Flood: Kogi to commence evacuation in 48 hours
Kogi State government has announced its intent to commence the process of evacuating people living in flood prone areas in the next 48 hours.
This came at a time victims of 2012 flood disaster in the cried cried out that they had been schemed out in the allocation of the post-flood estate built by the government for their relocation.
Ika South NURTW wants 2 former leaders probed
National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Ika South chapter, Delta State, has called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, of the state and security agencies, to investigate activities of two former leaders of the union, bent on inflicting mayhem on innocent citizens in the local government.
Nigeria@55: Lack of focus, good leadership dragged Nigeria backward – Etiebet
Chief Don Etiebet, former Minister of Petroleum and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), believes lack of good leadership and focus are the reasons Nigeria is still backward in the comity of nations.He says the change Nigeria needs has started with the election of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Labour assures maritime workers of 8 months pay arrears
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday assured aggrieved dockworkers that their eight months salary arrears would be paid any time from tomorrow, saying the management of Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, had finally signed all papers relating to the payment.
Metal pipes kill grandfather in Lagos
LAGOS—TRAGEDY struck, yesterday, at Five Star Logistics Terminal, Lagos, after heavy metal pipes fell on a 62-year-old grandfather, who later died before he could get to the hospital
Delta govt wades into Itsekiri youths, Chevron dispute
Delta State Government, has wadded into the dispute between Itsekiri youths on the aegis of Itsekiri Interest Initiative, III, and Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, forcing the youths to relax the three weeks ultimatum to CNL.
