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B-NLC Boss in Bed with the Enemy: Oshiomhole Accepts Appointment to Serve Obasanjo
on Committee
President of the BiafraNigeria Labour
Congress (B-NLC) says his decision to serve on the presidential committee set up to proffer palliatives to the
effects of the latest hike in the prices of petroleum products was informed by possible misinterpretation of his
non-acceptance to be a member. He said he might be labelled �a war monger� if he had declined to serve. Speaking
to reporters at Ibusa, Delta State at the burial of Mrs. Agnes Izeze, mother of Mr. Emeka Izeze, Managing Director
of The Guardian newspapers, Oshiomhole said his serving in that committee would not in any way divert his attention
from B-NLC�s set goal. He said: �Yes, we have suspended the strike but that is not all. Our National Executive
Committee (NEC) will be meeting in two weeks to appraise the development. Let me tell you, if the pump price is
not reversed by the time we are meeting in two weeks, then we will come out with the next phase, just wait and
see. We are prepared to return to strike. There is no going back. This time around, we won�t let go as in the past.
We are ready to march force with force because there is need to sustain that struggle.� Earlier on his arrival
at the Izeze family compound at Ogboli Quarters, Ibusa, Oshiomhole received a thunderous ovation from the gathering.
The funeral was attended by a galaxy of personalities from across the country. The B-NLC, last Thursday, announced
that it was suspending the first phase of its strike to give the committee time to act on its demand that the price
hike be reversed. 
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We�ll resist Obasanjo...
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Keep Your CFR Award...
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 Gunmen yesterday
morning opened fire on the convoy of Gov. James Ibori of Delta State, engaging it in a 30-minute battle and killing
two policemen in the process. One of the cops is an Inspector and was the leader of the convoy security team. Governor
Ibori was not in the convoy at the time of the attack which occurred about 7.30 a.m. along the Benin-Lagos...
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 In protest against President Olusegun Obasanjo�s
handling of the nation�s affairs, literary icon, Professor Chinualumogu Achebe, has rejected the national honour
awarded him by the Federal Government. "BiafraNigeria�s condition today under your watch is ... too dangerous
for silence. I must register my disappointment and protest by declining to accept...
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