₦airaland Forum

Lai Mohammed what do you have to say on this??..

taharqa2: *yawns*.... An Article on an Economy that intends to show that that Economy is 'Broke/dead' without using a SINGLE Economic parameter (Inflation rate, Foreign Reserves, Exchange Rate, FDI inflows, Capacity Utilization, Balance of Payments, Balance of Trade, Growth of NonOil sector, Stock Market Index, International Ratings, Growth or otherwise of Capital to Private Sector, GDP, GDP per Capital, etc etc) to argue that supposedly 'clear' point about the Economy, BUT rather bases its entirely argument upon 'opinions' purportedly expressed by 3 'highly placed Govt officials' (called 'sources' ) who are of course conveniently left ANONYMOUS!! ......Of course none of those Economic Parameter can be used if one wants to pen concortions like this and hookwick sm small nos of WEAK minds, since Every single one of those Parameters show an Economy in d exact direction to d one the writer(s) of this article want it to be. Talk about reasoning backwards, confidently!!!

Good one bruv!!..continue to lecture these group of individuals whom God in his infinite mercies have given functional brain cells but sadly they have chosen not to use it..we will keep lecturing till it sinks into their thick skulls...

ba7man: With some of the people @Sincere 9igerian included on the list, it looses credibility. I can spot some hateful individuals and bigots on the list and he's encouraging and them....This is a classic case of People congratulating themselves for being able to bend down and see their opponent's ar5es....forgetting that theirs is wide open in the process.

Sincere 9igerian abeg put ba7man name for that list sharp sharp...can't you understand his approach to lobbying

".....a legislator, a senior bureaucrat and an insider in the Presidency..."

Hahahahahhahahahahha...I laff siddon for ground...

Fresh Air all the way bruv!!!...
In the coming days its gonna be even more better..when PHCN reforms are concluded that will be the killer blow to 'em all ..

take dat:

Laughing like..shey I said in the other thread?..that was a good display of knowledge by ya doe

Great affirmation by the United Nations trade body..that means that the FDI figure been flaunted by Aganga and Shamshudeen is not a ruse after all...

Symphony007: before this bridge there are already roads leading to ibeno, it is not like this bridge is a saving life line for them, i seriously doubt the correctness of your 40% figure but majority if not all oil gotten by shell in the niger delta is sent to the bonny oil terminal for onward export abroad but that same bonny does'nt have a single link road to port harcourt, travelers in 2013 still have to ply a dangerous sea to get to the island. Go google bonny island and ibeno and tell me economically, who is more important.

Read this report from one of Simon Kolawole's columns on THISDAY..

awodman: Today’s discussion is motivated by a report I read recently
on a contract awarded to a local company, Viche Resources
Nig Limited, by the Niger Delta Development Commission
(NDDC). It is a seven-kilometre road and a 600-metre
bridge across a mangrove swamp and a stormy sea that
empties directly into the Atlantic Ocean. The road and the
bridge, according to the report, will connect at least 30
communities in Akwa Ibom State. The difficult terrain
means the communities had been cut off from civilisation
for ages. Amazingly, Ibeno LGA, where the project is
located, is the operational base of ExxonMobil, the second
largest producer of crude oil in Nigeria.

Source:www.thisdaylive.com/articles/made-in-nigeria-enjoyed-worldwide/149788/
I hope you now see how important this bridge is..

omonnakoda: He read the report and does not believe it. He thinks it is bull5hit! Do you get ??
When the FEC approves then aircraft will "appear" by magic because the sellers have made the aircraft and kept them in their shop awaiting "approval" from the FEC. Last time I checked one Boeing 747 Jet cost $300million plus and takes 4 months plus to assemble

Well your concerns are noted..but for them to come out bold and make this claim public they definitely know what they are in ƒσя...
Let's wait till September...

dolphinife: I guess this minister of aviation is suffering from diarrhea of the mouth. She just open her mouth wide and start spitting rubbish.

This minister doesn't even knw the nitty-gritty of establishing an airline. If the project is going to be private-driven, which company has signify interest? What modality has been put in place? Which building is going to house the national carrier?

If a carrier is suppose to start operation by september, and dey haven't file an application to the ministry of aviation for the Air Transport License(ATP), file another application to NCAA for Air Operator Certificate(AOC). The requirements for any airline to get this AOC is that u must have ur buildings with adequate and well trained staff, the aircraft must have been inspected from the country of origin with NCAA officials and it must have done 48 hours flight test.

