By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Enugu state council has apologized to Governor Sullivan Chime over the unsavoury remarks reportedly made by the NLC leadership following the Governor’s inability to receive the protest rally by labour and civil society organisations on July 17, 2009. In a statement by the Chairman, Mr Chris Ani, […]

Governor Oshiomhole made the call recently while receiving commissioners from the South-South geo-political region in the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), who were in his office to present its report of the downward review of remunerations of political, public and judicial officers to him.

Lamenting the decline, which the firm said had led to increased failures of the subject in examinations, Manager, Community Relations and Development of the firm, Mr. Andy Odeh, who spoke during the finals of a Mathematics quiz competition organized by the firm in partnership with the Rivers State government for some secondary schools in the state, urged government, school authorities, parents and other stakeholders to take up the challenge to reawaken interest in the subject among students.

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA – A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra state, has struck out the charge of faking Eva bottled water brought against an Ojoto, Anambra state business man, Emmanuel Okeke. The court meanwhile ordered the forfeiture of the fake products to the Federal Government, following the sudden death of the accused […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the setting up of a specialised courts to handle cases of financial and economic crimes in the country to give more bite to the anti-graft agencies.

By  Tony Edike ENUGU – THE death of Chuka Ogbodo alias Ngwu egere omu, the dreaded armed robbery kingpin that unleashed terror on policemen and banks in the South Eastern states in the past few years was confirmed yesterday, when the police exhumed his corpse from a bush in Isuochi area of Abia state, where […]

This was also replicated at Forestry Road already earmarked for dualization by the state government.
Those who could not do the demolition themselves engaged the services of carpenters and bricklayers to help them remove the structures before the arrival of the demolition squad with their bulldozers to demolish the said property.

ELDERS, Oba, chiefs and chairmen of local governments in Lagos State have condemned the recent attack on Atlas Cove in Lagos by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and warned the group to desist from carrying out future assault.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till July 27, 2007 for definite hearing in the petition filed by Access Bank Plc against African Petroleum Plc over alleged default in the payment of a loan facility.

The Mbari architectural structures, commonly seen among the Mbaise and Owerri people of Imo State was an artistic appeasement to the gods, especially, the thunder god, Amadioha.

The winning of the prestigious prize in 2001, by Nigeria’s Helon Habila through his entry, Love Poem invigorated a new competitive spirit in the nation’s huge stock of emerging literary writers.

Optimum ultilisation of Lagos Deep Off-Shore Logistics (LADOL) will save the economy about N1.5 billion ($10 million) annually and create thousand of jobs , said

By  Eziuche Nwoka EVERYDAY in our state capital, guided tours are sponsored by our state government and Nigerians are given free return tickets and hotel accommodations, taken round the state in Coaster buses and shown various projects in the state. This is truly the first of its kind by any state government as neither Governor […]

Capital market operators have commended some banks operating in the country for the bold step to write off their margin loans and re-start on a clean slate in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy of total disclosure.

By Michael EbohBy Michael Eboh Occasioned by losses on the share prices of majority of the listed equities, the value of listed equities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dipped, Tuesday, by N102.18 billion. Particularly, the value of listed equities, represented by the market capitalisation, dropped by 1.93 per cent to close at N5.195 trillion […]