November 12, 2019

Osinbajo And A ‘Fork In The Road’ Option

November 12, 2019 1:48 am

EVERY passing day, the dissonance in the presidency, the most prized political office in the land is becoming obvious. The cracks in the wall appear clear as well. Ignore the denials that there is ‘no cold war’ in Aso Rock’, Nigeria’s seat of power. What we hear may not be all there is in the unraveling story as it regards the current travails of vice president Yemi Osinbajo. Last week, the clouds were beginning to clear. No more stonewalling on the matter that has engaged public attention for months. For the first time, the presidency officially confirmed the sack

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Abia Blames Contractor For Delay On Umuahia Road

November 12, 2019 1:47 am

Abia State Commissioner for Information, Okiyi Kalu, has exonerated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of any blame in the delayed completion of Aba Road, one of the urban roads in Umuahia.

Kalu said rather than the governor, the contractor handling the project should be blamed for the slow pace of work.

According to Kalu, the contractor had been fully paid by the state governmen to mobilise to site and complete the project.

Kalu told Daily Sun, yesterday, that the slow pace of work on the dual-carriage three-kilometre road might not be unconnected with the heavy rains.

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Between NLNG And Nigeria’s Global Warming Challenges

November 12, 2019 1:44 am

About 31 years ago, exactly on June 23, 1988, the conversation about climate change became a national issue in the United States when the country’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee entertained a landmark testimony on the issue from Dr. James Hansen, then director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Institute for Space Studies.

In his testimony, Hansen stated that, “global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause-and-effect relationship between the greenhouse effect and observed warming.”

He added, “in my opinion, the greenhouse effect has been detected, …