The staff to be employed, the pilot, aircraft maintenance engineers, cabin crews, flight dispatchers, ticketing officers, baggage handlers, and some other strategic positions must have been on ground, yet this minister is just talking in abstract.

If an airline is to start by september, training should have started for the prospective staff, the logo and the colour of the uniform would have been sorted out. Let it be clear that nothing can happen in this year, let alone next year. It takes over 4 months to get an AOC not to talk of doing flying operations

Did you read this part of the report?..if you actually did you will see that all your concerns was answered by this paragraph...

“We are just waiting for the approval from presidency
and the Federal Executive Council (FEC), to take off, so
give or take, the new national carrier will take off before
the end of the third quarter.” Besides, the final approval
from presidency and FEC, she added that every other
thing was there, including the the legal framework
establishing the national carrier. “We are awaiting the
final approval from FEC and the presidency to roll out
the carrier,” Oduah stated.

dolphinife: I guess this minister of aviation is suffering from diarrhea of the mouth. She just open her mouth wide and start spitting rubbish.

This minister doesn't even knw the nitty-gritty of establishing an airline. If the project is going to be private-driven, which company has signify interest? What modality has been put in place? Which building is going to house the national carrier?

If a carrier is suppose to start operation by september, and dey haven't file an application to the ministry of aviation for the Air Transport License(ATP), file another application to NCAA for Air Operator Certificate(AOC). The requirements for any airline to get this AOC is that u must have ur buildings with adequate and well trained staff, the aircraft must have been inspected from the country of origin with NCAA officials and it must have done 48 hours flight test.

The staff to be employed, the pilot, aircraft maintenance engineers, cabin crews, flight dispatchers, ticketing officers, baggage handlers, and some other strategic positions must have been on ground, yet this minister is just talking in abstract.

If an airline is to start by september, training should have started for the prospective staff, the logo and the colour of the uniform would have been sorted out. Let it be clear that nothing can happen in this year, let alone next year. It takes over 4 months to get an AOC not to talk of doing flying operations

Did you read this part of the report?..if you actually did you will see that all your concerns was answered by this paragraph...

“We are just waiting for the approval from presidency
and the Federal Executive Council (FEC), to take off, so
give or take, the new national carrier will take off before
the end of the third quarter.” Besides, the final approval
from presidency and FEC, she added that every other
thing was there, including the the legal framework
establishing the national carrier. “We are awaiting the
final approval from FEC and the presidency to roll out
the carrier,” Oduah stated.

While I share most of the skepticism expressed here,I think we should give the current Minister of Aviation some benefit of doubt..this is what Sнε has to say on that..

awodman: “When we started, there were a lot of skeptics who said
we were not going to accomplish it that we were biting
more than we can chew, but today all 22 federally
owned airports have taken a new shape, 11 airports in
the first phase and another in the second phase that is
still ongoing, some skeptics like the governor who
believe that we were not going to be able to do it simply
because others failed in the past, that others failed in
the past including himself is not a recipe for others to
fail at least the leadership in the aviation ministry today
has shown that with the commitment and right
leadership, goals and objective can be achieved in the
aviation sector.” While allaying the governor’s fears,
Oduah said: “Those fears for now are misplaced
because everything that we are doing is different from
what was done before so his fears are misplaced.

Lastly 3 front page materials in 2 days?!!...abeg folow me thank God..

PapaBrowne: While I think you are doing a great job ma, I think a national carrier is ill conceived especially if it is intended to be a Government owned company. As at the last check, no business owned by government ever works so there is no reason why a national carrier would be an exception.

But lets see how it goes. September 2013 and you haven't started recruiting. Hmmm.

I guess you didn't read the article very well..I think it is a PPA thing..read the paragraphs below ..


“This national carrier that we are talking about is
supposed to be private sector driven, government is only
providing the legal and other framework, and the enabling environment for the carrier to take off.”

“This one will be private sector-driven, will be managed
by professionals who managed other carriers elsewhere in
the world, and don’t forget that since it is going to be
private sector-driven with private sector funds, there is no
private sector corporate entity that will put in so much
money in setting up a capital intensive business like aero
plane business and will now leave it to mediocres to
manage."

The Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, Tuesday assured Nigerians that the proposed National Carrier, would commence operations before the end of September. According to her, all the necessary framework and legal requirements for the smooth roll out of the carrier are already in place. She said: “Well, I think that everything we need to do for the carrier to take off is in place.

“We are just waiting for the approval from presidency and the Federal Executive Council (FEC), to take off, so give or take, the new national carrier will take off before the end of the third quarter.” Besides, the final approval from presidency and FEC, she added that every other thing was there, including the the legal framework establishing the national carrier. “We are awaiting the final approval from FEC and the presidency to roll out the carrier,” Oduah stated.

The minister who spoke exclusively with THISDAY on phone in Abuja through her Special Adviser on Communication and Media, Mr. Joe Obi, made the disclosure, while reacting to the pessimism expressed by the Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Isa Yuguda, in an interview published in THISDAY, The Sunday Newspaper, that the proposed national carrier would not work, adding that Yuguda’s fear or pessimism about the national carrier was misplaced. While expressing confidence on the success of the proposed carrier, Oduah averred: “Yes the governor like many Nigerians are yet to understand that we are talking about a national carrier that would have an entirely different architecture to the one that we used to know before, here we are talking about a new national carrier with a different architecture from everything that we knew before.

“In fact, we are doing all that we can to encourage those kind of partnership and alliances that Yuguda talked about. “This national carrier that we are talking about is supposed to be private sector driven, government is only providing the legal and other framework, and the enabling environment for the carrier to take off.” According to her, there is going to be a core investor who will be a private entity and then other shares of the company will be thrown to Nigerians, “you and I, including the governor and every other person will buy in, assuring that the carrier will also be professionally managed. Oduah said the former national carrier failed due to bad management.

“This one will be private sector-driven, will be managed by professionals who managed other carriers elsewhere in the world, and don’t forget that since it is going to be private sector-driven with private sector funds, there is no private sector corporate entity that will put in so much money in setting up a capital intensive business like aero plane business and will now leave it to mediocres to manage. “When he, Yuguda, was Minister of Aviation, I think if he felt there was a better way of taking this carrier and domestic carriers in the country to form the kind of mergers he is talking about, at least he should have achieved that, but the fact that he didn’t achieve it doesn’t mean others cannot do,” she said.

The minister was optimistic that the roll out in September would be a success like the entire remodelling projects at the various airports, adding: “When we started, there were a lot of skeptics who said we were not going to accomplish it that we were biting more than we can chew, but today all 22 federally owned airports have taken a new shape, 11 airports in the first phase and another in the second phase that is still ongoing, some skeptics like the governor who believe that we were not going to be able to do it simply because others failed in the past, that others failed in the past including himself is not a recipe for others to fail at least the leadership in the aviation ministry today has shown that with the commitment and right leadership, goals and objective can be achieved in the aviation sector.” While allaying the governor’s fears, Oduah said: “Those fears for now are misplaced because everything that we are doing is different from what was done before so his fears are misplaced.

This national carrier will succeed. I think that himself and us will all be living witnesses to see that the present national carrier will be an embodiment of the wishes and dreams and aspirations of the Nigerian government and people.

” The minister however admitted that the aviation industry required high technology and capital intensive to function saying the fact that Nigeria has attained the category 1 status of the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), means that she has come of age. “like he said and the point that we are playing at the highest level of the industry; Nigeria is a category 1 country and that there are just about 5 or so in the whole of the continent, the fact that we have the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S for the category 1 certified country and just one of the few in Africa means that we are playing at the highest level,” she said.

According to her, there cannot be anything higher than that, as there are some other European, South American countries and Asian countries that are yet to attain the category 1 certified status as Nigeria. “So there is nothing to suggest practically that we are not playing the high tech policies and business of aviation,” Oduah stated.

Source:www.thisdaylive.com/articles/oduah-national-carrier-to-commence-operations-in-september/151580/

awodman: GAS SUPPLY TO AFFECTED POWER PLANTS IMPROVES

Gas supply to power plants across the country has
increased as about 300 million standard cubic feet of the
product is currently being pumped into the system.

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Gas Company, Mr.
Saidu Mohammed, who spoke with our correspondent on
the telephone on Tuesday, said, "We have been able to
restore gas flow and we are currently pumping 300 million standard cubic feet of gas into the system. We have isolated the vandalised pipeline and re-route gas supply to the second pipeline. Right now, gas supply has increased and the impact of the damage is now minimal.

