Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday admonished the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to act with caution in the on-going sanitization of the banking industry, warning that the congress would not tolerate any action that will compromise the welfare of workers.

World Bank Vice-President (African Region) and Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday reacted to reports that she was being investigated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), over alleged fraud while in office, insisting that no fund was mismanaged.

The World Bank and federal government have lent support to the Cross River State government over the Free Health Care Programme for pregnant women and children under five years.

A 76-year-old woman, Mrs Ibiwari Brown, who was kidnapped two months ago in Abalama, Asari-Toru local government area of Rivers State has been set free, even as the family refused to pay the N38 million ransom demanded by the abductors.

In a statement signed by the CRPP chairman in the state, Dr Samson Isibor, the coalition alleged that “from our assessment, thugs and government officials intimidated voters in the area and many people were deprived of voting due to the sporadic shooting by armed thugs.

I READ your write up on the humiliation of Goodluck and Onosode. I want to know why incessant strikes are the only solution to the myriad of problems facing our universities. Why can’t ASUU follow the path of dialogue and diplomacy and call off the strike while the negotiations continue? I believe in the sincerity of the Yar’Adua government in finding a lasting solution to the ASUU- FG face off.

The Nigerian Extractive Industries Initiative (NEITI), has expressed grave concern over several mind-boggling findings in the 2005 audit of the Nigerian oil and gas sector for which answers are yet to be provided.
NEITI, passed into law in 2007, is the official watchdog of Nigerian extractive sector and is empowered to mete out penalties to erring firms, including licence revocation.

By Daniel Idonor Abuja – Barely  24 hours after the Presidency dispensed with rumours of Northernisation of the nation’s banking sector as alleged by some southerners, Nigerian ethnic politics yesterday shifted to the North when the region accused the Federal Government of attempt to ‘Southernise’ the Federal Civil Service. As expected, like in the case […]

Gover nor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has said that he was once diagnosed with cancer but survived through prayers to God.

By Isiaka Oyibo Lokoja – Three Indians were yesterday kidnapped and scores of others wounded when members of the host community of the multi-billion Naira Obajana Cement Factory, Oyo-Waa, broke into the the company in protest over what it described as “violation of agreements reached with the company”. The protesting community members, who were said […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad Kano -  Minister of State for Commerce, Humphrey Abba, yesterday in Kano, disagreed with the Chairman, House Committee on Commerce, Mr Nnaji over President Yar’Adua’s 7-Point Agenda which the latter described as “equivalent to a waste of time”. Nnaji, who was represented by Mr Ubale Jakada Kiru, stirred the hornet’s nest in […]

The Director- General, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Abdulsalam Sambo, yesterday attributed the problem of energy production and utilization in the country to the dearth of professionals with broad training in, and understanding of energy production, delivery, consumption and its impact on the environment.

I recently found out that my girlfriend of over a year was cheating on me. You can imagine how I felt when she told me that she had cheated because she wanted to find out what it was like to have sex with a man who is well stacked.

I’ve been with my partner now for a couple of years. Initially, sex was great and spontaneous. We couldn’t keep our hands away from each other. Recently, however, love-making doesn’t turn me on as it used to. This is quite frustrating for both of us and I genuinely care for my partner.

CHAIRMAN of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Mrs. Farida Waziri appears to see the hunt for bank chiefs as an opportunity to impress those who rate the EFCC dead.