TEN years after the University of Ilorin sacked them during a labour dispute, the Supreme Court has ordered the university to reinstate 41 of the 44 lecturers.

Gas flaring was to end on December 2008, one of numerous proposed dates that were never implemented.
“I think the government has never been able to develop a strong will to ensure the implementation of these basic policies and the result, of course, is like any other law, the operators take the easiest line of resistance, which is to maybe pay N2, or 1 Kobo or whatever and flaring many cubic feet of gas … Whatever it is, it is cheaper for the companies or the operators to flare gas and pay the penalty than to stop,” he said last year.

AS permutations on the politics of running Nigeria while the President ails continue, two presidential aides are steadily creating a version of the Constitution to suit their wearing explanations on the President’s heath.

WHAT would the authorities do about the refusal of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to remit outstanding balance of N450 billion to the Federation Account?

A COURT in Serbia sentenced Boris Tadic, the country’s President, to a fine of 400 Euros or about N90, 136 for popping champagne in the VIP lounge of the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade. Serbian law bans use of alcohol at sports venues.