"The power plants are coming up and they have all been
told to raise generation. However, you need to know that
we have lost a lot of pressure due to the vandalism (of the pipelines), and we hope to regain pressure as soon as
possible so that the power plants can go at full blast. We
will still go ahead to repair the vandalised pipeline."

Power generation in the country dropped by 1,598
megawatts on Sunday following the vandalism of two
major pipelines supplying gas to eight power-generating
stations.

The affected stations are Egbin/AES, Olorunsogo, Omotoso, Geregu NIPP, Afam IV and VI as well as River State Independent Power Station.

In a statement signed by the General Manager (Public
Affairs), Transmission Company of Nigeria, Mr. Dave Ifabiyi, the company said one of the vandalised pipelines was taking supply from the Okoloma gas plant, while the other was taking from Escravos.

Ifabiyi said, "With the disruption of gas supply through the lines, the Nigerian Gas Company is unable to move gas to Afam IV and Afam VI as well as the Independent Power Plant in Rivers State, resulting in generation loss of
593MW.

"Also, the second vandalised gas pipeline from Escravos to Warri caused a cutback of 1,005MW in power generation from Egbin/AES power generating station, Olorunsogo, Omotosho and Geregu NIPP power generating plants."

According to the statement, with the loss of 1,598MW, the total power generation as of 2pm on Sunday was
2,290MW.

Source:mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/gas-supply-to-power-plants-improves/

raymondinc: The issue of payment, that 93 percent workers had been given their entitlement is a calculative lie! No payment so far had been made, they keep telling the staffs to fill in forms. So where is this news coming from?

Ogbeni read and comprehend before making a comment...Cleared for payment is what is reported here not PAID

lol...ACN members more concerend with PDP internal affairs..

bloggernaija: Fashola is building new cities,airports,ports and expanding roads and these people expect us to be clapping for common maintenance work on an antiquated road
Not good enough.

cant u read or comprehend?..who told you that it is a maintainance work..


"Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, said on Monday that the Federal Government had awarded the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to Messrs Julius Berger and RCC Construction firms."


dont allow hatred consume you

Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, said on Monday that the Federal Government had awarded the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to Messrs Julius Berger and RCC Construction firms.

He said the Lagos-Sagamu portion of the road was awarded to Julius Berger, while the Sagamu-Ibadan was awarded to RCC.

According to him, the Lagos to the Sagamu interchange end of the road will be expanded to three lanes on either side, while the portion from the interchange to Ibadan will have the existing two lanes reconstructed.

Onolememen stated this while inspecting the Benin-Sagamu Expressway in company with top ministry officials and journalists.

The minister did not give the cost of reconstructing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other details like the duration of the project.

He noted that there were 30,000 kilometers of roads across the country but that the Ministry of Works lacked enough funds to execute the reconstruction of the failed portions.

The minister however assured Nigerians that the ongoing reconstruction of the Benin-Ore end of the expressway would be completed and inaugurated before the end of the year while work would start immediately on the Ore-Sagamu end of the road.

He explained that both Julius Berger and RCC had mobilised men and materials to site and that they had both pledged to start construction works immediately.

The minister said the Benin – Ore contract was awarded in October last year and that the contractors had made appreciable progress.

He said, "The project is put at about 20 percent completed which is very impressive considering the fact that they only had just four months of dry season to work.

"This is not a friendly weather for road construction work; we hope that with the coming of the next dry season, the contractors would be able to accelerate the completion of the road.

"We want to the Benin to Ore this year so that Nigerians can see what we have done. Many people thought it won't happen but it is a reality.

"Our goal is to achieve a brand new road from Sagamu to Benin and now with the award of the Lagos-Sagamu Expressway, by the time the project is completed, we will marry the two together which is hundreds of kilometres of roads in an unbroken chain.

"This will make travelling from one point of the country to another very pleasurable."

On the report of the House of Representatives Committee on Works which indicted some contractors for allegedly executing shoddy jobs, the minister said, "We have standards and most of the roads the committee complained about are old projects and since we came on board, we set up a full department for material detecting and quality control and we have been able to discover quite a number of shoddy jobs for which we are no longer paying."

source:http://mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-ibadan-expressway-contract-awarded-to-berger-rcc/

[quote author=Texas.Cowboy]Freedom of expression is the right of every citizen of a democratic nation. Well, i guess Nigeria is not a democracy yet.[/quote]So freedom of expression includes writing outright falsehoods and forging a presidential seal??..
If the journalists are innocent let them prove it in court..

