By Victor Ahiuma-Young IBADAN—NATIONAL Union of Civil Engineering, Construction Furniture and Wood Workers (NUCECFWW), has said no fewer than 55,000 members lost their jobs to harsh operating environment including the violence in Niger Delta region. Speaking at the union’s ongoing  9th annual industrial relations/education conference in Ibadan, Oyo State,   General Secretary of the Union, Babatunde […]

By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA—A group of Senators and members of the House of Representatives under the aegis of Forum of the National Assembly for the actualisation of states creation, yesterday said new states will be created before the 2011 general election. The group added that the proposed amendment of the 1999 Constitution will not be […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia state, has flagged off a medical mission embarked upon by a group of Nigerian Doctors based in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The group, it was learnt returned home to impart the experience they had acquired in their chosen profession. Addressing the ceremony, […]

As at the close of entries on Saturday evening more than 700 athletes had entered for the Mobil Championship and still counting.

By Tony Edike ENUGU—DIRECTOR General, Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), Dr Emeka Okereke, has called on the Federal Government to as matter of urgency, release sufficient  fund to develop the permanent site of the Enugu Trade Fair Complex. Okereke told reporters in Enugu, that unless substantial funds were made available to […]