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Following the announcement by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu that the “Ounje Eko” food markets will begin sales of food items at discounted prices in the five divisions of the state on Sunday, March 17, Lagosians may flood the various locations to buy food items at friend prices. Sanwo-Olu had stated that the food […]
President Bola Tinubu on Monday told governors to continue to pay workers in their states wage award till when negotiations on new minimum wage will be concluded. The President also said that Nigerians have no reason to be hungry as the country has the capacity to feed her people and still have enough for export. President Tinubu, […]
Nigeria’s current status with the United Arab Emirates, (UAE) automatically excludes it from accessing the newly introduced five-year multiple-entry tourist visa. The UAE has announced its five-year multiple-entry tourist visa for all nationals. Recalled that the UAE said in a notice in 2022 that it will no longer issue visas to citizens from Nigeria and 19 other African nations. […]
CHAIRMAN of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond, ASCAB, Mr. Femi Falana, yesterday, warned the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to compensate the families of seven Nigerians killed during the rice distribution stampede, or face legal action. On February 23, 2023, the Nigeria Customs Service embarked on the distribution of 25kg bags of rice to […]
Isa Tijjani, a former Vice-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said that incessant strike by the labour unions posed a significant threat to the nation’s economy. Tijjani said this at a news conference on Saturday in Kano. According to him, there are alternatives to strike, and urged labour unions to explore them in […]
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return food items that were confiscated at border communities to owners on the condition that they would be sold in the Nigerian markets.The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this in Katsina yesterday during an interface with residents of border communities in Kongolam […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on the government to approve a new minimum wage that is commensurate with the cost of living in the country. While insisting on a living wage for workers in the country, the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in his speech at the 11th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, made this known in Abuja on Thursday while flagging off a new presidential initiative for women’s empowerment. Akume, who represented President Tinubu at the event, said things would begin to change as more Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses make their way to the country. […]
LAGOS — Organised Labour was divided, yesterday, over what the new minimum wage should be. The lack of unanimity was evident at public hearings organised by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, TCNMW, across four of the six geo-political zones of the country. In the South-West, while leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, proposed N794,000, […]
The House of Representatives has raised alarms over the insufficient minimum wage for workers in the nation, stating that a monthly salary below N100,000 is not livable for any worker in the country. Rep. Aliyu Madaki of NNPP-Kano State pointed out on Wednesday that the soaring inflation rates in the nation have rendered basic necessities […]
