The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday warned members of the Council of State and state governors not to truncate ongoing efforts towards the implementation of the N18,000 national minimum wage. According to Abdulwahed Omar, the NLC president, who … read more
THE NUMBER of people living in African cities will triple in the next 40 years, the UN has said, increasing the risk that many will turn into large slums unless governments begin planning now. In a new report, the Nairobi- … read more
DESPITE his emergence as the consensus aspirant of the Mallam Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential ticket, Atiku Abubakar was, last night, facing fresh hurdles to his long sought presidential aspiration. Vanguard … read more
NIGERIA and 18 other countries from West and Central Africa have finalised plans to implement a uniform policy on port security, which is part of the West and Central African Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Ports State Control. Already, arrangements … read more
Authorities at Boston’s Logan International Airport have evacuated a cargo area and about 25 staff after discovering two suspicious packages, authorities said. An airport spokesman said two duffle bags bound for Nigeria are now being examined with X-rays and the … read more
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Command said on Tuesday that its officials had arrested over alleged importation of arms and ammunition. Their arrests were made at the examination bay when 1,143 ammunition and two pistols were discovered in a … read more
FIFTY years after the British colonial masters left Nigeria, some of their misadventures in the country have again been brought to the fore. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday accused Britain of instituting the endemic rigging culture in the … read more
From: Jomo Gbomo Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:48 AM To: chiefoyibo@oyibosonline.com; Subject: Obidi-Refinery trunk line attack The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta On Sunday, Nov 21, 2010,at about 0200hrs, fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation … read more
Police in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri rocked by hit-and-run killings linked to members of an Islamist sect have arrested over 170 suspects in six weeks, a spokesman said Monday. “So far we have made over 170 arrests in … read more
Russia’s tanker NS Spirit was attacked by pirates while staying at its anchorage at Nigeria’s port of Lagos, the press service of Novoship, a shipping company that owns the vessel, said on Monday. Ten armed people attacked the tanker and … read more