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Tough battle awaits Yobo in Lisbon

Tough battle awaits Yobo in Lisbon

Super Eagles captain, Yobo Joseph and his team mates in Fenerbahce will be in for a tough task in tonight’s Europa League semi final second leg clash with host Benfica if threats from their opponents’ coach are anything to go bye.

LPG Cylinders above 15 years to go – SON

LPG Cylinders above 15 years to go – SON

Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has vowed to remove old Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders from circulation, said it’s Director General, Joseph Odumodu.

Baga fishing town paralysed by fear after slaughter

Baga fishing town paralysed by fear after slaughter

– A few residents stand amid razed houses and charred vehicles in the Nigerian fishing town of Baga, still mostly deserted nearly two weeks after fierce fighting between troops and Islamist insurgents.

Jonathan, most abused president, says Nwanyanwu

Jonathan, most abused president, says Nwanyanwu

The National Chairman of Labour Party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu has criticised Nigerians, especially, those in political circle for being disrespectful to President Goodluck Jonathan, noting that the president was the most abused ever in the history of the country.

49 die in floods, says Niger official

49 die in floods, says Niger official

Malam Mohammed Shaba, Director-General, Niger Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said the 2012 flood in the state killed 49 persons and displaced 248,120 persons.

Tukur’s sacked aides plot comeback

Tukur’s sacked aides plot comeback

ABUJA — All but one of the former many aides of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Alhaji Bamanga Tukur sacked last week have refused to collect their letters of disengagement.

Challenges of tackling ill treatment of Nigerian citizens abroad

Challenges of tackling ill treatment of Nigerian citizens abroad

IN late November 2011, there was a published report of crisis in a Nigerian mission in Asia involving Nigerian citizens resident in Bangkok and former officials of the embassy. A video of that scene was posted on YouTube and it quickly went viral with very conflicting reports. Similar incidence occurred at embassy of Nigeria in Malaysia, all encompassing from sheer act of the embassies’ official neglect to its citizens.

Workers protest sack by Abia govt at May Day rally

Workers protest sack by Abia govt at May Day rally

By Tony Edike   ENUGU—Some civil servants disengaged by Abia State Government  last year for being non-indigenes of the state, Wednesday , took their protest to the Enugu State Government during the May Day rally with a plea to get them reabsorbed in their home state without further delay.   Two of the affected workers […]

NLC slams Kaduna govt over use of casual workers

NLC slams Kaduna govt over use of casual workers

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna State on Wednesday decried continued use of casual workers by the state government, saying some of the workers were being paid N5,000 as monthly salary.