Anyiam-Osigwe book for public presentation today
THE Anyiam Osigwe foundation’s 2013 Anyiam Osigwe lecture series would feature a book presentation written in honour of the late patriarch of the Anyiam-Osigwe family.
Appeal Court reserves judgment on N66m suit involving bank
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industry (NBCI), challenging decision of the Federal High Court in awarding damages of N66 million to Dauphin Nigeria Limited.
SSUCOEN rejects AGF’s proposed implementation of IPPIS for members
THE Senior Staff Union in Colleges of Education, Nigeria, SSUCOEN, has declared that it has rejected the proposed implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, believed to have been put in place by the Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, for members of the Union.
No business without union business — OATUU scribe
Owei Lakemfa, the OATUU scribe, was a student activist, former Acting General secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress and the pioneer Labour Editor of Vanguard .
The KMF annual lecture has been sponsored solely by Friedrich Ebert Stifftung for 17 years.
This edition of Labour Vanguard presents excerpts from his paper which can be described as a well documented history of the Nigerian labour movement.
Price of foreign rice may crash as FG plans tariff cut
The price of foreign rice may fall ahead of this yuletide as the federal government wants to review downward the 110 percent import duty and levy it slammed on the commodity January this year to boost local production.
Army kills 40 Boko Haram suspects in Borno
Over 40 suspected Boko Haram members were killed in an offensive by the military, which raided its identified cells using air strikes and ground troops from the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, in Bita village, Damboa-Gwoza road in Borno State.
Oba of Benin, Gowon give Oshiomhole pass mark
THE Benin monarch, Oba Erediauwa, yesterday, said that Governor Adams Oshiomhole has “done very well” in his five years as governor of Edo State.
Lagos narratives herald Nigeria’s centenary at LABAF 2013
ORganised by the Committee for Relevant Arts (CORA), the 2013 Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF) which took place from November 15 to 17 at Freedom Park, Lagos was held in memory of Africa’s literary ancestor, late Prof. Chinualumogu Achebe, who passed on earlier in the year.
G7 govs’ defection no threat to PDP – Ex-ASUU boss
FORMER Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, said in Asaba, Delta State, yesterday, that the defection of G7 governors to All Progressives Congress, APC, does not pose any threat to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Ministry staff demand Wike, perm sec’s sack over N900m unpaid allowances
Protesting staff of Education Ministry, and colleagues from other ministries who were in sympathy, have demanded for the immediate removal of the supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, and permanent secretary, Dr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, for failure of the ministry to pay their promotion allowances since 2007.
Malaria kills 300,000 children annually in Nigeria —MAPS
Malaria is responsible for the death of more than 300,000 children under the age of five in Nigeria annually, the Malaria Action Programme for States, MAPS, has said.
