Concession of King’s College: Parents mobilise for protest
The controversy over the concession of King’s College, Lagos, to the King’s College Old Boys’ Association, KCOBA, by the Federal Government may be far from over, as parents and other stakeholders are mobilising for a mass protest against the move.
2011: Like Yakowa, like Jonathan
The raging debate on whether President Goodluck Jonathan should contest the 2011 election or not has continued to dominate public discourse, even when the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP has cleared him to contest in the spirit of continuity and the joint ticket he has with the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Though the NEC also insisted that zoning as enshrined in the party’s constitution should remain.
NNPC owes gasoline suppliers $6bn
Nigeria’s state-owned oil company, Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC, owes gasoline suppliers between $3 billion and $6 billion for previous imports, trade sources told Reuters, although the company said it was meeting its obligations.
Edo needs N100bn to tackle erosion—Commissioner
EDO State Government has said that it will cost it over N100billion to address the problems of erosion and flooding in Benin City.
Lar Centre defends support for Jonathan
The Solomon Lar Centre has risen in defence of former PDP National Chairman, Chief Solomon Lar, over his support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s candidacy for next year’s election, saying it is in the country’s interest
Power: Planned 760Mw under threat Minister warns
The minister, who made this disclosure while briefing newsmen as part of activities marking the 9th summit of Heads of State and Government of the Niger Basin Authority, NBA, commencing in Abuja tomorrow, lamented that power supply in the country might be further hampered if decisive measures were not taken to ensure the conservation of three separate dams located outside Nigeria.