Ishsoph: With this kinda accidents recorded within a space of 2 days NRC should know that there is something they are not doing well and get their act together. They should mount all the necessary road signs, place their field workers at strategic places or even make them inspect the railway track b4 the train takes off. Above all they should create a jingle that will be played constantly on radios and televisions to jolt the mind of road user whom (not their fault anyway) has not come to the realization that NRC is back and operational, so as to be at alert and mindful of the tracks that intersect the main roads.

I adopt your post..great advice!!..I hope NRC is reading

Clearly Nigerian railway Corporation has to step up their game..the reports are not too inspiring..

Just check out this account from a THISDAY reporter..

The presidency is not yet done with Leadership
newspapers over the publication in the April 3, 2013
edition of the newspaper of a purported “Bromide of the
Presidential Directive” with the logo of the Office of the
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which the
presidency described as a forgery.

One month after the federal government dropped its
charges against the newspapers, the federal government’s prosecutor, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), on June 19 filed new charges, comprising 11 counts before an Abuja High Court.

Included in the charge is a proof of evidence, which
includes a list of witnesses and statements made by the
accused persons.

The case has been assigned to Justice Usman Musale
sitting at Kubwa Division of the court. Justice Musale
granted the prosection leave to prefer the new charges last Wednesday.

A copy of the charges obtained by THISDAY showed that
the Leadership journalists will be arraigned on Thursday,
June 27. Those charged are the news editor, Mr. Tony Amokeodo; political reporter; Mr. Chibuzor Ukaibe; and the Leadership Group Limited. The same persons were last month charged before a Federal High Court but were discharged following an application to withdraw the charges. The charges were apparently withdrawn because the Federal High Court was not the proper forum to have charged them.

However, the federal government has increased the
charges from six counts to 11 in the fresh charges.
Some of the offences with which they were charged ranged from conspiracy to commit felony, forgery, making false documents and dishonestly using a false document as genuine.

However, there are also new charges including the attempt to excite feelings of disaffection against the person of the president through the false document published in Leadership newspaper. The offence is said to be punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Act.
They were also charged with the intent to cause alarm
among the public whereby members of the public may be
induced to commit an offence against public peace and
thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Act.

Count 11 reads: “That you Tony Agboola Amokeodo,
Chibuzor Ukaibe on or about the 3rd day of April 2013 at
Abuja within the Federal Capital Territory under the
jurisdiction of this honourable court did commit an offence to wit: Having in your possession without lawful excuse a document titled ‘Presidential Directive’, the publication of which is capable of exciting feelings of disaffection against the person of the president and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 419 of the Penal Code (Northern States) Federal Provision Act, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.”

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court had last month discharged the journalists and also struck out the six-count charge following the federal government’s notice of withdrawal/discontinuance of the criminal charges against the newspaper, Amokeodo and Ukaibe.

Before government withdrew the charges, the journalists
through their lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, had filed a notice of
preliminary objection to the charges filed against
Leadership and the journalists. Falana had said the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit. He argued that the charges brought against the accused persons related only to forgery and not to any loss of revenue by the federal government.

Arguing that the court lacked the jurisdiction to try the
accused persons, Falana said: “In the instant case, the
charge brought against the accused persons discloses no
loss of revenue by the federal government to cloth the
Federal High Court with the jurisdiction to entertain same.”

Source:www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-files-fresh-charges-against-leadership-journalists/151468/

The presidency is not yet done with Leadership newspapers over the publication in the April 3, 2013 edition of the newspaper of a purported “Bromide of the Presidential Directive” with the logo of the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which the presidency described as a forgery.

One month after the federal government dropped its charges against the newspapers, the federal government’s prosecutor, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), on June 19 filed new charges, comprising 11 counts before an Abuja High Court.

Included in the charge is a proof of evidence, which includes a list of witnesses and statements made by the accused persons.

The case has been assigned to Justice Usman Musale sitting at Kubwa Division of the court. Justice Musale granted the prosection leave to prefer the new charges last Wednesday.
A copy of the charges obtained by THISDAY showed that the Leadership journalists will be arraigned on Thursday, June 27.

