LAST week’s notice by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, that it would embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike from April 16, to protest perceived unfair labour practices, anti-union activities and general insecurity of members at work places and at home is a warning too many for an industry and a nation that have been riddled by industrial actions in the last 12 years.

THE Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru, has formerly stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the organisation, at the expiration of her second four-year-term.

THE row between Nigeria and Britain over disparity in airfares for flights from Nigeria and other West African countries to London is capable of boiling over into a deep diplomatic face-off unless the authorities do the needful.

A strange twist was infused into the current rage of kidnap crimes sweeping the country when on Friday, March 30th the Deputy Director, Public Relations of our hardworking State Security Services (SSS), Mrs Marilyn Ogar, in Abuja paraded seven young men dressed in a colourful Ankara prints uniforms popularly known as aso ebi. It is worn by people going out for parties or celebration.

Mali is a country cornered by two devils. In one corner are the Tuareg rebels who were armed by the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi because Mali’s large territory, sparse population and economic poverty made it a fertile spot for the germination of Tuareg insurrection.