Sunshine, Enyimba shine in Africa
Former African champions, Enyimba Football Club of Aba and Confederation Cup debutants Sunshine Stars of Nigeria shone like a million stars in their various campaigns for honours in the continent, surprisingly both on away soils.
long tenure blues
The idea of a change in the length of the tenure of the President, the Governors and the respective Legislature has been mooted on various occasions in the past.
FG meets labour over latest controversy on N18,000 new minimum wage
THE FEDERAL Government yesterday invited leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, to an emergency meeting today in what feelers described as desperate attempts to persuade labour of its commitment to honour the July 19 agreement on the N18.000 after embarrassing comments by its officials on Thursday.
Single term: Jonathan has an agenda – Falae, Musa, Bwari
Discordant tunes have continued to trail President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposed 6-year single term for elected president and governors with many suspecting the president has hidden agenda. Alhaji Balarabe Musa , former governor of old Kaduna state told Saturday Vanguard that the agenda if accepted, the proposal could alter the 2015 elections.
Police sergeant, banker, others charged to court for bank robbery
The suspected members of a killer-gang arrested early in the week by detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery unit, SARS, Ikeja, over series of bank robbery operations in Lagos metropolis have reportedly been charged to court and remanded at the maximum prison, Kirikiri, Lagos.
Single term: How parties okayed proposal in 2008
Details of how the planned single term of office for the President and governors emerged yesterday. The idea was recommended for the Federal Government by a coalition of political parties which submitted a report in May 2008.
