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A meeting between the Federal Government and organised Labour to stave off the planned strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress deadlocked on Monday night. The Minister of State Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, who hosted the parley in Abuja, could not convince the unions to suspend the strike slated for February […]
The organised private sector, Ekiti, Sokoto, and other states have faulted the demand by the Nigeria Labour Congress for N1m minimum wage, stating that it is not realistic. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in an interview on Arise television on Monday, said the organised Labour might ask for N1m during the minimum wage negotiations with […]
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, yesterday, highlighted that challenges facing agriculture go beyond insecurity to include high cost of fuel. During a session with the Senate Committees on Finance, Appropriation, Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, warned of five councils where 70 per cent of their assigned land might not be cultivated […]
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has called on the Nigerian government to regulate usage of social media due to level of abuse. Fayose, in a tweet on Sunday said “the truth we must all face is that we can’t keep operating an unregulated Social Media.” He said usage must be regulated in line […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the labour unions never enjoy going on strikes, adding that they only want the right things to be done by the government. Recall that the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government on Thursday to fulfil the 16-point agreement with the […]
The Lagos State Government through the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, DSVA, has engaged 200 religious leaders on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) as well as the role of religious clerics in preventing and responding to the vicious menace. With her presentation on the relevant laws on Domestic and Sexual Violence in Lagos State, the […]
The Nigerian Senate said it has uncovered $400 million in intervention funds domiciled in banks and other financial institutions for a couple of years. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, disclosed this during a session with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Akpoti-Uduaghan stated that out of the intervention […]
The Federal Government on Thursday disagreed with the organised Labour on its threat to declare a nationwide strike in the next 14 days over the alleged failure of the government to implement the memorandum of understanding reached with the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress in October 2023. The Minister of Information and […]
“The bill seeking for Nigerians to bear arms for self-defence in the face of insecurity is an invitation to anarchy and chaos, given the volatile nature of the society,” a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Civil Coalition for Credible Election, (CSCCE), has submitted. Its convener, Aminu Usman, at a press conference, yesterday, in Abuja, decried the […]
In the early hours of January 25, 2021, gunmen stormed the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) in Owerri, Imo State, freeing over 1,800 prisoners and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. This was just the beginning of a series of jailbreaks that would shake the Nigerian criminal justice system to its core. Over the […]
