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State governors in the country who claim they cannot pay the new national minimum wage of N18, 000 should resign immediately, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC] Comrade Abdulwahid Omar said in Abuja yesterday. He spoke at a rally jointly organised by NLC and the Trade Union Congress [TUC] to mark this year's Workers Day.
Source: NLC to governors: Pay new wage or quit (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18437:nlc-to-governors-pay-new-wage-or-quit&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Over 50 of the 63 registered political parties may be de-registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a result of their failure to win any elective position in the just concluded general elections, Daily Trust can reveal.
Source: 50 parties may be de-registered (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18433:50-parties-may-be-de-registered&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Details emerged yesterday of how al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was tracked down and killed by American troops at a fortified compound on the outskirts of Abbottabad in north-west Pakistan late on Sunday.
Source: How Osama Bin Laden died (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18477:how-osama-bin-laden-died&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned a stockbroker before an Abuja High Court over alleged fraud.
Source: EFCC arraigns stockbroker over N80m fraud (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18942:efcc-arraigns-stockbroker-over-n80m-fraud&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Retired Grand Khadi of Niger State and co-founder of the Islamic Education Trust (IET) Sheik Ahmed Lemu was named by the Federal Government yesterday to head a 22-man panel to "investigate the pre-election violence in Akwa Ibom State as well as the civil unrest in some States following the 2011 Presidential Election." President Jonathan had promised to constitute such a panel days after the riots broke out in the wake of the announcement of presidential election results.
Source: Lemu heads election riots probe panel (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18955:lemu-heads-election-riots-probe-panel&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Monday said that it believed that the breakdown of law and order that ensued after the declaration of President Goodluck Jonathan as the president-elect 'on the basis of concocted results' was the by-product of the determination to win elections by incumbents by any means.
Source: CPC blames violence on electoral fraud (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19063:cpc-blames-violence-on-electoral-fraud-&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Ongoing moves by President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] to zone top political offices to the six geopolitical zones ran into trouble yesterday when elected members of the House of Representatives revolted against zoning and demanded for the right of MPs to elect their own leaders in an unfettered manner. The House members, from four political parties and five geopolitical zones, said the Legislature must assert its independence so that it can grow and mature.
Source: MPs revolt against zoning (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19066:mps-revolt-against-zoning&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Ongoing moves by President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] to zone top political offices to the six geopolitical zones ran into trouble yesterday when elected members of the House of Representatives revolted against zoning and demanded for the right of MPs to elect their own leaders in an unfettered manner. The House members, from four political parties and five geopolitical zones, said the Legislature must assert its independence so that it can grow and mature.
Source: MPs revolt against zoning (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19066:mps-revolt-against-zoning&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
There is no contest for the office of the President of the Senate to warrant any change of rules as the incumbent Senator David Mark is on the verge of emerging as an unopposed candidate for the top job, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Ayogu Eze said in Abuja yesterday.
Source: Senate: No contest against David Mark (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19234:senate-no-contest-against-david-mark&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday said that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme should not be scrapped.
Source: Atiku wants NYSC reviewed, not scrapped (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19341:atiku-wants-nysc-reviewed-not-scrapped&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Leaders of the ruling PDP's double speak on the issue of zoning and their making a 180 degree turn to now insist on what only a few months ago they were vociferously condemning could spell doom for the country, former military ruler General Ibrahim Babangida said yesterday.
Source: IBB: PDP's double speak is ruinous (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19344:ibb-pdps-double-speak-is-ruinous&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
The presidency and National Working Committee of the People's Democratic Party are angry that anti-zoning members of the House of Representatives are inching closer to embarrassing the party by acting contrary to its decision to zone the position of speaker to the South West.
Source: Presidency, PDP plot to defeat anti-zoning MPs (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19578:presidency-pdp-plot-to-defeat-anti-zoning-mps&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Ten out of the eleven state chairmen of the opposition Congress for Progressive Change [CPC] who recently dissociated themselves from the petition filed by the party's national leadership challenging the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in the April 16 Presidential polls were expelled yesterday by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC).
Source: CPC expels 10 state chairmen : Suspends two others (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19669:cpc-expels-10-state-chairmen-suspends-two-others&catid=1:news&Itemid=2)
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned governors-elect against any form of interference in the governance of their respective states, saying serving governors have the constitutional mandate to run the affairs of the state till May 29 handover date.
Source: Jonathan to governors-elect: Don't start what may haunt you (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19660:jonathan-to-governors-elect-dont-start-what-may-haunt-you&catid=1:news&Itemid=2)
Just 24 hours after protesters, mainly women, besieged premises of the National Assembly to demand for passage of the National Health Bill, the Senate yesterday succumbed to pressure and passed the bill.
Source: Senate bows to pressure on health bill (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19657:senate-bows-to-pressure-on-health-bill&catid=1:news&Itemid=2)
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has commended Gombe State Governor Muhammad Danjuma Goje for building the ultra-modern Gombe Jewel Hotel in Abuja, saying the project would not only attract revenue for the state but open up the country as a preferred tourism destination in Africa.
