Minimum wage: Imo workers back to work
Government offices reopened for business, yesterday, in Imo State, following last minute suspension of the planned industrial action called by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC.
Ebonyi Speaker commends labour for shelving strike
Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr. Ikechukwu Nwankwo, Wednesday commended the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC for the maturity it displayed in shelving the proposed warning strike over the non-implementation of N18, 000 minimum wage by the Federal government.
NPAN holds Town Hall meeting on FoI Act tomorrow
LAGOS— Newspa per Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN, will tomorrow, hold a town hall meeting on ‘For the Public Purpose: Deepening the FoI Act,’ at Muson Centre, Lagos.
Cop runs amock, kills colleague
A police corporal attached to Governor Theodore of Abia State, yesterday, ran amock, shot and killed his colleague in Umuahia, the state capital.
Narcotic officers unearth cocaine haven in Imo state
DETERMINED to win the war against illicit trafficking in hard drugs and other psychotropic substances, operatives of the nation’s anti-drug agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Imo State, over the week, swooped on criminal hideouts where cocaine and other life -taking drugs were being freely sold.
Will I ever find a boyfriend?
I’m 21 and an undergraduate. I’ve never really had a boyfriend, just a few male friends. I’ve never been able to go through with having sex. I recently met a great guy but I would only let him kiss me, and in the end he got fed up that we couldn’t have sex. I’m now scared I might never have a relationship. Please, help!
Rukky,
Body of drowned PDP chieftain yet to be recovered
The body of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Lagos, Mr Al-Mustaim Abaniwonda, who reportedly jumped into a lagoon in Marina, Lagos, Monday, is yet to be recovered.
Slain Boko Haram leader: Court remands cop in prison…keeps 4 others on security watch list
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, remanded one of the police officers who allegedly shot leader of Boko Haram, Mallam Mohammed Yusuf, in cold blood in 2009, in prison custody.
Fear of attack scare Reps’ from discussing Boko Haram
The fear of a possible reprisal attack against them or members of their families has kept the House of Representatives from discussing the growing menace of the Boko Haram which has been engaged in violent confrontations with security forces in Borno and other northern states, Vanguard investigations have revealed.
Hacking scandal: Be bold and courageous, Amuka, Obaigbena charge Nigerian media
PRESIDENT, Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, and Vanguard Publisher, Mr. Sam Amuka, have charged the Nigerian Press to be bold and courageous in the discharge of their duties, especially in the face of the recent telephone hacking scandal currently rocking the United Kingdom.
NOC shifts 2011 Olympic Day Run to August 6
The planned nation-wide warning strike by labour has started taking its toll on the Nigerian sport scene even before the first day of the unrest as the Nigeria Olympic Committee yesterday announced that the 2011 Olympic Day Run originally planned for this weekend will now hold on August 6.