Those charged are the news editor, Mr. Tony Amokeodo; political reporter; Mr. Chibuzor Ukaibe; and the Leadership Group Limited.

The same persons were last month charged before a Federal High Court but were discharged following an application to withdraw the charges.
The charges were apparently withdrawn because the Federal High Court was not the proper forum to have charged them.

However, the federal government has increased the charges from six counts to 11 in the fresh charges.

Some of the offences with which they were charged ranged from conspiracy to commit felony, forgery, making false documents and dishonestly using a false document as genuine.

However, there are also new charges including the attempt to excite feelings of disaffection against the person of the president through the false document published in Leadership newspaper. The offence is said to be punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Act.

They were also charged with the intent to cause alarm among the public whereby members of the public may be induced to commit an offence against public peace and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Act.

Count 11 reads: “That you Tony Agboola Amokeodo, Chibuzor Ukaibe on or about the 3rd day of April 2013 at Abuja within the Federal Capital Territory under the jurisdiction of this honourable court did commit an offence to wit: Having in your possession without lawful excuse a document titled ‘Presidential Directive’, the publication of which is capable of exciting feelings of disaffection against the person of the president and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 419 of the Penal Code (Northern States) Federal Provision Act, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.”

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court had last month discharged the journalists and also struck out the six-count charge following the federal government’s notice of withdrawal/discontinuance of the criminal charges against the newspaper, Amokeodo and Ukaibe.
Before government withdrew the charges, the journalists through their lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, had filed a notice of preliminary objection to the charges filed against Leadership and the journalists.

Falana had said the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the suit. He argued that the charges brought against the accused persons related only to forgery and not to any loss of revenue by the federal government.

Arguing that the court lacked the jurisdiction to try the accused persons, Falana said: “In the instant case, the charge brought against the accused persons discloses no loss of revenue by the federal government to cloth the Federal High Court with the jurisdiction to entertain same.”

Source:www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-files-fresh-charges-against-leadership-journalists/151468/

Nobody died from the accident.

A Lagos bound train from Kano, on Monday, derailed after
it collided with a stationary truck on the rail track,
PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

Four passengers were injured in the accident which
occurred at Bakin Kasuwa Village in Kaduna State.

“No lives were lost. The four people who were injured had
been taken to the hospital by the FRSC,” David Ndakotsu, Assistant Director, Public Relations, Nigerian Railway Corporation, told PREMIUM TIMES on the phone.

“It was an abandoned truck on the track that caused the
accident,” Mr. Ndakotsu added.

But a staff of the railway corporation who was aboard the
train told PREMIUM TIMES that the truck was not stationary on the rail track.

“The truck suddenly drove onto the track and you know
that when a train applies brake, it doesn’t stop
immediately. So it hit and dragged the truck and then
derailed,” said the staff who did not want to be named.

“Four coaches fell down, the track removed, and the
locomotive moved out of the track,” he added.

Four directors – comprising of directors of Mechanical
Engineering, Civil Engineering, Operations, and Safety –
have left Lagos Monday evening en route Kaduna,
according to Mr. Ndakotsu.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that repairs on the train could last
for over one week as some of the heavy equipment would
have to be transported – by rail – to the scene of the
accident.

The passengers have been advised to seek alternative
means of getting to their destinations, according to the
railway staff.

“Those that have small loads are free to go but those with
heavy loads would have to ensure that their loads have
been booked so that they can come to Iddo to collect them when the train returns,” he added.

Last month, passengers on the Kano-Lagos route were
stranded in Minna, Niger State, after the derailment of a
cargo train at Kutuwongi Village in Mokwa Local
Government Area.

Source:premiumtimesng.com/news/139528-kano-lagos-train-derails-after-hitting-abandoned-truck-on-rail-track.html

Oga judge chaiiiii!!!..Ikuforuji no steal reach half of that amount Йą..whr U̶̲̥̅̊ want make im get that kind money from..abi U̶̲̥̅̊ wan make im steal again complete am??..anyway sha Jagaban dey im side so no lele..shey im even escort go house of commons go give address

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his personal assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi for their alleged involvement in laundering over N273million belonging to the Lagos State House of Assembly.

Both men were on Monday, re-arraigned at the Federal High Court, Lagos before Justice Ibrahim Buba.

The offence is said to be contrary to Sections 18(A) of the Money laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 and punishable under Section 16(2)(B) of the same Act.

