From the monthly archives: April 2011

Employee Compensation Act designed to address insecurity

On April 29, 2011 · In Business

Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has said that Employee Compensation Act, ECA, which is under its management, is to address all issues relating to workers’ insecurity, safety and anxiety.

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5 policemen, 3 suspected thugs, LP candidate arrested in Bayelsa

On April 29, 2011 · In News

The police authorities in Bayelsa State, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of Mr. Barnabas Edure, a Labour Party candidate in Tuesday’s state House of Assembly poll.

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American Hip-Hop act, Jackson rocks thousands in Ghana

On April 29, 2011 · In Music

American hip hop act John David Jackson over the weekend gave patrons in Ghana, their monies worth and a lot to cheer about, when he staged one of the biggest concerts ever to be held at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre.

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Police constable involved in armed robbery

On April 29, 2011 · In Crime Alert

Activities at Festac Police division went on as usual on April 6, 2011, with the men on alert. At 8.30am, an Anti-Robbery police team were seen scampering into one of the patrol vans. Destination was an apartment around Amuwo -Odofin, where a distress call informing that some gang of robbers clad in police uniform were operating.

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Displaced 7-Up traders cry for space

On April 29, 2011 · In Metro

Scores of petty traders at Seven-Up Bus-stop, in Ikeja area of Lagos whose shops were recently razed are yet to find convenient spaces to continue their businesses

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Hotel security: biometric identification coming

On April 29, 2011 · In Travel & Tourism

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has said that biometric system of identification in hotels will go a long way in stemming the increasing rate of criminal activities in the industry.

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How auto-mechanic who posed as Police officer was arrested in Lagos

On April 29, 2011 · In Crime Alert

Nemesis has a way of catching up with evil doers. As it has finally caught up with a 50-year-old man, Akidele Omole, who lives at number 9, Oseyintola street, Command area of Ipaja, Lagos,with his wife and four children.

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Best Western Hotel makes case for standard in the industry

On April 29, 2011 · In Travel & Tourism

The General Manager, Best Western hotel Ikeja, Jonathan Patterson, said the standard they have brought into hospitality business in Lagos will differentiate them from others in the state.

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Dumped and abandoned: The pathetic story of Ruffia

On April 29, 2011 · In Metro

This is the sad, touching story of a young girl who simply identified herself as Ruffia. According to the girl who could barely communicate audibly, she was born a normal child

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FTAN decries double taxation of members

On April 29, 2011 · In Travel & Tourism

The President of the association, Sam Alabi, said it is ironical that the states that distributed the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) registration forms to them are now the same people asking them to denounce NTDC.

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Wakanow promises travellers stress free holidays

On April 29, 2011 · In Travel & Tourism

The management of Wakanow, Nigeria’s largest online travel porta, is set to introduce a credit card in conjunction with United Bank for Africa (UBA) that will ease business transaction for business and leisure travelers.

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Afribank Strategizes to Grow Retail Market

On April 28, 2011 · In Business

Afribank Nigeria Plc has drawn up strategies to grow its retail market across the network in line with broad business plan for the year.

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Hassan threatens INEC over exclusion in poll

On April 28, 2011 · In News

The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Gombe State in the last election, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan, has threatened to take legal action against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over what he described as the exclusion of his name in Tuesday’s gubernatorial poll in the state.

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Actress Dakore is pregnant

On April 28, 2011 · In Home Video People

Less than a year after tying the nuptial knots with her heart throb in that star studded and glittering marriage to Olumide, son of billionaire businessman, Harry Akande, Nollywood actress Dakore Egbuson is pregnant.

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