Declaring the killing of Osama bin Laden “a good day for America,” President Barack Obama said Monday the world was safer without the al-Qaida terrorist and mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. His administration used DNA testing to help confirm that American forces in Pakistan had in fact killed bin Laden, as U.S. officials sought to erase all doubt about the stunning news.

INDICATIONS emerged, yesterday, during the Workers’ Day celebrations, that Organised Labour and state governments were heading for a showdown over the implementation of the N18,.00 new minimum wage as many states were hinging its payment on the implementation of a new revenue allocation that will give more money to state and local governments rather than the Federal Government.

AHEAD of May 29 date for the formal inauguration of President-elect Goodluck Jonathan, there is palpable anxiety among members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who have started scheming for positions under the incoming government just as the ruling party leadership will barring last-minute change in plan, meet this week to discuss, among others, who gets what in the next cabinet.

A group of placard and palm frond- carrying Urhobo women suspected to be members of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, stormed the streets of Warri, yesterday, with two caskets, protesting the re-election of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State. The protest came as a group of Uduaghan’s supporters celebrated his victory in Warri with drums and music.

It’s May Day, a day that workers, all over the world, in solidarity, express their views on factors that influence their lives . It is a day to speak loud about working conditions, employer-employee relationship, the economy, etc.
Today, Nigerian workers will join their counterparts all over the world to mark Workers Day.