By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – The Nigeria Labour Congress has issued a press statement urging Nigerians to ignore what it called the “black market injunction” by the National Industrial Court, ordering NLC not compel people to come out en-mass to protest the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government of Nigeria. “The cretins in the Jonathan administration imagine that by seeking to drag the judiciary in the mud, they can avert the general strikes, rallies and mass protests that will begin on Monday 9th January, 2012,” the statement read. The union went further to say that the injunction seeking... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, January 8th 2012 |
By Shout-Africa.com Nigeria Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – President Goodluck Jonathan has addressed Nigerians on the removal of subsidy on petrol which has led to sharp increases in the prices of goods and services in the country. Doctor Jonathan told the nation in a nationwide broadcast that he also feels the pain most Nigerians feel and had to deregulate the downstream oil sector for the benefit of all Nigerians. President Jonathan also announced a couple of steps to reduce the size of recurrent expenditure. He also announced a 25% cut in the salaries of executive political office holders. President Jonathan overseas... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, January 8th 2012 |
My dear countrymen and women, I am using this urgent and important open letter to congratulate all Nigerians from all ethnic and religious individuals, groups, associations, and communities living outside the shore of Nigeria for a Happy New Year, 2012. I pray that this new year will bring peace, love, unity, freedom, safety and sustainable development to the citizens of our fatherland that are no doubt in a critical and undeserved situation that calls for immediate action. Fellow Nigerians, history is the memory of mankind and philosophy of history is the analytical ability of man to distinguish correct from incorrect.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, January 5th 2012 |
By Adewale T Akande – Without mincing words, I am using this opportunity to console the souls of innocent citizens that lost their lives, commiserates with the families of those who lost their loved ones and wish those injured speedy recovery from the “absurd” (according to the White House) and “senseless” bomb blasts by the islamist group called Boko Haram. It was the first bloody Christmas ever experienced by Nigerians since 1960. Albert Einstein, the German-born physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, have this to say on the life of individual. He says; “The life of the individual... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, December 30th 2011 |
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – A team of medical experts at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Edo State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have recorded the first successful stem cell transplant in the West African sub-region. The team of docters led by a haematology, Dr. Nosakhare Bazuaye performed the successful surgery on a seven year old indigent sickle cell patient who suffered a stroke and almost had a second experience. His fourteen year old brother made the donation and it was cross matched by an expert brought in from Brasel, Switzerland since the facility was not... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, December 4th 2011 |
