The Council-in-session therefore resolved to emberk on a day peaceful protest in all colleges of education and allied institutions against the refusal of government to conclude negotiation with NASU as well as to press home demands on other relevants outstanding grievances of members inn the affected institutions on Thursday June, 18, 2009.”

The era of illiquidity in the Nigerian capital market may have been over, as investors in the secondary segment of the market have jettisoned their fear of collapse of the market, staking their funds in the exchange of equities in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

Apart from going from one university to the other, CEFARRD intends to achieve meaningful orientation of university students by establishing Youth and Dreams Leadership Forum in universities which will provide a platform for opinion leaders in tutoring and mentoring of the students.

Tourism to Africa will grow by a slower 2-3 per cent in 2009 from around 47 million arrivals last year because the global economic slowdown is making travellers cut costs, a U.N. tourism body said on Tuesday. Tourism has become a key source of foreign exchange for many African nations, and in countries like Mauritius and Seychelles it makes up over 30 per cent of gross domestic product.

Nigerians across all ages, creeds, groups and both sexes have wholeheartedly embraced the on-going national ID infrastructure upgrade being implemented by the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC.

His words: “ I absolve the governor of any complicity in the crisis in the riverine area. Why I say so is this, there is no way a man will build a house himself and destroy that same house.

The criteria for nomination was based on selfless service; enduring achievements; sincerity of purpose; resilience; patriotism; uprightness; respectability and incorruptibility.

And in Abuja, President Umaru Yar’Adua, reacting to the news that militant leader, Ateke Tom, was ready to embrace the Government’s amnesty offer said “it would be a great joy for me to personally accept the first militant leader who takes advantage of this amnesty.”

According to him, “ this could be substantiated by the participation by Nigerian Armed Forces in peace keeping and peace enforcement operations in Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Yugoslavia, to mention a few, all of which its members earned commendations; therefore their so-called claims hold no waters. They (MEND) are just a body of criminals that has run out of ideas.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu said yesterday that he was determined to ensure that the de ceased former Governor of old Anambra  State and  his in-law, Chief Christian Onoh was given a befitting burial.

By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—A Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Mrs. Akua Kuenyehia yesterday disclosed that the ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute the masterminds of crimes against humanity taking place in the Niger Delta if Nigeria sends a petition to it for intervention.

By Daniel Idonor ABUJA— PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday assured Nigerian Christians wishing to perform the annual Holy Pilgrimage to Israel that the Federal Government will continue to support and subsidise their fares to the holy land. The President who spoke when he received the reports of the 2008 pilgrimage to Israel from the Federal […]

I heard from the grapevine that he took a second wife over a year ago. The irony of it all is that he claimed to be single, so the other woman doesn’t know of my existence. What do I do? Does he still deserve my love? At times I feel like running away. I hurt and stay awake every night he stays away. I am dying in silence.

NEWS that Shell has agreed to pay compensations worth $15.5 million to the families of the killed Ogoni Nine resurrects a case that has almost been forgotten.

By Evelyn Usman Nosamu Street, in the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos, is one of the strategically located commercial streets around the area, as it directly faces the popular Alayabiagba market and other business districts in the area.  However, in spite this commercial edge over other streets, residents of the area are currently gripped […]