Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Anambra State branch, Wednesday called on the Federal Government to rescind its planned withdrawal of fuel subsidy.

Clerics have declared war on Abia State Government over its indigenisation policy, as the parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Egbelu-Umuhu, Rev. Father Ben Ogu, has called for Governor Theodore Orji to be declared persona-non-grata in all states of the country.

Suspended vice chairman of Eredo Local Government Development Area, in Lagos State, Mr. Adesanya Lateef and some of his executive council members have refuted allegations that they have brokered a truce with the chairman of the council, Adelaja Sabiu.

Some residents of Nsukka have described as evil and abominable, the alleged raping of old women by some recalcitrant youths at Opi, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State

TRAGEDY struck in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, as a 25-year-old operator and a father of two, working with a construction company (names withheld) in the area, was squeezed to death by a concrete mixing machine.

Nigeria’s economy has been projected to be Africa’s biggest economy by 2018, overtaking South Africa in the process. Head of Research Africa, Standard Chartered Bank, Mrs Razia Khan, stated this at the Africa Summit organised by the bank in Lagos, with the theme, “Africa in the Super-Cycle”.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has approved the immediate sack of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of government- owned multi-million naira oil palm plantation, Adapalm Nigeria Limited, led by Christian Nnadumije Igwe.

PROMOTERS for the creation of Toru-Ibe State have appealed to the governments and opinion leaders in Edo, Delta and Ondo states not to misinform or mislead Nigerians about their agitation.

Breast cancer today is not what it was 20 years ago. Survival rates are climbing, thanks to greater awareness, more early detection, and advances in treatment. For thousands of people who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful.

IMPLEMENTATION of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme is being threatened by states that are not accessing their matching grant.

What is the place of women in the Nigerian film industry? How much has the industry helped in the empowerment of the womenfolk? Is it that the women have been portrayed in a bad light or that, they are made to be victims of systematic discrimination and stereotypes in Nollywood?

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is engulfed in deep crisis following the inability of ace comedian, Alhaji Babatunde Omidina, (Baba Suwe), who was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of drug trafficking, to excrete drugs after three trials.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has said the move by the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF to amend the constitution to remove labour and related matters from the exclusive list to the concurrent list, is aimed at killing the labour movement.

AT the resumed hearing of corruption suit by Financial and Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the former governor of Ekiti State, Chief Ayo Fayose, yesterday at the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti, the former governor questioned the jurisdiction of court to hear the suit.

A RENOWNED Industrial Relations scholar and Vice-Chancellor of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, JABU, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, Professor Sola Fajana, has bemoaned the poor labour standards in the country, lamenting that Nigeria has continually been carpeted by the International Labour Organisation, ILO, for flagrant violation of workers and trade union rights.