*Allegation baseless, says govt By Dayo Johnson AKURE—THE opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has condemned the invasion of the state by armed robbers and hired assassins. It would be recalled that within 24 hours two persons were gun down by gunmen in cold blood in Akure metropolis. In a statement by […]

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross Rivers State weekend escaped unhurt as his entourage was involved in a minor accident.

As women mark the International Women’s Day today, the International Labour Organisation, ILO, has stated that 15 years after the Beijing conference on women’s rights, millions of women are far from attaining equality with their male colleagues in the workplace, according to ILO.

Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said the state government approved marginal increment in school fees at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, in order to make radical changes in the infrastructural development of the university and make it comparable to any higher institution in the world.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS—INDICATIONS emerged, weekend, that a new minimum wage for workers may be announced for workers on May 1, 2010, expected to considerably push up the current wage of N7,500. Organised labour is demanding for what it calls a minimum living wage of N52,200 to enable workers cope with the worsening economic and […]