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Salary cut’II lead to chaos, workers tell Aregbesola

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Friday, July 3rd, 2015

Labour unions in Osun State have warned Governor Rauf Aregbesola to stop the plan to cut workers’ salaries by 50 per cent. The Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress in the state, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, who led other labour leaders to address journalists on the issue said on Friday that the decision would lead to an […]

13 parties hail new INEC boss appointment, slam PDP

Posted by admin Headlines, INEC Politics Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Acting National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Zakari The Acting National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Zakari, has said she accepted her appointment with humility. She told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that she would do her job diligently and that the commission would continue to work hard […]

Tribunal rejects Akpabio’s request for adjournment

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio The Akwa Ibom State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, where the election of former Governor Godswill Akpabio as senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District is being challenged, on Thursday, rejected a prayer for an indefinite adjournment of its proceedings. The counsel representing […]

Onazi begs NFF over Kaduna saga

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Super Eagles’ midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has formally apologised to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for his on-field action that led to a straight red card/ in last month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Les Sao of Chad in Kaduna. In a letter dated 30th June, 2015 and addressed to the NFF General […]

My 25 years as a prostitute

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Brenda Myers-Powell was just a child when she became a prostitute in the early 1970s. Here she describes how she was pulled into working on the streets and why, three decades later, she devoted her life to making sure other girls don’t fall into the same trap. Some people will find Brenda’s account upsetting. Here […]

We are not owing troops operating in North East allowances – Army boss

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, North-East Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

THE Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah, on Monday in Abuja, said the Nigerian Army was not owing allowances of troops involved in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the North-East Minimah, represented by Major General Donald Oji, the Army Chief of Civil Military Affairs, said this while briefing newsmen on the activities lined […]

Man lands in court after biting off neighbour’s finger

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

A 34-year-old man, Omepa Dickson, was, on Thursday, arraigned in a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court in Nasarawa State for allegedly biting off a neighbour’s finger. The accused, who resides at Kabayi, Mararaba, is facing a charge of causing grievous hurt. The prosecutor, Corporal Friday Adaji, told the court that one Adejo Simon of the […]

Buhari names new SSS director general from his village, Daura

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

President Muhamadu Buhari has appointed Mr Lawal Musa Daura as the new Director General of the Department of State Security Service. The appointment, which is said to be with immediate effect, was conveyed in a letter by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Danladi Kifasi. Daura was born in Daura, Katsina State, […]

Suspected killers of ex-vice chancellor sent to prison Hakeem Gbadamosi – Akure

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, has ordered that the two suspected killers of the former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Professor Albert Ilemobade, Yemi Bamitale and Daniel Ita, be remanded in prison. The two accused, who were facing a five-count charge of murder and robbery, have […]

How 23-year-old First Class Maths graduate changed the face of 24-year-old Community Secondary School (CSS), Abuloma, Port Harcourt

Posted by admin Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Rivers, State News Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Written by: Dapo Falade – Port Harcourt Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Cynthia advertisement OP HEADLINES Last Tuesday, 23-year-old Miss Cynthia Adaeze Onwuchuruba reversed what appeared to be a curse on a school, Community Secondary School (CSS), Abuloma in Port Harcourt Rivers State which had been in existence for 24 years. Doing what many […]