FIRE SAFETY TIPS (1)

Fires can strike anywhere at any time. Along with installing smoke detectors in your home, you should have a fire extinguisher in key areas such as the kitchen, bedrooms, workshop, and garage. Walk your family through a fire drill so everyone knows what to do and where to go in case of fire.

Every room in the house should have at least two escape exits. If one of these is a window from a second story, install ladders that can be dropped from the windows. Make sure children know where the family will reunite if they have to leave the house in case of fire.

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

KontriMan is sure that a lot of our folks made new year's resolutions. The new year is here and actually fast gaining momentum and gradually rolling by. How many of us can really say that just after a few days into the new year, we have religiously kept our resolutions? KontriMan is not trying to discourage or judge anyone here with regards to keeping or failing to keep resolutions. Even KontriMan fails to keep some of his resolutions. KontriMan just wants to understand why it is difficult to keep these resolutions after they have been meticulously made. In our opinion, if we can get to the root of the matter, we would be better positioned to live up to our resolutions.

KontriMan awaits your opinions and comments.

AND FIRE GUTS INEC VOTERS' REGISTRY

The fire that recently ravaged the Voter Registry Department of the Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is suspicious. Why was it the Voter’s Registry that got burnt [when the race for 2015 had barely begun]? Why now? While we do not totally rule out the fact that the fire was a possible accident, it is not out of place to speculate that there was more to the fire than met the eyes.

ONLY IN NIGERIA… (3)

Only in Nigeria would an Airline that has not fully resolved compensation issues with the families of those who died in the crash of one of its aircrafts, have its licence restored. The action of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) clearly establishes the fact that we do not fear God and have no sense of human sympathy. What are these people telling the families of those that lost their lives in the crash? As a mark of solidarity, KontriMan calls on well-meaning Nigerians to boycott the Airline, so as to hold these people accountable for their actions or inactions.
May we not become victims of such calamity.

BE SAFETY CONSCIOUS

Last year we recorded a number of fire outbreaks in Nigeria that claimed lives and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira. KontriMan uses this medium to commiserate with those who lost their loved ones and their properties to the infernos.

However, it is imperative that we use this period to reflect over our attitude to issues bothering on our safety. Prevention they say is better than cure, and so we must always ensure that things are properly and rightly done. Nothing should be taken for granted.

WHAT IS THE TRUE STATE OF THESE FOLKS?

The release of a picture on the internet of the Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai with his wife and their newly born twins has generated a lot of ripples in the polity. Questions are being asked, and accusations and counter-accusations are being made. The reality on ground remains that the people of Taraba State, in particular, and Nigeria, in general, have been kept in the dark by people who were not duly elected the people. In proper societies, once a person becomes a public official, he/she is subject to public scrutiny.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (5)

What would you do if today was your last day on earth?

ITK: FUN FACTS ABOUT LIFE (2)

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

HEADLINERS

Premium Times:

Ali, Anenih, Ekwueme, Nnamani, eight others battle for PDP BoT chairmanship slot

Patience Jonathan, Turai Yar’Adua to give final addresses on disputed Abuja land

No going back on criminalizing same sex marriage in Nigeria – David Mark

Lagos pipeline vandals engage Civil Defence officers in gun duel

Court sentences two pastors to 10 years jail for fraud

Sahara Reporters:

Repeated Threat to Life of Human Rights Activist, Femi Aborishade, Has Ibadan Polytechnic Boiling

Delta Contractors Petition EFCC Over Hijacking Of State Contracts By House of Assembly Members

Maiduguri University Student Hurt in Shootout Between JTF and Boko Haram

Punch:

Fire guts INEC HQ’s voter registry

FG fuel subsidy account empty

Jonathan was aware of Obasanjo’s Kaduna visit –Investigation

Reps want independent body to supervise banks

We can’t force banks to lend –CBN

FG to unveil new cement policy, dumps BIP (Backward Integration Policy)

PenCom facilitates N54.08bn pension fund transfer to Trustfund

34,000 UNILORIN students vie for 3,000 bed spaces

One killed, 60 arrested in NSCDC (Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps) raid

NIPOST pensioner slumps as union protests in Lagos

Whereabouts of kidnapped Italians unsettle security agencies

15 Russians face trial for arms smuggling

Leadership:

EFCC Moves Against Three Governors

NNPC Borrows $1.5bn To Pay Fuel Debt

NAGAFF (National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders) Cautions Senate Over Call For Rejection Of Customs Bill

Guardian:

NIPOST appoints banks to lead N50-stamping on receipts

Don lists corruption, incompetence as hindrances to development

Plateau reads riot act to street sweepers

Reps plan to cede banks’ supervision to CIBN

Grief as container-laden truck crushes driver’s mate

Vanguard:

Jonathan to declare NPF (Nigeria Police Force), Vanguard’s security summit open today

Bayelsa Govt Shocker: Sylva left only N4,451 in state purse

Oshodi-Apapa Expressway: Fashola writes FG on worsening condition of the road

PDP crisis: Govs to meet Jonathan tomorrow

Plane crash survivor, 13 others promoted Brigadiers-General

Daily Trust:

Investigation - Disquiet over N20bn ports inspection contract

PDP BOT: Obasanjo’s successor emerges today

Sambo asks panels on data base to harmonise reports

House to stop resumption of Dana flights

Controversy surrounds Jos stadium expansion

10 stockbroking firms account for 66.09% value trading in 2012

STILL ON LAMIDO’S SON

KontriMan would like to use this medium to ask the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) what is happening to the case involving the son of Sule Lamido, the Jigawa State Governor. News had it that he was trying to leave the country with an undeclared sum of about 40,000 US Dollars before he was apprehended by the EFCC. It’s been over 4 weeks since he was released on administrative bail and nothing has been heard again about the matter. Is that the way things should work? And Jonathan says corruption is not the problem of Nigeria. KontriMan hopes that this matter would not be swept under the carpet like many before it.

KontriPipu, abeg if you get information wey KontriMan no get, abeg make we share am for this place, biko.