FORMER Director General, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Professor Abubakar Sambo, yesterday, commended the Federal Government over the recent agreement between Nigeria and a Russian company to build two nuclear plants in Nigeria to generate electricity.

UMUAHIA—GOVERNOR Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has urged the Federal Government to always sensitize and engage in proper orientation of the people before introducing empowerment programmes to them to ensure the success of the programme.

THERE are many indicators in our body polity to prove that Nigeria is still transiting from military rule to democracy, even though the Army vacated the political scene nearly 20 years ago.

GOVERNING council of the University of Benin has commended authorities of the university for the ongoing capital projects embarked upon by the institution.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has called on African leaders to develop environment friendly cities with robust economic growth.

I N recent times, new lexicons have been creeping into the nation’s industrial relations practice with words such as redundancy, rightsizing, downsizing, restructuring and the likes now as euphemism instead of sack. No matter which of the word use, the simple meaning is that the employer is just telling a worker that his or her services are no longer needed.

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that work on the proposed Gelegele export processing zone will go on despite the rejection of the motion moved by the member representing Egor/Ikpoba Okhai Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, by the House of Representatives.

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization,  the Ohanaeze yesterday  frowned at what it called the continued refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a South Easterner the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, even after the ruling party zoned it to the region.

DID you notice? Before President Muhammadu Buhari finally reluctantly sacked the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation , SGF), David Babachir Lawal (“heh-heh, who is the Presidency”) and Director General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ayo Oke, the Abdulrasheed Maina scandal had the Presidency in knots.

NIGERIA is one place where corruption is gradually assuming the same dimension with the weather, which everyone complains, but nobody does anything, about. We condemn stealing in the strongest possible terms; but all our actions seem to indicate that crime pays, provided you do it big. That explains why the petty thief is quickly thrown into prison while the big time looters who steal billions and trillions walk our streets in unfettered freedom.