JOHESU insists on Minister’s sack
FIVE unions in the nation's health sector have said their campaigns for the sack of the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, is geared towards improving health care delivery system in the country.
Patience Jonathan: ACN, CPC, SNG, others slam Presidency
The disclosure by First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan of the critical nature of her health, Monday, aroused scathing criticisms from opposition political parties and some of the country’s leading civic society groups.
Oparaku’s attackers traced to Shell Camp Police Division
The 1996 Olympic gold medalist, Mr. Mobi Oparaku, has finally traced the operational base of the policemen that brutalized him last Thursday, to the Shell Camp Police Division, Owerri.
Host community threatens $1.2bn fertilizer plant in Rivers
PORT HARCOURT— PLANS to site Africa’s largest fertilizer plant in Eleme, Rivers State, by 2015, could be hampered by the host community’s determination to see that the project does not materialise in absence of a satisfactory Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA.
New Edo CP reads riot act to kidnappers, robbers
BENIN—THE new Commissioner of Police in Edo State, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo, Monday, assumed duties in the state with a warning to kidnappers and armed robbers to relocate from the state or meet their waterloo.
Okorocha sacks 2 commissioners
OWERRI—Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has terminated the appointment of two commissioners in the state’s Civil Service Commission, CSC.
Plateau workers threaten to resume strike
Jos—Activities may soon be paralysed in Plateau State Government-owned tertiary institutions following a threat by workers to resume their suspended strike over unpaid salaries and allowances.
Customs officer shoots colleague dead over smuggled cargoes
An Assistant Superintendent of Customs, ASC Baba Mohammed, was yesterday shot dead by his colleague, Mr. Oseni Musa Tunde, a Deputy Superintendent of Customs, DSC, following a scuffle with suspected smugglers at the Seme-Badagry area of Lagos.
BUK holds lecture in honour of Jibril
Authorities of Bayero University, Kano has concluded plans to hold a special lecture in honour of President, Nigeria Academy of Letters, Professor Munzali Jibril.
Obuh makes U-turn
Coach of Nigeria national U20 team John Obuh has returned to the team, and will be travelling with the squad to Cairo Egypt.
LCCI laments delay in passage of PIB
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, Monday, lamented the delay in the consideration of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, by the National Assembly, saying the delay is negatively affecting Nigeria’s competitiveness, making the country vulnerable and hindering the growth and transformation of the economy.
