SNC is a call for trouble – Uduaghan

By DAPO AKINREFON
LAGOS — Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State said, yesterday, that irrespective of the deficiency in the 1999 Constitution, advocates for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference, SNC, were calling for trouble.
He also said that although a state governor was entitled to request more revenue, it must be done in line with the provision laid down by the  Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC.

Trade, investment and leadership failure in Nigeria (2)

SO while Nigeria is the giant of Africa in term of population, more than 80  percent of Nigeria’s population is full of sound and fury in the brain because of the shallow education which they have been receiving. This is why majority of Nigerian professionals are not depending on their professional training for a living. Also no Nigerian university is among the best 200 universities in the world.
Even in area of sports Nigeria’s vast  population has not been put to advantage to achieve significant success. Nigeria is a Lilliput when it comes to sports even in Africa. This is a clear case of a retrogressing country, development wise.

Nigeria/S-Africa face-off: Reps insist on ‘fire for fire’

…ask Foreign Affairs Minister to invoke the tenets of reciprocity
BY EMMAN OVUAKPORIE
ABUJA – THE Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mrs Nnena Elendu-Ukeje,Tuesday asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Gbenga Ashiru to invoke the tenets of reciprocity in tackling the present face-off between Nigeria and South Africa.
The House Committee had on Monday summoned the Minister to appear before it and explain the relationship between Nigeria and other African Countries over the repatriation of 125 Nigerians aboard South Africa Airline and Arik Air, a Nigerian carrier.

Man slices rival’s penis

AIX-EN-PROVENCE  (AFP) – A Frenchman goes on trial Thursday for cutting his girlfriend’s lover’s penis off and flushing it down the toilet.
Blaise Fragione, 38, admits that in October 2008 he knocked out the victim, named only as “F.”, with a blow to the head, severed most of his penis with a razor knife and threw it in the toilet.
Fragione says that he “lost it” after F. came to tell him he was having a relationship with “Mado”, his partner of 14 years and mother of his two children.

Jonathan urges Shell to invest in power

By Oscarline Onwuemenyi
…Warns against increasing oil spill in the Niger Delta
ABUJA – President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has challenged Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, to actively participate in the Federal Government’s efforts at infrastructural development, especially in the power supply.

Umunna, Nigerian born British MP speaks against witchcraft

London – Mr Chuka Umunna, Nigerian born Member of the British Parliament  on Monday kicked against the branding of children as witches in the UK, describing it as an “awful act punishable under the law. ’’
Umunna represents Streatham, one of the three constituencies representing Brixton, an area with one of the largest African Diaspora populations in the UK.

Chevron gas rig explosion is killing us – Koluama communities

BY EMMA AMAIZE, REGIONAL EDITOR, S-SOUTH
WHEN Vanguard visited Koluama I, Koluama 2, Temazau, Ebidouama and other communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, which were affected by the January 16, 2012 explosion of a gas rig, K.S Endeavour (Panama), near the North Apoi platform/field, west of the Funiwa field, on Wednesday, February 22, it was observed that neither the Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, operator of the rig nor the Federal Government, had undoubtedly evaluated the environmental, health and economic implications of the disaster on the people.