AS part of activities to mark his silver jubilee celebration on the pristine throne of the ancient Warri Kingdom, Delta State, the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, will on April 28, confer chieftaincy titles on five prominent Itsekiri sons.

CRACKS have appeared within the opposition parties in Ogun State, as no fewer than 13 political parties in the state have distanced themselves from the alleged plot to team up against Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s government and his party, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, ahead of the forthcoming local government election.

BARELY a week after the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, apprehended the planned strike by workers in the Power Sector, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC, indication of fresh tension in the sector has emerged over perceived renewed insincerity by the Minister of Power and those driving the controversial Power reforms.

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, have promised to submit list of employers contravening the Pension Reform Act, PRA, 2004, to the National Pension Commission, PenCom and Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity.

LAGOS – A former director of Afribank Nigeria Plc, Mr Chinedu Onyia, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to quash the charges against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.