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STREET HAWKING: Why we defy FCTA to sell on Abuja streets

It is 1:45pm on Herbert Macaulay Way, one of the busiest roads in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Top ranging vehicles ply here as a routine because of the presence of the National Oil company on this road.
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CAC Director’s death : Family tasks law enforcement agencies

The family of the late Assistant Director of the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, Abuja. Mr Abuabakar Abba Umar who was shot and set ablaze by some unknown assailants in Abuja, has offered to pay N10 million to anyone who could provide information that can lead to the arrest of those behind the killing.

Social Security for injured workers soon — Minister

Barely 48 hours before he was redeployed to the ministry of justice as attorney general of the federation, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode spoke to Pension and You on factory accidents, the role of government and measures being taken in the interest of injured employees.

UNN partners American university

NDSU, located in Fargo, N.D., has an enrolment of more than 14,100 students, and its annual research expenditures top $100 million. During the past decade, NDSU has undergone approximately $150 million in major new construction.

Group, Lagos Govt organise Mathematics Clinic for students

As part of efforts geared towards making students develop interest in mathematics as a way of enhancing the learning of sciences in our secondary schools as no nation can develop without mathematics, a non governmental organisation MCLILYVILLE , an education consulting firm in collaboration with Lagos State government organised a Mathematics Clinic for SS1 students in Lagos mainland last week. The clinic tagged No Maths No Vision 2020 brought together over 50 teachers and 500 students from different schools in Lagos mainland.

Okoli, embattled NSITF boss knows fate soon

On September 28, 2009, the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund sent the managing director, Chief Enuora Okoli on compulsory leave. Since then, he has been out of office but the Nigeria police has been busy investigating the allegations against him. Surprisingly, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) was not brought in.

Ten secondary schools in Borno get resource centres

Ten secondary schools in Borno State are the latest beneficiaries of the MultiChoice Resource Centre which is an audio-visual learning aid designed to facilitate effective teaching and learning. The launch held on Tuesday last week at the Government College, Maiduguri.

Chi Limited, ex-staff in tango over industrial injury treatment

A LEADING fruit juice and other consumables, manufacturing company, Chi Limited, is presently at loggerheads with an ex-staff of the company, Mr. Taiwo Oyelami, over the treatment of his left ear that requires surgery as a result of injuries sustained in an industrial accident in the course of his work.

AFED pleads for schools in converted structures

Private school owners under the umbrella of Association for Formidable Educational Development (AFED) have pleaded that the Lagos State Government should revisit the contentious aspect of its policy which does not allow the use of converted structures.

For SOS children, help cometh at noon

Every child deserves a home and love;he or she must have a sense of belonging in the society or family. When this is absent in a child’s life, there is every tendency for him or her to take to the street.

How grandma (60) was jailed over N17.5m scam

These are not the best of times for a 62 -year- old woman, Grace Iroro. This is because she has to spend about 365 days of her life inside the confines of prison custody as she was sentenced to a 12- month -jail term with hard labour by an Ikeja High Court, over an attempt to swindle the sum of N17.5 million from a banker.

Horror: How PHCN cable claimed many lives

Nobody saw it coming. Not even seers. For victims and families of the sad incident, last Saturday would forever remain a black day in their lives. Port Harcourt going by its industrial nature is a very busy town. Like the saying goes, “no food for lazy man”. This probably was the driving spirit of most of the victims of the sad incident who defied the heavy downpour that morning to be on the streets to eke out a living

Reflections on Obi’s victory

The Anambra State governorship election, together with its outcome, has continued to be the talking point among parliamentarians in Lagos and elsewhere in the country. This was precisely the case at the Cele Bus-stop along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway recently. It began with a parliamentarian, Chuks Morka, expressing happiness at Governor Peter Obi’s victory and re-election at the polls.

Rivers and Abia move against robbers in border towns

IT was cheery news recently when Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Abia State counterpart, Governor Theodore Orji, promised at the end of their meeting in Port Harcourt, to partner with a view to addressing the security challenges in border towns between the two states.

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