Traders and other occupants of a four-storey building at Idumota Market, Lagos Island have called on the Lagos State government to stop their forcible eviction from their offices by a developer, Messres Bashiar Estate Limited.

The Vice President and the head of the Federal Government’s Economic Management Team (EMT), Prof Yemi Osinbajo, was recently quoted as saying: “If we did not have vandalism in the Niger Delta as we are currently suffering, we will not have this recession today.” Mr Vice President, we disagree.

THE ruling APC and PDP were, weekend, locked in allegations and counter-allegations against each other over moves to rig the Wednesday governorship election and urged the security agencies to up their game to ensure credible and peaceful poll.

ACADEMIC Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has condemned moves by some state governments in the country to reduce the retirement age of polytechnic lecturers from 65 to 60 years.

SUNDAY mornings for me, are times to relax and reflect. The hustles of the workdays and social callings of Saturday behind, Sundays are inviting and alluring. So it was on Sunday September 18. I sat upstairs in my home, laptop in front. My thoughts were about peace; peace of mind, local and international peace. I thought about the internally displaced in North East Nigeria, those dying in senseless wars in Syria, South Sudan and Yemen.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State has accused Governor Samuel Ortom’s government of forcibly taking over the Makurdi residence of his predecessor, Gabriel Suswam, despite a pending action before the courts.

I’m not letting all the praise get to my head because I still have a lot to learn in this game,”

A RECESSION is when the economy declines significantly for at least six months. That means
there’s a drop in the following five economic indicators: real GDP, Income, Employment, Manufacturing, and retail sales. People often say a recession is when the GDP growth rate is negative for two consecutive quarters or more.

YORUBA leaders of thought, traditional rulers and governors, yesterday, listed ways the nationality can use the lessons of the Kiriji war to better her lot in the next century.

Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole has said that Nigeria is suffering from bad leadership because of bad teachers.

THE Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has attributed a colossal loss of 3000 megawatts in the last six months (between April and September) to consistent vandalisation and sabotage of the country’s pipelines and assets.

IN its quest to bridge the housing deficit in Nigeria, the Federal Government has solicited the support of China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) to finance housing development in the country.

As part of efforts to tackle the rising wave of insurgency across the country, the Federal Government in partnership with New Era Communication Ltd, says it will create 31, 000 jobs annually to address restive youths in the nation.

NATIONAL President of Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, ICMC, Dr Louis Ogbeifun, has warned the Federal Government against politicising the economic recession in the country.

IN 1907, the businessman, Samuel Herbert Pearse, built a hotel in Lagos. In 1939, Chief Green Mbadiwe built Greens Hotel on Ahmadu Bello Way in Kaduna State. By all accounts, the hotel business has been going on in present day Nigeria even before Lord Lugard’s amalgamation of 1914.