The Enugu State government has faulted claims by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that it has refused to dialogue with the organized labour over disagreements on the implementation of the minimum wage law, even as community and religious leaders have criticised what they described as labour’s hasty decision to declare an indefinite strike in the state

Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has apologised to his nation after last week’s spat with coach Samson Siasia. Along with John Mikel Obi and Victor Anichebe, Enyeama had rowed about the team’s mode of travel to Madagascar. A furious Siasia then dropped Enyeama for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, stressing that his act of indiscipline was totally unacceptable.

It was another day of wailing and mourning in Plateau State yesterday* as 12 people were again killed in separate attacks on two villages in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area.

Slipped in the bath, knocked my head against a wall, and passed out. When I regained consciousness, it seemed a hundred days had passed.

Following the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation to invite Premier League clubs, Lobi Stars and Sunshine Stars FC to appear before it over subsisting allegations of match-fixing, the two teams have been clearing the air on the knotty matter..

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau says Federal Govern-ment’s indecisiveness in dealing with perpetrators of the violence in Jos is responsible for the recurring crisis in the state.

The Plateau Police Command has arrested 54 suspects in connection with the recent crisis in Jos in which many lives were lost and property destroyed.

The name of this nine-year-old girl is Favour. But life seemed not to have treated her according to her name. Rather, it has given her an unpalatable dish she would live the rest of her life pondering over, except she gets help from a psychologist fast.

Tragedy struck again in the early hours of Sunday in Jos, Plateau state. In the LGA called Barkin-Ladi when a group of bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, snuffed life out of a family of eight, including a four months old baby in a midnight raid.

It was another day of wailing and mourning in Plateau State yesterday as 12 people were again killed in separate attacks on two villages in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area.

Like the religious ritual done annually by Muslims and Christians to Mecca and Jerusalem, Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State has taken a new toga of Mecca of Scrabble as Nigerian players and foreigners alike look up to it annually.

It’s amazing the way they roll out the names of our actors and actresses, our musicians.

With the end of primary and secondary students’ holiday drawing near, Ekiti in Diaspora has committed N48million to sponsor 15, 000 Ekiti students as they resume schools this September.

Security agents in New York police yesterday mounted checkpoint and amassed operatives round the city following intelligence about a car or truck bomb plot linked to the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Officers armed with automatic weapons were stationed at city landmarks including Wall Street, Times Square and the September 11 memorial site where the Twin Towers once stood.

The story about her separation from her husband and the rumour making the rounds about the re-union did not bother her. In fact, what is apparently troubling the popular actress, producer, philanthropist and mother, Clarion Chukwurah who came to limelight in the defunct soap, “Mirror in the Sun’ is her pet project, the Clarion Chukwurah Initiative, which is taking a lot of her time and taking her away from the screen even when big money is dangled at her.