Source: Sambo commends Goje over Jewel Hotel (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19725:sambo-commends-goje-over-jewel-hotel&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Lack of collaboration on common issues of development was responsible for periodic clashes between the federal and state governments during the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo, chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum Bukola Saraki has said.
Source: Why govs disagreed with Obasanjo –Saraki (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19726:why-govs-disagreed-with-obasanjo-saraki&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State was yesterday elected the new Chairman , Nigerian Governors' Forum(NGF) for a term of two years. Amechi succeeds Kwara State Governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who is completing his two terms in office as the governor of the state after an endorsement by the governors of the 36 states.
Source: Amaechi elected chairman of Governors' Forum (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19828:amaechi-elected-chairman-of-governors-forum&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Frontline members of the current Federal Executive Council including Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, Finance Minister Dr. Segun Aganga and Defence Minister Chief Adetokunbo Kayode are on their way out because none of them featured among the 10 persons per state nominated by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party's [PDP] state chapters for appointment as ministers and other high officials, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.
Source: PDP ministerial list: Diezani, Aganga, Kayode out (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19832:pdp-ministerial-list-diezani-aganga-kayode-out&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
President Goodluck Jonathan has invited his main challenger and presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Congress (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari as well as candidates of other political parties to his presidential inauguration billed for Sunday, May 29 at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
Source: Jonathan invites Buhari to presidential inauguration (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19822:jonathan-invites-buhari-to-presidential-inauguration&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
A fire outbreak at the National Headquarter of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was yesterday averted.
Source: Staff rally to put off fire in Jega's office (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19911:staff-rally-to-put-off-fire-in-jegas-office-&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Soldiers attached to 242 Recce Battalion at Ibereko, a small suburb of Badagry in Lagos State went on a rampage yesterday and killed 14 people including the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), and his Divisional Crime Officer (DCO). The DPO was identified as CSP Samson Salisu while the DCO was identified as DSP Samuel.
Source: Soldiers kill DPO, 6 other cops in Lagos (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19908:soldiers-kill-dpo-6-other-cops-in-lagos&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
The Senate yesterday approved the appointment of the Chairman and members of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) with Alhaji Muhammad Bello returning for a second term as chairman of the commission.
Source: Senate approves NAHCON officials (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19981:senate-approves-nahcon-officials-&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
The 2011 Appropriation amendment bill passed by the National Assembly provides among several other things about N100 billion for settlement of ex-militants in the Niger Delta.
Source: FG to spend N100bn on ex-militants (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20055:fg-to-spend-n100bn-on-ex-militants&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Frequent change of ministers and their portfolios is detrimental to national development and service delivery and the current crop of ministers may be retained for many years in order to address this problem, President Goodluck Jonathan said in Abuja yesterday. He spoke approvingly of the Saudi Arabian and old Soviet practice where some ministers were in office for 30 to 40 years.
Source: Ministers:Jonathan mulls Saudi, Soviet models (http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20067:ministersjonathan-mulls-saudi-soviet-models&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
Rising from its Annual General Meeting in Lagos yesterday, the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) called on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to sign the Freedom of Information Bill before his inauguration for a new presidential term on Sunday.
Source: NPAN wants FoI bill signed (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20066:npan-wants-foi-bill-signed&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
The Senate yesterday expressed support for the new retail cash policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) aimed at improving cash management and banking efficiency in the country. They however called for an upward review of the minimum cash withdrawal.
Source: Senate backs CBN on new cash policy (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20052:senate-backs-cbn-on-new-cash-policy&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
THE outfit called the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is a waste of tax payers' resources, and unconstitutional and a clear demonstration of lack of accountability in the presidential system of government, a legal luminary and immediate past president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi has said.
Source: 'Govs' forum a waste, unconstitutional' (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20154:govs-forum-a-waste-unconstitutional&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
President Goodluck Jonathan took the oath of office for a fresh four year term yesterday with a note of warning that his new administration would not allow anyone exploit differences in creed or tongue to instigate disunity among Nigerians, saying that the determination to be united remained "unshakable."
Source: Jonathan: Transformation begins from now (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20156:jonathan-transformation-begins-from-now&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
The Group Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mr. Bisi Onasanya has pledged the bank's support for Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, Sunday Trust, Kano Chronicle and Aminiya, to facilitate the discharge of its social responsibilities as a media organisation.
Source: First Bank pledges support for Media Trust (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20166:first-bank-pledges-support-for-media-trust&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)
President Goodluck Jonathan's lack of any concrete inclination to achieve genuine reconciliation and move the country forward may have been responsible for the failure of leading members of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) to attend the president's swearing in on Sunday May 29.
Source: Why IBB, Atiku, Ciroma, Gusau did not attend inauguration (http://dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20237:why-ibb-atiku-ciroma-gusau-did-not-attend-inauguration&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8)