We Want Neutral Candidate to get APC Ticket – Surulere Elders
The bloodshed that followed the All Progressives Congress primary election for the Chairmanship ticket in the Surulere Local Government Area last week has been roundly condemned by some elders in the community. The elders, who said it was a shame that party leaders have failed to conduct simple party elections have called on the decision […]
Freight forwarders, PTML agrees on review of charges by 50 percent
By Godwin Oritse FREIGHT forwarding associations at the Ports and Terminal Multipurpose Limited (PTML) Terminal, Tin Can Island Port Complex, Lagos, have expressed support for the review of handling charges at the terminal by 50%. PTML is the biggest roll-on-roll-off (RORO) terminal in Nigeria, handling a sizable chunk of vehicles imported into the country. In […]
Making sense out of Ooni of Ife’s youth and Local Government proportional representation
By Prince Faloye Nigeria has a 195,000km road network of which 32,000 are federal roads, 31,000km state roads and 132,000 km are local government roads . Only about 60,000km are paved. Basically only state and federal roads are paved, so over 80% of Nigerians live on bad roads. So no matter what the president or […]
CONSTITUTION REVIEW: Scrap Senate, cut no of Reps, slash FG’s size — AKEREDOLU
…Nigeria in dire straits, no efforts must be spared to stop the free fall— Gov Akeredolu …Adds: Drop bicameral structure of NASS …Says Nigerians’ limit of endurance stretchedl1999 constitution below standard — Gbajabiamila …Sanwo-Olu restates Special Status for Lagos By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West, Olasunkanmi Akoni & Tordue Salem Chairman of the South-West Governors’ […]
How Josephine Oboh-Macleod wields art as tool to reduce racism, classism
It’s not every day you get a Mrs Josephine Oboh-Macleod of the creative world. She’s been on the art scene for 40 years, graced art galleries and exhibitions across the world with her works and has over 6,000 collections. So when she said it is the strongest tool to fight racism and classism, attention must be given to her words of art.
New recognition for an unusual President’s Man
African railway infrastructure space recognised him as the hand that raised Ghana’s railway from death. Hon Joe Ghartey, academic, scholar and politician was a star boy in President Nana Akuffo Ado’s first term cabinet.
