THE upsurge in unfair labour practices such as casualisation of workers, contract staffing and refusal to allow workers to join unions especially in the petroleum, telecom and banking sectors, were identified as major concerns by labour leaders and activists in Nigeria as well as Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, FES.

Newly appointed Eagles’ coach, Samson Siasia at the weekend bid Heartland of Owerri goodbye to concentrate on the assignment of rebuilding the national team.

FOR its commitment towards taking up the challenge of defeating pneumonia in the country, the Federal government last week recieved commendation of the UNICEF Deputy Representative of UNICEF in Nigeria, Mr. Jacques Boyer.

Black Stars of Ghana pair Asamoah Gyan and Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew, Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o, and Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba of Cote’d Ivoire have been shortlised for the 2010 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. No Nigerian player made the list.

Emotions ran high yesterday at the Lagos State Police Public Relations Office, Ikeja, after a 14-year-old girl told a crowd how she was impregnated by her 50-year-old father, resulting in her delivering a baby.