By AbdulSalam Muhammad Kano -  The Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Usman Bayero Nafada, has assured Nigerians that the House will deliver an amended constitution to the country before the 2011 general election. Nafada told journalists in Kano that efforts are being  put in place to ensure that the Natioanl Assembly completes […]

By Enyim Enyim Onitsha  – Onitsha traders in Ose Okwuodu market have protested the imposition of N500 levy by the new market executive,  recently installed by the Anambra state government. The traders in a peaceful protest marched through the major streets of Onitsha. Mr R. L O Fidelis, who led the protest said, they were […]

By Sam Eyoboka Lagos – AS part of its corporate social responsibility of ex-raying, anatomising, analysing and proffering solutions to the various challenges facing Nigeria, the Foursquare Gospel Church will today hold its annual Samuel Odunaike Memorial Lecture 2009 and Leadership Foundation Dinner. The theme of the programme scheduled for the Sheraton Hotel and Towers […]

By Ifunanya Okafor Lagos – CAMPAIGN for Democratic Workers Rights (CDWR) has called on the Lagos State government, authorities of the Lagos State Police Command and Lagbus Assest Management Limited to release the remaining five of the seven BRT workers arrested on Monday during a strike and protest over improved conditions of service. The group […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Lagos-The two unions in the nation’s petroleum industry, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have petitioned the Federal Government, lamenting that their position on government planned deregulation of the downstream oil industry had unfortunately been interpreted by […]