Sunday 20th May, 2012

• Apapa-Oshodi Expressway gridlock: Lagos issues ‘final 48 hours ultimatum’

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  By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government,yesterday, issued what it termed, "final 48 hours ultimatum" to stakeholders in the oil and transportation sector along Apapa – Oshodi ...

• Jega, INEC boss, escapes mob attack in Jigawa

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  By Aliyu Dangida Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Mohammed Jega, reportedly escaped death, yesterday, when some youths attacked him at the palace ...

• National Assembly Committee suspends power projects in Rivers

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  By Jimitota Onoyume National Assembly Joint Committee on Power has ordered contractors working on two Distribution EPC projects of the National Independent Power Project, NIPP, at Eneka and Oyigbo ...

• Oil thieves held in military dawn raid

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  By SAMUEL OYADONGHA, P/Harcourt The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, at the weekend, smashed an oil theft syndicate using the riverside Otuogori community ...

• Labour can not be used to bring down any govt – Esele, TUC President-General

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  In this interview with the President-General of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Peter Esele, he speaks about the nationwide strike action in January against the sudden increase in the price of ...

• Clearing the Bayelsa rot

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  By Samuel Oyandogha When Governor Seriake Dickson was sworn into office on February 14, 2012, he vowed to wage war against corruption and other social vices especially cultism in line with his ...

• Days of ethnic politics is over in Edo, Oshiomhole tells PDP

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  By SIMON EBEGBULEM GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, said the task of any one who wants to govern the state must be to work for the unity of Edoand not play ethnic politics which, ...

• House Matters: The Fools’ Errand Called Constitutional Review : The duplication of efforts by the Senate and House

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  By Ben Agande For the Special Committee of the House of Representatives on the review of the 1999 constitution, the retreat for its members on the 24th of May, 2012, would mark a big leap in the ...

• Bamangar Tukur in the eyes of his people

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  By Henry Umoru The serene village of Mayo Kalaye in Jada local government area of Adamawa State came to life when the rural dwellers honoured their son. Saturday, 12 May, 2012 may have come and ...

• Buhari, Jonathan, PDP, CPC, ACN in festival of attacks

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  By Jide Ajani and Henry Umoru It was a festival of attacks, even mud-slinging; pure and simple. The week has been a very busy one but not in the sense of national re-birth or national development. ...

• Project Implementation Palaver: Challenges of the Second Niger Bridge, by Hon. Ozomgbachi

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  In this interview, the chairman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Works, Hon. Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi, speaks on the imperatives of constructing the Second Niger Bridge not only to ease ...

• Sports Guard: Ferguson: Eating one’s humble pie

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  By Patrick Omorodion The late Reggae crooner, Lucky Dube in one of his songs said, "If you don't have any good thing to say about somebody, just shut up because the thing you say may come ...

• FG to Boko Haram: Grab offer of dialogue now

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  * All options are open - VP Sambo By Kingsley Omonobi "Drop your arms and embrace dialogue". With these words, the Federal Government restated its willingness to engage in talks with the ...

• Uni-Abuja’s Trying Times: A deadline, a vice chancellor and the fate of 500 students

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  *How Uni-Abuja's leadership is trying to resolve its problem These are not the best of times for 500 students of the University of Abuja, whose courses have been suspended on account of an ...

• Worries over mounting external debt

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  BY UDEME CLEMENT Barely seven years after the much-talked about debt cancellation, the issue of debt over-hang is in the news again. Recent statistics released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) ...

• NIMASA proposes Anti-Piracy Bill

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  By AKOMA CHINWEOKE The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has presented a draft bill on Piracy and Other Unlawful Acts at Sea aimed at fighting Piracy and armed robbery at ...

• NCS destroys N28m seized items

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  BY UDEME CLEMENT The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Ogun State Command has destroyed seizures estimated at the monetary value of over N28million in a bid to decongest the government warehouse in the ...

• Senate Session: Shocking Economic Management Logic: NCC: N2.2b for monitoring; N1.17b fine to be paid

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  By Henry Umoru The Senate during the week was not friendly with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, over the quality of telecommunication service provided by Global System of Mobile ...

• S-South Agenda: BRACED for regional growth

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  BY IFEATU AGBU Talk about regional growth and development took centre stage at the second South-South Economic Summit which was held in Asaba, Delta State recently. The six states that make up the ...

• Iroko and the aggressors

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  By Remi Martins An atmosphere of war has been created in Ondo State. Bullets and missiles are flying everywhere. The aggressors, numbering 30, are firing voraciously but the bullets and missiles ...

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