They both pleaded not guilty to an amended 54-count charge and have been granted bail in the sum of N1billion each.

The court also made a bail condition for two sureties each in the sum of N5million each.

The sureties are to swear to an affidavit of means, while the two accused persons must give an undertaking that they would always be present in court for their trial.

“They would not be remanded in prison custody if they are able to perfect the bail conditions within 48 hours. But if they fail, a bench warrant will be issued against them” the Judge ruled.

The duo had earlier been arraigned on March 1, 2012 on a 20-count charge.

The trial is however to commence afresh following the retirement of the previous judge, Justice Okechukwu Okeke.

The fresh date for the trial is the 25th of September.

Source:www.channelstv.com/home/2013/06/24/efcc-re-arraigns-lagos-assembly-speaker-gets-n1billion-bail/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Reptyle: Abeg go and sit down somewhere jooor!!!! So now we should begin to celebrate that it was TCN that announced the drop in power supply. I don't know about you, but some of us have ALWAYS known there was a problem. Some of us refused to join in your celebration of marginal improvements as reported by this same TCN which never translated to improved supply...at least not in my area, Satellite Town, Ojo. I consistently begged y'all who were at the time celebrating phantom 24 hours of constant power in your area to share some "Magawatts" to those of us who live in the "rural areas" of Lagos and other States.

3 years, 2 power ministers and billions of Naira into the life of this government, no meaningful progress has been made in the area of power generation and transmission. That is the FACT! So don't ask me to celebrate that government has told me what I already know my friend!!!

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No fewer than 43,400 workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) are eligible for severance benefit, the Ministry of Power has said.

The Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Minister of Power, Kande Daniel disclosed this on Sunday.


She said, “The committee, headed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power, Amb. Godknows Igali, has cleared over 43,400 workers for the payment of the benefits.”

She said that this figure constituted nearly 93 per cent of total workforce of PHCN.

Ms Daniel said that the committee was still working on the records of the remaining workers to clarify various issues.

The special assistant said that the committee commended the workers for their patience and cooperation.

“The Implementation Committee for the Settlement of Entitlements of Workers of PHCN has commended the high level of cooperation of the workers.

“Their records have passed biometrics test and have been issued benefit statements showing their expected terminal benefits.

“They are to make necessary correction and return the statements to the committee within one week,’’ Ms Daniel said.

She said that the committee members embarked on sensitisation tour in the different geographical zones to enable the workers understand the process of computation.

The special assistant said that the sensitisation tour had been very useful and had produced feed backs.

The members of the committee comprise representatives of unions in the electricity industry and those of the Federal Government.

On the government team are representatives of the Minister of Labour, the Accountant-General and Auditor-General of the Federation, while Mr Igali is the Chairman of the committee.

The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo, had earlier said that payment of severance benefits to the workers would begin on June 17 after the completion of the verification processes.

Source:www.channelstv.com/home/2013/06/24/43400-phcn-workers-cleared-for-payment-of-severance-entitlement/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Йą 4 dis kind news wey SUN newspaper the carry 1st...any of this kind news from their stable I don't doubt it..

But wait ooo...Reporter you no complete this story oooo

Gbawe: I don't care who is lying. It does not matter whether it is the news source or the quoted doctor. What is important is to show that Amosun never promised free healthcare. Free health care is only for children under 5 and adults over 70. When you work out the percentage of the population that applies to, in relation to all the inhabitants of Ogun State, then come back and speak.

So it no longer matters since it now involves your dear ACN governor??..No probs...looking forward to what you will say when next Premium Times distorts facts as relates to GEJ's govt...

gentle12: You are the number 1 enemy of this Govt. because you have deliberately,ignorantly or mischievously misrepresented the truth from your comments which is capable of misleading the Govt. on the way forward.for your information,we are paying for power that we never consumed,too bad for a Nation ,too bad for a Govt.and too bad for a complacent citizenry

Seems you didn't even read the report...if you did you would have seen ωнεяε it was stated clearly that pipelines from Okoloma and Escravos was vandalized...did the report tell you that power plants are not functioning or damaged??

And even going further who even brought this information to public notice??..is not TCN?..they have come out to admit and openly tell you that there is a problem unlike in the past ωнεяε govt officials keep covering their lapses..I think you should commend them ƒσя been Sincere...