Despite the suspension of the planned three-day warning strike by labour, most schools did not open, yesterday, while workers did not either report for duties or reported late.

AN Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Amisu Arogunrerin was yesterday shot dead when a gang of armed robbers ambushed a police patrol team along Ekoro Road at Emure-Ile junction in the Owo local government area of Ondo state.

QUITE often, we lampoon judges, particularly when they deliver judgements that are distasteful to us. These judges come in various forms – good, bad; corrupt and incorruptible.

Confusion has crept into the camp of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram which has unleashed a reign of terror in the northern part of the country for several months as the sect has split into two factions. One faction, the Yusufiyya Islamic Movement, YIM, has vowed to expose the other faceless group, which it described as evil group.

Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Chris Cooter, has urged the Federal Government to implement the Freedom of Information Act to foster democracy and economic development in the country.

Ajose Olusegun’s frustration is finally set to be over after his WBC light-welterweight title eliminator with Ali Chebah was moved from Algeria to America. The 31 year-old has planned to travel to Albania twice in the past only to be told days before that unrest in the country would prevent the bout from taking place.

Ministries and schools in Cross River State remained closed, yesterday, despite the calling off of the proposed warning strike by labour leaders over the non-implementation of the approved minimum wage.

In the art of body decoration, colour depicts various things. It symbolizes situations, conditions and event. It can be used to convey a sense of awe or reverence. For example, red stands for fertility and marriage, yellow stands for sickness, white stands for purity or for magic, black and indigo dyes are generally used depending on the occasion.

Workers of Plateau State Government-owned tertiary institutions who resumed their suspended eight-month old strike on Monday have vowed not to resume work despite the threat of sanction from the government.

The Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved July 25, for ruling on applications filed by counsel to Governor Gabriel Suswam and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking an extension of time to enable them regularise their replies to Senator Daniel Saror’s petition challenging Suswam’s victory.

Chairman of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna, Justice G. A. Kwajafa, yesterday, rejected an application for the dismissal of the petition challenging the election of Governor Patrick Yakowa which was filed by the gubernatorial candidate of the Congress for Progress Change, CPC, Haruna Saeed.

Following suspension of industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, civil servants in Bauchi State have expressed mixed feelings over the N18,000 national minimum wage.

Samson Siasia has described Brown Ideye as the future of the Super Eagles and says the striker will get his chance soon.
Ideye was again left out of the Nigeria squad named on Tuesday by Siasia, but the coach says he remains in the picture.

The health workers union in Anambra State, yesterday, threatened not to resume work unless the state government signed an agreement with it on payment of a new salary structure.

Cable Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, CAMAN, has called for stiffer sanctions against importers and marketers of sub-standard cables in the country.