News Desk Friday, August 31, 2007

House of Reps Crisis: Madam Speaker's Moves to Douse Tension

With the resumption of the House of Representatives next week, Speaker Patricia Olubunmi Etteh is set to confront her accusers and explain herself to members of the House. Since returning from abroad, she has made useful attempts to douse the tension already generated. This report examines the issues and concludes that whereas she may have being a victim of her own indiscretion, the opposition would not hold water. MORE>>>

GSM at Six: The Good and Ugly Side

That the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) can bark and bite was demonstrated by its recent order to the Global System of Mobile (GSM) communications companies to stop all sales promos until they had expanded their networks to accommodate the expected traffic from such activities. MORE>>>

Obasanjo Should be Probed - Ojukwu

ENUGU—PRESIDENTIAL candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, yesterday, accused former President, Chief Olusegun Oba-sanjo of ruinning the nation’s economy saying he must be made to face prosecution if the Federal Government was serious with its fight against corruption. MORE>>>

No Emergency Rule in Rivers, says Yar'Adua

President Umaru Yar’Adua on Thursday said he had no intention of declaring emergency rule in Rivers State. Yar’Adua, who spoke when an 11-member delegation of the state’s representatives in the National Assembly visited him, also vowed that the government would deal with criminal elements in the Niger Delta. MORE>>>

NLC Threatens Nationwide Strike

PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, on Thursday warned that the congress would lead workers on a nationwide strike over the planned deduction of five per cent from their salaries under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). MORE>>>

In Ghana, New Cedi is Fun

When Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced his plans to redenominate the naira, Nosike Ogbuenyi travelled to Accra, Ghana, to feel the pulse of Ghanaians as their country transits from the old cedi, which exchanged 10,000 cedis to US$1, to the new cedi which is at par with the dollar. He saw a country that is gradually adjusting to the new reality. MORE>>>