Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had dethroned Ado Bayero last month and ordered him to hand over power within 48 hours. 2. Organised labour appears to have backed down on its demand for N250,000 as minimum wage. Trade Union Congress President Festus Osifo said yesterday that there was nothing sacrosanct about the N250,000, adding that labour was receptive to adjustments. 3.
The state Ministry of Mineral Resources on Thursday disclosed that efforts were still going on to rescue the miners trapped in the Shiroro mine, lamenting that they have not received any assistance from multinational rescue firms. 7. A rainstorm in the early hours of Friday wreaked havoc at the Plateau State Specialists Hospital in Jos, rendering doctors and other health officials stranded. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof.