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Police delay plea in Menezes c
The court case against the Metropolitan Police over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has been adjourned as police needed more time to prepare.
The case was brought by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and will resume on 19 September.
The Office of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner had been charged with health and safety breaches over the shooting on 22 July, 2005.
Mr Menezes was shot seven times after he was mistaken for a suicide bomber.
The Crown Prosecution Service last month said there was insufficient evidence to charge indivi... Read more
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18 January 2007
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Nigeria police, civil servants
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria announced a 15 percent pay rise on Wednesday for the civil and security services in a key step to try to tame corruption and boost public sector efficiency.
Poor pay is often cited as the main cause of rampant corruption, especially in the police, which is better known for mounting illegal roadblocks to extort bribes from motorists than fighting crime in Africa's top oil producer.
"The council today approved a 15 percent salary increase for all federal civil servants, including members of the armed forces and the ... paramilitary," Federal Capital Territory Minister Nasir el-Rufai told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
Under the new structure, the minimum wage for the police is 24,416 naira per month, 20,250 naira for the army and 12,000 naira for the federal civil service, Rufai said.
The ministry said university lecturers would also benefit from the review, with the lowest paid earning 57,833 naira a month.
The new structure will lead to a 100 billion naira per annum increase the federal government's wage bill, Rufai said.
The new wage structure came after Nigeria sacked thousands of workers in a reform that also saw it scrapping a third of its ministries in December to streamline public services.
Nigeria is ranked by anti-sleaze watchdog Transparency International as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
It is the world's eighth biggest oil exporter, but a legacy of inefficiency and corruption mean that despite years of windfall earnings from high oil prices, the majority of its 140 million people live on less than a dollar a day with derelict infrastructure.
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