News as it breaks
A last-minute meeting called by the Federal Government to avert the proposed nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress has ended in a deadlock. Present at the closed-door meeting were the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Ministers of Labour, Agric, Finance, Budget and Planning, Secretary to the Government…
Niger state Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT has directed it’s branches to join the strike action today by mobilising teachers at both primary and post primary schools within their respective branches to comply with the Organised Labour directive. This followed the directive by Organised Labour directing…
The leadership of the Osogbo Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association on Thursday pleaded with the striking members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, to call off their strike that has been on for about a month. The union commenced the strike on November 22 after policemen stopped them…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has directed a 50 percent cut in land transportation fares from today, to January 4, 2024, across the country. The President also approved zero fare for train transportation in all the states of the federation within the same period. Reacting to the development, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,…
The organised labour in the country will soon come up with a strong position on the suspension of the payment of the wage award to civil servants and has warned the federal and state governments to prepare to increase the minimum wage from the current N30,000 monthly. It also warned…
The organised Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday, noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wage award…
The Gwandara Development Educational and Cultural Association (GWADECA), has elected new national executives, with a call to its people to promote unity, cultural and educational development. the leadership is to pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years. The election, which was conducted at the…
By Ogechukwu Chukwugekwu 25/04/22 Unemployment/Stakeholders Unemployment has continued to pose a major challenge to young people and the country’s economy. Due to the small take home pay of some employed youths, they could be described as under-employed. Most of the graduates, after the national service, do not get adequately employed,…
The House of Representatives, has directed the management of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to immediately reinstate the suspended chapel Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Collins Yakubu, over the crisis trailing the indiscriminate promotion scandal in the agency. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption…
As the four (4) weeks warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities ends on Monday (14/03/22), the National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke says the meeting of the National Executive Council, NEC will hold on Sunday (13/03/22) in Abuja. Professor Osodeke told newsmen in Abuja that the…
