CHAIRMAN of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), Mr. Shino Agulaja, has said about 250,000 jobs are expected to be created when the Koko Free Trade Zone becomes functional.

Professor Idowu Awopetu of the Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife who led high-powered national delegation of ASUU to the Delta State University Abraka, said the union has gone round their branches in the zone and resolved to continue with the strike for as long as the Federal Government refuses to do what is right for this country.

The on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has become a subject of litigation at a Federal High Court in Lagos as a lawyer, Mr Nonso Ezika, has dragged the union, Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu and the Minister of Labour, Mr. Adetokunbo Kayode, before the court.

THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council at a stakeholders’ meeting, weekend, called on the Delta State government to urgently intervene and stop the encroachment on the plot of land allocated to the union by some unauthorized persons.

Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit,Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods, weekend, sealed off another 14 patent medicine stores and arrested seven illegal operators in Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state.

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI – Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State has appealed to the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to ensure strict adherence to the principle of geographical spread in appointments at all levels of government in the country. Ohakim made the appeal in  an address read on his behalf by his Deputy, Dr. Ada […]

STRIKING members of the Non-Academic Staff of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in the nation’s universities and their Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) counterpart, have said government directives to the university governing councils to negotiate with striking workers is not only a big joke, but also a proof that government is not interested in resolving the industrial unrest in the universities.

By Tony Edike ENUGU – THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner in Enugu State, Mr Austin Okojie, has proposed the First-Past-the Post and  modified proportional representation for 2011 general elections. Under the system, he explained, participants in an election especially those who scored 70 percent and above stand to benefit from the […]

By Henry Umoru Nsukk a- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu has said that there will be no second term for its chairmen in the 17 local government areas of the state. Mr Oliver Ajibo, PDP Chairman in Nsukka council, disclosed this to newsmen after informing the aspirants of the party’s decisions at the […]

THE Lagos State Government has called on the authorities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to check the excesses of tanker drivers operating along NNPC depot in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA).