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Ebonyi workers begin indefinite strike

Posted by admin Ebonyi, State News Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Ebonyi State have directed all public servants in the state workforce to embark on an indefinite strike, with effect from today, following the inability of the state government to implement the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage A communiqué issued at the end of an […]

Only 350,000 will be offered JAMB admission out of 1.5m

Posted by admin Education, General Politics, Headlines Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

The chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Sampson Akpabi, has said that out of 1.5 million candidates who sat for the examination this year, only 350,000 would be admitted. He made this clarification on the occasion of the 2011 combined technical committee meeting for the Unified Tertiary Institution Matriculation Examinations (UTME) admission […]

Boko Haram: How Long Shall We Put Up…? – By Rev. Fr. Clement Muozoba

Posted by admin Articles, Boko Haram, Clement Muozoba, Columnists, NNP Columnists Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Full title of this article is – Boko Haram: For How Long Shall We Put Up With THis Scurge? -By Rev. Fr. Clement Muozoba , Awka, Anambra, Nigeria – Sept 7, 2011 – The world was jolted by the suicide bombing of the United Nations’ Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria on August 26, 2011 by […]

Bauchi govt agrees to pay N18,000 minimum wage

Posted by admin Bauchi, State News Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

AFTER holding series of meetings with the leadership of the organised labour in the state, the Bauchi State government has agreed to pay the N18,000 national minimum wage to civil servants in the state from this month. Addressing journalists shortly after reaching agreement with labour leaders on Monday, the state Head of Sevice, Mr Abdon Gin, said […]

Flooding: Lagos demolishes structures in Lekki, Somolu, Gbagada

Posted by admin Lagos, State News Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

THE Lagos State government resumed the implementation of its demolition policy on Tuesday, as it knocked down about 100 structures in some areas around the metropolis, with thousands of occupants displaced. According to the state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, the exercise became necessary to solve the problem of perennial flooding in the state. Areas […]

Presidential election: Tribunal dismisses CPC’s application

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

The Presidential Tribunal sitting as the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the application brought by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) seeking to be declared as the winner of the April presidential election. The panel of justices, headed by Justice Mohammed Garuba, consequently fixed today for issuance of the pre-hearing report in the petition. […]

Northern govs meet over security crisis

Posted by admin Governors Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

THE Northern Governors’ Forum has announced that it will hold an emergency meeting to proffer lasting solutions to the security challenges facing the country. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum, Malam Danladi Ndayebo, said the northern governors had agreed to move in to halt the […]

IBB renews battle with OBJ

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

THE verbal war between former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida and former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has continued to fester as Babangida said on Tuesday that he stood by his earlier statement on Obasanjo’s alleged squandering of national resources. Babangida said this while debunking reports that he recanted on the allegation he made that Obasanjo […]

Jonathan’s 100 days in office: Economic performance below expectations

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

100 days of president Goodluck Jonathan do not really call for celebration as analysts and stakeholders told BUKKY OLAJIDE and TOYIN WAHEED USAMAH THE global perception of economy is that its management holds the ace in determining the quality of life of the people. Its effectiveness therefore derives from good governance, with aspirations of majority […]

‘We want amnesty programme’

Posted by admin Niger Delta Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

AS hundreds of former militants went on rampage yesterday, the amnesty office said President Goodluck Jonathan had not directed it to admit former agitators in the Niger Delta who failed to embrace the programme. Hundreds of former militants drawn from Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Ondo states barricaded the East-West Road at Mbiama, Rivers […]