Ex-Dock workers drag NPA, others to court over unpaid benefits

Ex-Dock workers drag NPA, others to court over unpaid benefits

NO fewer than 18 retrenched Dock Workers registered at the Calabar Seaport, have dragged the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Ministry of Labour and five others to the National Industrial Court, NIC, Calabar Division, Cross River State, over alleged unpaid entitlements amounting to N800 Million.
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Fair hearing: Appeal Court cannot resolve issues it ordered for retrial

Fair hearing: Appeal Court cannot resolve issues it ordered for retrial

Whether the lower court was justified in holding that the appellants relied on traditional evidence or history in proof of their claim as opposed to numerous and positive acts of ownership. Whether the refusal by the lower court to consider and determine the appellants’ omnibus ground of appeal was right and did the same not constitute a denial of the appellants’ right to fair hearing.

Senate orders Lufthansa to pay FG N2.19bn

Senate orders Lufthansa to pay FG N2.19bn

Senate Committee on Aviation has ordered Lufthansa Airlines to pay to the Federal Government N2.198 billion being debt owed from non-payment of royalty or face sanctions.

Battleground Edo State

Battleground Edo State

TWO major political parties – incumbent party in power, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and its arch rival, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have rolled out their drums of war ahead of the July 14, 2012 governorship election.

UNICEF worries over 2015 EFA target

UNICEF worries over 2015 EFA target

United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed skepticism over the ability of African countries to meet Education for All, EFA target by 2015 despite concerted efforts by African leaders.

Airhiavbere weeps over plight of Ijaw in Edo

Airhiavbere weeps over plight of Ijaw in Edo

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the July 14 governorship election in Edo State, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd), broke down in tears, yesterday, over the plight of the Ijaw living in the riverine areas of the state, describing the abject poverty and neglect of the people by government as “unacceptable.”

Okada Ban: Cyclists demand release of 8,000 cycles

Okada Ban: Cyclists demand release of 8,000 cycles

Commercial motorcycles riders, commonly called Okada riders in Lagos have demanded the release of over 8,000 bikes seized by the Lagos State Government, following the order by a Federal High Court, Ikeja, Lagos, which restrained the state government from arresting them.

Relief for families of drowned school children

Relief for families of drowned school children

Relief has come the way of the families of school children who lost their lives in a boat mishap on February 13, 2012 as the Lagos State Government at the weekend gave cash as compensation to them. The children, who were ten in number, were on their way to school in Igbede in Ojo Local Government Area when they met their untimely end during a heavy rainstorm.