Newspaper Review May 11 2015

 Hey people it is time to bring you newspaper review,  Nigeria, Indonesia, Mexico to displace UK, France out of top 10 largest economies,  Ifeanyi Ubah denies assassination attempt, NLC shuts down 12 states over unpaid salary, and many more stories  Follow us to know the newspapers that carry this stories.  

• NLC shuts down 12 states over unpaid salary

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared total strike in all the 12 states owing workers salary, in­sisting that none of the governors of the affected states would be allowed to go on May 29 without paying the outstanding salaries. NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, last week Friday said that industrial action has been declared in Plateau, Read More From Sun

•  Constitution amendment: National Assembly shuns Supreme Court   

The National As­sembly is set to ig­nore an order from the Supreme Court to maintain status quo ante on amendments of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Checks by Daily Sun at the weekend, showed that a con­stitutional face-off between the Presidency and the Na­tional Assembly on one hand, and the National Assembly and the Judiciary on the other hand, was imminent over the Fourth Alteration of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Daily Sun

• DROWNED: Undergraduate’s Body Found In River

The body of a 22-year-old undergraduate of engineering department, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe, Bakpo Otueme, was at the weekend found floating on River Ethiope in Oghara, Delta State. It was gathered that Mr. Bakpo, who left home in the morning of that ill-fated day, did not return home three days until a search team found his lifeless body floating in the river. Read More From Leadership

• WITCHCRAFT: Housewife Confesses To ‘Charming’ Co-wife’s Son

A 32-year-old housewife identified as Maureen (surname withheld), resident at Ambassador Leo Okogwu Street, west end area Asaba Delta State, on Friday allegedly confessed to have bewitched her co-wife’s son, an undergraduate of UNIZIK, Awka, causing him to consistently fail his exams. Read More From Leadership

• Ogboru is welcome to APC, but… — Emerhor

NOTWITHSTANDING that the All Progressives Congress, APC lost the April 11 governorship election in Delta State, its political relevance has shot up because of the enthronement of General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) as President-Elect. Unexpectedly, the development has led to intrigues as politicians from other parties seek relevance in the new dominant party, APC. The party’s governorship candidate in the last election in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, in this interview spoke on his plans to overturn the result, the growing influence of the party in the state and on how the minister to represent the state in Buhari’s government will emerge. Read More From Vanguard

• TAN boss, Ifeanyi Ubah denies assassination attempt

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Transformation Am­bassadors of Nigeria (TAN), Ifeanyi Ubah, has refuted the report of an assassination attempt on him and the alleged killing of his aide in the process. The former Anambra governorship aspirant noted that contrary to the report, he was not in Abuja but Taraba where he watched his football club, Ifeanyi Ubah FC in action, stressing that he is hale and hearty. Read More From Vanguard

• Nigeria, Indonesia, Mexico to displace UK, France out of top 10 largest economies

Emerging economies of Nigeria, Indonesia and Mexico could push the UK and France out of the top ten economies of the world by 2050 provided they are able to build their institutions to global standards, diversify their economies and sustain growth friendly policies. This is one of the key findings of the global report from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) economists titled ‘‘The World in 2050:

• ‘My wives know I’m a criminal’

A 27-year-old suspected kidnapper, Rasheed Adetunji, who was paraded alongside other suspects, has confessed that his two wives knew he was a criminal and not a kidnapper. He also revealed that he used part of the ransom money collected from victims to get married to them. According to the Osun State-born Adetunji, his love for women is responsible for his having two wives at his age and had hoped to marry more before he was arrested. He told Vanguard that one of his wives had a premonition of his current travails and warned him to stay away from members of his gang. Vanguard

• My ministers and I’ll face persecution – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has given an insight into the fate that awaits him and his ministers   after May 29, saying he believes they will be persecuted. He stated on Sunday during   a thanksgiving and farewell service organised in his honour at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Life Camp, Gwarinpa, Abuja that the persecution would happen   because of the “ hard decisions” his administration took while in office.Punch

• Non-indigenes in Lagos must respect their hosts–Oba Of Lagos

The Oba of Lagos, Riliwanu Akiolu, says there is a need for non-indigenes in Lagos State to respect the tradition and culture of their host. The monarch said this during an exclusive interview with our correspondent. While responding to a question on the threat he issued out to Igbo residents in Lagos State if they did not vote for Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress, Akiolu maintained that he had no ill feeling towards Igbo in the state as some of his closest friends were Igbo. Punch

• Billions of unpaid waybills threaten fuel supply – Marketers

 Oil marketers under the platform of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) are demanding payment of outstanding waybills owed them by the Petroleum Equalization Fund Management Board (PEF).
The marketers have therefore threatened to seek redress in court to compel the Fund to pay the said amount with other incidental charges within two weeks.
Counsel to the marketers M.M Gumsuri, in a letter to the Executive Secretary of Fund dated 7th May, 2015 and made available to Daily Trust, said his clients have not been paid for the waybills of the manual loading carried out from 2006 to date which now amounts to billions which is threatening smooth fuel supply across the country. Daily Trust