UMBRELLA organisation for senior staff associations in the country, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has expressed concerns over the spate of industrial crises in the nation’s university system.

By Isiaka Oyibo LOKOJA — RESIDENTS of Okengwe district in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State have fled the area following a violent clash yesterday among youths in the area, which resulted in the deaths of six persons and scores injured. Confirming the development, Chairman of Okene Local Government, Alhaji Yahaya Karaku, said houses […]

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, admitted yesterday that the 2007 election was disrupted by the battle between then president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

He also appealed to the general public to desist from spreading fake rumours concerning the recent crisis in Gbaramatu kingdom, saying it did more harm than good.

The Senate, yesterday, advanced the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) despite strong reservations by senators from the Niger Delta region on its lack of consideration of the interest of the oil- producing region.

It would be recalled that the governor had appealed to the House in a letter addressed to the Speaker, Mr. Zakawanu Garuba, to expedite action on the clearance of the nominees in order to commence the UBE programme in the state.

… donates two armoured carriers, 30 pick-up vehicles to Police By Enyim Enyim & Vincent Ujumadu ONITSHA—Anambra state government has re-assigned the 3.34 km Abagana- Oye Nimo road contract, originally awarded to Ave Maria and Impressor Nigeria Limited to COTABS Nigeria Limited on grounds of incompetence. Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr Callistus Ilozumba stated […]

They were unanimous in condemning the Revenue Mobilization Allocation, and Fiscal Commission for misleading the President on the issue and deliberately avoiding and suppressing the report of its technical committee set up to determine the position of Cross River as an oil producing state.

THE Ogun State Government has debunked the involvement of Governor Gbenga Daniel in the secret oath saga currently rocking the state, saying through the Commissioner for Information & Orientation, Kayode Samuel, that Governor Gbenga Daniel has never and will never administer secret oath on anybody and will not get involved in any sordid act that will bring the State into disrepute.

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—MEMBERS of the Academic Staff Union of Nwafor Orizu College of Education have begun a seven-day warning strike to press home their demand for the payment of the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions’ Salary Structure (CONTISS) and liquidation of arrears of leave allowance for the years, 2001, 2002 and 2006. Their other demands include […]

The Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) in Ekiti State, Prince Niyi Adedipe who is facing criminal charges at the State High Court is now critically ill, as he is crurrently lying at the University of Ado-Ekiti (UNAD) Teaching Hospital after he reportedly collapsed during his trial.

OGUN State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zhejiang province of the Peoples Republic of China to promote bicameral economic cooperation and partnership between both states.

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Ado Dogo Audu, has decried the unemployment rate in the country, saying his committee was set to meet President Umaru Yar’Adua over the matter as the primary responsibility of the issue.

PRELATE of Methodist Church Nigeria, Most Rev. Sunday Ola Makinde, yesterday vowed to mobilise Christians in the country to resist with the last drop of their blood any attempt by any government to impose tax on the church, just as he condemned clergymen who do not pay their income tax.

The controversy surrounding the status of Amalar, an anti-malarial, has come to an end with the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) clarifying that the product was never banned, and that the Agency never pronounced that it was banned in a press statement concerning the importation fake and adulterated Amalar and Maloxine.