For almost a decade, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the federal government have been at logger heads over an issue; deregulation. Is it time for both to resolve their differences? Who pays the price? Is there a division within the labour movement as reported by some dailies? These are the issues that Labour Vanguard got the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Abdulwaheed Ibrahim Omar to speak on

Speaking in an interview, he said “it is not true that there is no definite post amnesty plan for the region. Those canvassing this position should go and read various documents and reports and papers presented to Mr. President for comments on the amnesty programme.

According to him, the decision of the South-South governors to pull out of the amnesty deal is commendable and exposes the intention of the federal government on the announced amnesty after a military operation which saw the wiping out of Gbaramatu community.

Decrying the state of insecurity and the spate of killings, kidnappings, robbery, corruption and other social ills in the country, the Church also called on the federal government to arrest the situation immediately.

By Onochie Anibeze At the end of his Febru  ary inspection of venues for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA Vice President, Jack Warner, addressed the media at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos where he expressed huge disappointment on the facilities Nigeria presented  and warned that FIFA would not hesitate to award the hosting rights […]

Executive Director of the firm, Mr. Eric Fajemisin, who stated this in Enugu at a forum to celebrate retirees in the South-Eastern part of the country, said Stanbic IBTC Pensions currently pays over N600 million to over 14,000 retirees monthly.

The lawmakers, under the aegis of Lagos Caucus of the National Assembly, said the government was double dealing by mounting continuous oppositions on the creation of local councils in Lagos State since they were created in 2002, but has, however, given recognition to those created in other states.

By  Babajide Komolafe LAGOS—The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has called for a drastic reduction in the size of the Petroleum Bill, saying the bill is unnecessary voluminous.

Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Lawrence Ojabo, who announced the development through a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, however, did not give any reason for the untimely removal of Peters from office.

It has been exclusively revealed that EFCC actually has no adequate witnesses to sustain its charges against the accused, according to documents obtained from the Federal High Court, Asaba and sources close to the anti-corruption agency. This explained why Ibori’s lawyers decided to exploit that at this early stage of the trial to knock off the case.