Jega Not The Issue
THERE are more issues in the 2015 general elections than the tenure of the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega. A focus on them, instead of Jega, is critical for the free and fair elections Nigerians desire.
Group slams Shell over poor oil spill response in Bayelsa
Environ-mental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has slammed Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, for its poor response to the oil leak within its oil fields in Bayelsa State.
Iranian president says Israel ‘greatest danger’
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Israel creates the “greatest danger” in the region, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.
Polls: 15 political parties, 5 presidential candidates threaten boycott over card readers
FIFTEEN political parties and five presidential candidates participating in the forth coming elections, yesterday, opposed the proposed use of card readers in accrediting voters by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the elections.
FG urged to take French language seriously like other subjects
In its quest to boost the quality of education available to our teeming Nigerian youths, Black Heritage Show Foundation, a non governmental organization has donated French books to five schools in Lagos which teach French Language.
Lagos-Benin highway autocrash: Customs consoles victims’ families
The Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives last Thursday, after a commercial Hiace bus with number plate EDO AKA 35 LG, carrying 19 bales of second-hand clothings, in which they were travelling was knocked-off the Lagos-Benin highway during a hot chase by an operational vehicle driven by its operatives.
