THE Niger Delta Nationalities Foru, NDNF, has called on Nigerians not to be in a hurry to pass judgement on President Goodluck Jonathan after 100 days in office.

KANO-A team set up by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, was Wednesday pummelled by political thugs allegedly working for the state in Kano as the workers’ strike entered its 4th day Wednesday.

AHEAD of September 30, 2011 deadline given to the rescued banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to recapitalize or face nationalization among others, the management of Union Bank Plc and organized labour has been been meeting to resolve the lingering dispute over benefits to about 2000 former workers especially those retired between 2006 and 2008.

NATIONAL Pension Commission, PenCom is to would initiate processes to automate retirement benefits approval process to ensure retirees get their retirement benefits as and when due.

IN its determined bid to rejuvenate the culture of theatre in Nigeria by creating opportunities and platforms for performing artists to exhibit their talents and advance their skills, Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF) in partnership with Terra Kulture penultimate Sunday at Terra Kulture hosted theatre lovers with the command performance of Barclays Ayakoruma’s Castles in the Air.

A first timer at the Bogobiri compound is sure to immediately feel African. Subsequently, the individual is thrown into deep meditation on the dept of dexterity of the artists who created the decors which added radiance to the entire environ. That is the New Nimbus Art Gallery now occupying a space at the Bogobiri House Ikoyi Lagos.

Elections and Electoral Violence As you are all aware, election is the mechanism through which citizens choose their representatives. Its centrality to democratic governance can therefore not be overemphasized. In contemporary times, the nexus between free, fair and credible elections and good governance is so strong that any attempt to subvert the process often invokes the wrath of the people.

HAVING lost some time following the six-week recess they embarked upon recently, senators have been saddled with tough hurdles they must surmount in the coming months.

ABAKALIKI-Ebonyi State Government and organised labour in the state are yet to reach a compromise on how and when to implement the new minimum wage for workers as labour on September 7 declared an indefinite strike.

ABUJA-AS the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, commenced the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms ahead of December 3, 2011 gubernatorial election for Kogi State, the exercise Wednesday began with protest by some members of the party from the state.

IBADAN-OYO State Government Wednesday said the total number of suspected cholera cases so far reported was 947 with 11 dead, saying Oyo North Senatorial District had the largest number of victims

AWKA- GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State said Wednesday that his administration has approved about N400 million for the empowerment of youths in the state who acquired skills under a programme initiated by the state government and Anambra Rebirth, a youth mobilization organization in the state.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, yesterday, said that the state of insecurity in the country has degenerated, urging Nigerians to pray for divine intervention.

Three weeks after the United Nations House bomb blast, the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure , Wednesday announced the names of UN members of staff and other non UN persons killed in the August 26 bomb attack. Mr. Daouda Toure confirmed that 23 persons were killed in the attack of which 11 were UN personnel and 12 non-UN persons.

A military plane crashed Wednesday at Huambo airport in central Angola killing at least 30 people, including three army generals, a military official told AFP.