Security operatives had to engage the kidnappers that abducted wives of the Ondo Lands and Housing Commissioner and the Permanent Secretary before they were freed on Tuesday.

THE leadership of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) Wednesday described the pressure on the Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, to decamp to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by its members as most inappropriate and obscene, especially coming from a ruling party that ought to chart a credible democratic pathway for the nation.

By Emma Amaize The Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has explained why it chose to target installations belonging to oil major, Chevron, alleging that the transnational, in the wake of JTF offensive, was “indifferent to the plight of human beings under whose land they are drilling oil and gas.” the militant organisation said […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young KANO—NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC), has said government officials were foot-dragging on the N52,200 minimum wage being demanded by labour in order to sustain and continue their extravagant lifestyle in the midst of the so-called economic melt down. It, however, insisted that the demand for pay rise for workers and general review of […]

By Funmi Komolafe in Geneva GENEVA—In its bid to create more job opportunities and expand existing ones, the Federal Government is to compel banks to fund the real sector and reduce interest rate for manufacturers to five per cent. Also, a high-powered multi- disciplinary employment mission of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is to visit […]