How noise is becoming an environmental threat in Lagos
By Divine grace Onosetale Lagos was never quiet. But there is a difference between the sound of a city and noise that begins to interfere with everyday life. From the blast of horns in Oshodi to the endless hum of generators in different parts of the state; from loudspeakers at markets and religious centres to […]
Understanding French NGO’S obsession with Nigeria’s war against terrorism
By Richard Murphy As a first, Nigeria is not a banana republic where everything goes. There are laid down rules and regulations. There is a Constitution that also guides our actions and inactions, just like in the majority of the world where there is a democracy. The piece by Bertrand Perrochet, the director of operations […]
CP Hakeem Odumosu: A cop primed for Lagos’ challenges
By Onome Amawhe Of all the commands in the Nigerian Police Force, Lagos holds the status of being the most strategic with its status as the nation’s economic capital. Deploying a commissioner to head the command is not a decision lightly taken as the performance or lack of almost aggregates to the general performance of […]
Analysis: Lai Mohammed’s scorecard 100 days after reappointment
“Today, I am pleased to inaugurate 43 new Ministers who will work with me and the Vice President in our service to the people of Nigeria.
The idle sea port
DREDGING the Calabar port has flared a lot of controversies because some parties involved argue that the process of awarding the contract was fundamentally flawed. Some of the controversies relate to contravention of the bidding process whereby the bidders did not adhere strictly to due process. In some cases the manner of awarding the contract was not satisfactory to either the Bureau of Public Enterprises or the Nigerian Ports Authority. Also, those who control the levers of power were often accused of hijacking the process of the contract award and come out triumphant. For instance, the management of NPA had accused some of brazenly contravening the Public Procurement Act’s laid down rules. All these factors conspired to produce the ignoble start-and-stop syndrome in the award, reaward and execution of the Calabar port dredging.
Who is sabotaging NOUN and its law graduates?
THE shocking discovery that the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu was sidelined in the NOUN/Law School stakeholders meeting held on October 29, 2019 at the Federal Ministry of Justice is to say the least, suspicious. Not even a notice was sent to his ministry which is in charge of education in the country for representation. The meeting had reportedly in attendance the chairman, Council of Legal Education, Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN, Director-General, Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, SAN, and Vice Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, Prof Adamu Uba Abdalla who was accompanied by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Prof. Justus Sokefun and others while the Minister of Justice/Attorney General of the Federation, Abubarka Mallami, SAN, presided.
