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Labour Minister Optimistic About Averting Indefinite Workers Strike

Labour Minister Optimistic About Averting Indefinite Workers Strike

In a bid to prevent the looming indefinite strike by the organised labour, Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, has expressed optimism following a crucial meeting with Vice President Kasshim Shettima. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting ...

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Strike: Federal Govt, Labour Meeting Deadlocked As Talks Continue

Strike: Federal Govt, Labour Meeting Deadlocked As Talks Continue

The meeting between the federal government and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC ) as part of move to avert the impending indefinite strike action by workers ended without reaching any resolution on Monday. However, both parties have ...

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Nigeria Has Best Aviation Safety Record In Africa – NSIB Boss

Nigeria Has Best Aviation Safety Record In Africa – NSIB Boss

Director general, Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Engr. Akin Olateru, said the aviation safety record of Nigeria has been described as the best in Africa, with the country recording only two fatal accidents in the last ten years. He said ...

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Reps Tackle NLC Over Alleged N100m Palliative For Lawmakers

Reps Tackle NLC Over Alleged N100m Palliative For Lawmakers

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, came hard on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for claiming that lawmakers allegedly got N100 million each as palliative from the federal government. The NLC Assistant General Secretary, Christopher Onyeka, reportedly said the executive ...

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Labour Strike Suffers Partial Compliance Over Cracks In Union

Labour Strike Suffers Partial Compliance Over Cracks In Union

…Offices, banks shut in Abuja, Bayelsa, Kano  *Action, breach of due process, say state chairmen A major division between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has led to partial compliance in the two-day warning strike ...

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INEC Resumes PVC Collection For Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa Gov’ship Polls

INEC Resumes PVC Collection For Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa Gov’ship Polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the resumption of collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in preparation for the forthcoming off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States scheduled for Saturday, 11th November 2023. LEADERSHIP reports that ...

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Hardship: Labour Shuns FG, Begins Warning Strike Over Delayed Palliatives

Hardship: Labour Shuns FG, Begins Warning Strike Over Delayed Palliatives

Despite moves by the federal government to stave off the proposed nationwide warning strike, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday evening shunned the meeting called by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The meeting, which was convened ...

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Civil Society Leaders Back NLC Strike Action

Civil Society Leaders Back NLC Strike Action

The United Action Front of Civil Society, the umbrella platform for organised civil society on issues of governance and democracy, has declared support for the two-day warning strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The strike was declared to ...

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Manufacturers Suffer 30% Decrease In Sales As Naira Crisis Lingers

Manufacturers Suffer 30% Decrease In Sales As Naira Crisis Lingers

Manufacturing companies are still reeling from the impact of the prolonged Naira crisis with many incurring 20 per cent and 30 per cent decreases in sales turnover on consumer goods and cement respectively in the second quarter of the current ...

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GIS Compromised Abuja Master Plan – Town Planners

GIS Compromised Abuja Master Plan – Town Planners

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, NITP, has said that the Geographic Information System (GIS) has contributed to the distortion of the Abuja Master Plan, querying the application of the tool in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The national president ...

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