOSOP, civil society fault non-implementation
MOVEMENT for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, yesterday, condemned delay on the part of the Federal Government to implement recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, on Ogoni areas three years after its release.
Why Ibori pleaded guilty — Emami
A Niger Delta activist and leader of Concerned Deltans, Chief Ayirimi Emami, yesterday, said that former Governor James Ibori of the state pleaded guilty to money laundering charges at a United Kingdom Court, so that “political solution could be reached for his release.”
Road Traffic Law: 2 years after, Lagos APC faults police misapplication
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos has come out with a damning verdict that policemen of the Lagos command have defeated the intention for which the state’s traffic law was promulgated.
Cults clash: Residents flee Imo community
The sleepy rural community of Obiakpu Egbema in Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo State, is again in the news. It is not that an indigene of the community has made any breakthrough in science and technology. The community is in the news because dare devil cultists have forced the hapless people to hurriedly desert the town following the deadly clashes of two rival cult groups, Degbam and Dewell.
2015: Kwara APC accuses PDP of destroying billboards
ILORIN— All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, yesterday urged the state police command to bring to book those behind the destruction of its bill boards erected at some strategic locations in Ilorin, the state capital and ensure that the matter was not swept under the carpet.
Days of manipulating election results are gone forever — Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared, Monday, in Washington DC that the days when a few politicians, acting in concert with their hirelings and thugs, can hijack voters cards and other electoral materials, and manipulate the outcome of elections to their personal advantage are gone forever in Nigeria.
Pipeline Security: New Technology for today’s demanding environment
The protection of oil, gas and refined product pipelines against sabotage, illegal tapping, militants and terrorist actions, combined with the detection of leaks and in-line equipment failure, is a high priority in all countries, but has been notoriously difficult to achieve
