…Promises advancement in contributing to knowledge in Nigeria By Inemesit Amos The head of Administration of Peace Institute Of Management And Technology (aka Peace Poly) located at Mbarakom, Abak local government area, Prof. Peace E. Udosen (Ph.D) has felicitated President ...
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Feed SubscriptionPalliatives: As Ultimatum Ends, NLC Strategises For Indefinite Strike
Unless its demands are met, organised labour is set for a full indefinite strike as the ultimatum given to the federal government to reduce the effects of the subsidy removal ends by midnight today. Speaking with LEADERSHIP Friday, the deputy ...
Read More »Contractors To Umahi: Delay In Paying Us Causing Untold Hardship
Some aggrieved contractors handling projects under the Federal Ministry of Works have urged the minister, David Umahi, to pay them money for jobs completed as the delay in payment was causing them untold hardship. The Office of Accountant General of ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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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