By Dayo Johnson AKURE—THE Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) yesterday threatened to seal-off Newspaper Houses whose owners failed to pay salaries of  workers as at when due. President of the NUJ, Mallam Garba Mohammed,  who said in a statement at the end of a four-day National Executive Council  (NEC) meeting of the union, expressed concern […]

Telecommunications giant, Globacom has appointed marketing communications specialist, Okon Iyanam who recently returned to the company as Head, Special Projects in the Communications Department. A very reliable source close to the telecommunications giant confirmed that Iyanam did not return to Globacom as Executive Director, Marketing Communications as speculated but rather as Head of Special Projects. […]

A member of the extended family of President Umaru Yar’Adua, Hajia Binta Kuraje, yesterday rose in strong defence of her brother, for the first time, describing those calling for the resignation of the ailing President as corrupt.
Speaking on behalf of the family, in Kaduna, she lashed at the anti-Yar’Adua forces, explaining that they were opposed to the Federal Government’s anti-graft war.

By Kolade Larewaju ABEOKUTA –THE President of Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA) Mr. Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu weekend, said no amount of electoral reform or judiciary system could give Nigeria free and fair elections, if Nigerians themselves refused to take practical steps to ensure that their votes count. The NBA boss who spoke as a guest lecturer […]

Dr. Erastus Akingbola, the estranged former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, weekend, said he was never in hiding and that he was prepared to come home once the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other law enforcement agencies’ hounding him, assures him of his personal safety and that of his family.