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CCT adjourns Saraki’s trial to Feb 8

CCT adjourns Saraki’s trial to Feb 8

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, yesterday, adjourned further hearing on the 16-count charge pending against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, till February 9.

Senate approves MTEF, increases oil price benchmark to $44.5

Senate approves MTEF, increases oil price benchmark to $44.5

The Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP, of the Federal Government was, yesterday, approved by the Senate with a significant mark up in the oil price benchmark to $44.5 per barrel, up 4.0 per cent from $42.5 per cent contained in the original document submitted by the Presidency.

Christopher varsity hosts Young Professionals

Christopher varsity hosts Young Professionals

CHRISTOPHER University has hosted the maiden edition of The Platform Nigeria’s Young Professionals Boot Camp, an initiative of the Covenant Christian Centre aimed at exposing young and talented professionals to the skills and training needed to succeed in the business world.

Abuja ‘Fleet- Street’ and that Kuje ‘Mother of Two

Abuja ‘Fleet- Street’ and that Kuje ‘Mother of Two

AFTER their burial, I did a tribute titled ‘Iyawo: Requiem for the Kuje ‘mother of two’ (Nov/3/2015) in honour of late Mrs. Adebayo (Iyawo or Mama Dolapo) who was tragically cut down along with two children in the Kuje bomb blast of October, 2 2015. I missed an opportunity last October, 2016 to do a remembrance piece on them –even though I had promised myself I would. But even as I rued that, a pleasant Facebook event happened which now requires a revisit of that tribute’: Vanguard’s Photo-Journalist Adeshida Yomi recently on his Facebook wall posted a material reminiscing on the Abuja ‘Fleet-Street’ of old –a bed-and-office media block of sixteen flats- in Area 3, and which reminiscing evoked not only fond memories of the good old cob reporting days in the nation’s capital, but also brought sad recollections of the tragic and the not so tragic fates of some fringe, non-journalist personalities that made life tick at that famed hub of Abuja Correspondents –Fleet-Street- where no journalist was worth the name unless he lived at or daily came to pick his bearing.

Still planning to fail?

Still planning to fail?

IF it is true that morning shows the day, it is also true that our approach to governance must be a strong determinant of what we get out of government. There can be no better time than now for proper introspection with a view to moving forward.

IndustriALL Global Union berates IOCs over unfair labour practices

IndustriALL Global Union berates IOCs over unfair labour practices

GENEVA-based IndustriALL Global Union has decried the upsurge of unfair labour practices by International Oil Companies, IOCs, against Nigerian workers, even as it commended National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and its Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, counterpart for standing against the practices