Labour and Productivity Minister Adetokunbo Kayode said on Friday that the government would focus on massive employment next year as a strategy to conquering unemployment, poverty and hunger in the country. He announced the government’s plan in Uyo, southern Nigeria, … read more
By Joe Adeyeye I have always known that majority of Nigerians hold the police in contempt. However, this knowledge only deepened after I became a crime reporter and I had to make the rounds of crime scenes and police formations. … read more
THERE are strong indications that Nigerian workers may begin to enjoy a new minimum wage from early next year, as the Federal Government assured the workers on Thursday that it would answer their demand for a living wage, which the … read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) repeated on Thursday that President Umaru Yar’Adua is still fit to rule and there is no reason to think of replacing him because of poor health. Its National Executive Committee (NEC) also declared its readiness … read more
The Nigeria Police kill hundreds of suspects annually while in detention, Amnesty International said yesterday, and called for the abolition of Order 237, which allows the police to shoot detainees who try to escape. “Police don’t only kill people by … read more
No date has as yet been fixed for President Umaru Yar’adua’s return to the country although he is responding to treatment at the King Faisal Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Minister of Information Professor Dora Akunyili declared … read more
THE Nigeria Police have issued a signal to the International Police (Interpol) for the immediate arrest of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam … read more
The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, has concluded plans to carry out mass burial for the 82 corpses that were dumped at the hospital by the police. The hospital authorities have also expressed dismay at the action of … read more
There were conflicting reports last night over the state of health of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Whereas foreign reports claimed the President’s health condition was worsening and that he may be moved to the United States or Germany, official sources … read more
Amid growing concern and uncertainty over President Umar Yar’ Adua’s health, there are indications that the North is divided over a possible successor in 2011 just as the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, governors, particularly those of Northern extraction insist that … read more