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JTF declares MEND leader wanted

TROOPS of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Restore Hope, yesterday announced intensified efforts towards the arrest of a notorious militant leader, Mr. Woki Godswill Ibralayu, alias Kitikata, accusing him of leading an armed attack on a commercial boat along … read more

Lagos teachers suspend strike

Lagos teachers have suspended their strike action over the state government’s inability to pay the previously agreed 27.5% pay increase. The teachers had resumed their strike on 25 February 2009, following the state government’s refusal to effect the increase. The … read more

Election reform ‘U-turn’

Nigeria’s cabinet has rejected reforms that would have empowered the judiciary to pick the chairman and board members of the electoral commission. President Umaru Yar’Adua’s cabinet insisted he should retain those powers. Democracy activists called the decision a U-turn and … read more

5 Killed Foiling Kid’s Kidnap

No fewer than five persons were yesterday killed at Ekowe, Oporoma/Peremabiri and Ogbia communities of Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State when youths of the communities clashed with some suspected militants who kidnapped the son of the … read more

FG Plans Three Million Jobs In Three Years

The Federal Government plans to provide about three millions jobs in the next three years to cater for the rising cases of joblessness, especially among the youths across the federation. The Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Alhaji Abba Ruma … read more

Shell sacks 1,800 workers

Faced with dwindling oil production due to the rising violence in Nigeria’s Niger Delta oil region, Anglo Dutch oil giant Shell has fired 1,800 workers as part of its strategy to stay afloat, local newspapers reported on Wednesday. ”I can … read more