ASUU strike is like a cycle in the country. There is hardly any year since 1996 that lecturers had not gone on strike. Sometimes, they tag it warning , indefinite, etc strike.

Nigeria has its share of billionaires; men who amassed their wealth through hardwork, resilience and uncommon vision. Many of them came off the street and took to the sea, weathering every bad storm life has willed their ways to reach the shores of Eldorado.

Contrary to insinuation and heavy criticism that President Jonathan has no grip on the incessant violence carried out by the Boko Haram sect, the sacking of Mr Hafiz Abubakar Ringim as the Inspector General of Police alongside other DIGs has sent some jitters up the spines of people just as the new helmsman on the job, IG Muhammed Dikko Abubakar has vowed to fight all kinds of crime to a stand still.

Peace has taken flight from Gombe, forcing people, especially Christians from the southern part of the country, to leave the town. Those who have the guts to stay behind are in perpetual fear. Some who travelled for Xmas and New Year holidays are refusing to come back. Shops owned by most of the southerners have remained under lock and keys.

THE nationwide strike and street protests called off by Organised Labour and its civil society allies, under the banner of Labour and Civil Society Coalition, LASCO, have come and gone, but echoes of the industrial action may remain with Nigeria for a long time to come.

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Convener, Save Nigeria Group, SNG, organisers of the protest against the removal of petrol subsidy at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos which lasted five days in this interview with Saturday Vangurad, bares his mind on some issues that hindered the continuation of the protest, his views about Nigeria Labour Congress/TUC negotiation, and his plans to sustain the struggle despite the deployment of soldiers that aborted the protest last Monday.

A day to the commencement of the recent nationwide strike, the House of Representatives met in an extraordinary session on Sunday, January 8, 2012 during which it among others adopted a resolution calling on the executive to rescind the hike in the price of petrol and go back to the N65 per litre pump price that obtained prior to the New Year.

A Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Richard Akinnola, the civil rights activist was one of those that protested against the subsidy removal in Lagos. For him, there may have been other reasons behind the suspension of the strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, after meeting with the Federal Government.

Ambassador Karo Ekewenu is the UN Ambassador on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) meant to drive various economics in this millennium. The ambassador speaks with Gab Ejuwa at a forum where he sheds light on the fuel subsidy

It’s been accusations and counter accusations as more details of how the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC is run emerge. The details are coming due to the protests that greeted the fuel subsidy removal by President Goodluck Jonathan.

WHEN on January 9, 2012, the Organised Labour made up of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) backed by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), made good their threat to shut down socio-economic life in Nigeria over the New Year Day shocking removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, very few people, especially government officials including those in Aso Rock, gave them a chance.

Mohammed Fawehinmi is the eldest son of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi. A critic,almost in the mould of his father, defied his condition and participated in the protest; a regular face at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos last week. In this interview, he explains why he joined in the rally among other issue and why he will continue to protest.

To subsidise is to sell a product below the cost of production. Since the Federal Government has been secretive about the state of our refineries and their production capacity, we will focus on importation rather than production. So, in essence, within the Nigerian Fuel Subsidy context, to subsidise is to sell petrol below the cost of importation.

THE Nigerian government claims that Nigerians consume 34million litres of petrol per day. Most experts disagree and give a figure between 20ml and 25ml per day. For this write up, I will use the government figure.

Members of the House of Representatives last Sunday lived up to expectations as the true representatives of the Nigerian people when they reconvened from their Christmas and new year holidays, to sit in an emergency session to urgently address the impending strike announced by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its allied bodies, to protest the sudden removal of the subsidy on fuel by the federal government.