Nigerian Hottest and Political News from DailyTrust [May ‘11 Series]

DT · May 02, 2011, 06:05 AM

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DT · May 02, 2011, 12:05 PM

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

DT · May 03, 2011, 12:05 AM

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

DT · May 03, 2011, 12:05 PM

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

DT · May 10, 2011, 06:05 PM

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

DT · May 11, 2011, 12:05 AM

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

DT · May 11, 2011, 06:05 AM

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

DT · May 11, 2011, 12:05 PM

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

DT · May 12, 2011, 12:05 AM

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

DT · May 15, 2011, 09:02 PM

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