ON the other hand the West African Pilot and Daily Comet both Zik Newspapers highlighted Imoudu’s role and encouraged the strike.

The Trade unions which have featured prominently in our national life from colonial times will be one hundred years old on Sunday August 19, 2012. In other words, the trade unions formally existed two years before Nigeria became a country.

Sadness descended on Ghana and the rest of Africa on the sudden passing of President John Atta Mills. Much was said of this great man and all that was said was good. A man devoid of personal vanity, President Atta Mills would have been embarrassed by the torrent of encomiums. He would have protested that he was undeserving of the eulogies. This would have been one of those rare moments that he was mistaken. What was said upon his departure has been fitting but also inadequate.

Today’s hearing will examine USA policy and policy options for managing relations with Nigeria. The light of concerns are on terrorism and social and political unrests. The stability of the Nigerian government is a credit to regional continent and global interest, Nigeria is usually important on many fronts.

At Agarawu, Oke-arin, Idumota, market in Lagos Island, touts otherwise known as ‘agberos’ were found in strategic areas where they engaged in their illicit trade of extorting money from unsuspecting Lagosians.