LEADERS of Nigeria Labour Con-gress, NLC and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC counterparts, yesterday vowed that there was no going back on next week three-day warning strike aimed at forcing the government to implement the N18,000 minimum wage.

The Edo State government reacted angrily, yesterday, to the House of Representatives motion asking the Federal authorities to withhold forthwith the monthly Federal allocations to local governments in Edo and Ekiti states saying the reps, by the action had shown that they are “jobless.”

An encounter with Mrs Christie Essien-Igbokwe is like an eternity. Her story equally reads like a novel. When she begins, you have no choice than to listen.

What really baffles me is when they said they are looking for a consensus candidate from the North because since the first republic, the North has never had one single candidate contesting presidential election in this country

STRATEGICALLY located at the nation’s territorial water way, the Atlas Cove oil facility, a major distributive channel of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has for sometime now, elicited security alerts, following the July 12, 2009 attack, allegedly by a group operating under the aegis of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND).

Rickey Tarfa became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, at the age of 38. He is the first SAN from Adamawa State and has risen to become one of Nigeria’s respected and regarded legal practitioners and notary’s public.

Speaker Dimeji Bankole’s three years as presiding officer of the House of Representatives have indeed been remarkable. In three years the once innocent looking 37 year young man who before strolled the corridors of the National Assembly a loner, has transformed into a colossal national power broker.

As the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, yesterday flagged-off the insurance scheme for its members nationwide, Vice President Namadi Sambo said any form of attack on journalists should be considered as a crime against humanity.

Nollywood actor, Francis Duru who recently made headlines as the controversial actor that is leading other entertainers to champion the campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition in the forthcoming 2011 elections is playing the role of Majek Fashek in the forthcoming bio-pic on the one of Nigeria’s top reggae singers, Majek Fashek.

President Goodluck Jonathan declared yesterday that he is in the 2011 presidential race to give service and the issue of beating a retreat midway does not arise.

Former Super Eagles and Auxere of France defender Pastor Taribo West has faulted the selection process for the Super Eagles Chief Coach job by the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA.

Danny Jordaan, the chief executive of the 2010 World Cup, is seeking a seat on the Fifa executive committee.
The all-powerful executive committee decides, among other things, where future World Cups will be played.

We all know that the year 2010 is moving fast towards the end. We all started in January, and we all started with high hopes inspite of the predictions by many renowned economists that things would be tough.

The Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE gave the consortium behind a $2.5 billion bid for former state telecoms monopoly Nitel 20 more days to pay a deposit, prolonging uncertainty over the sale.

Former Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, coach Kashimawo Laloko has described Samson Siasia ‘s appointment as the new Super Eagles coach as a beginning of a new era in the country’s football.