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The Federal Government yesterday asked the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, to shelve their planned nationwide indefinite strike from October 3, saying going ahead with the proposed industrial action will amount to a gross violation of a subsisting court injunction. The National …

…As sector records 3,567 job losses in H1’23 Inventory of unsold finished products in the manufacturing sector shot up significantly by 45.4 percent in the first half of 2023 (H1’23) to N271.96 billion from N187.08 billion in the corresponding period of 2022 (H1’22) on account of escalating inflationary pressures, even …

Ebonyi and Abia states led as food prices jumped by 31 per cent within in 12 months from July 2022 to July 2023. This is according to an analysis of the ‘Selected Food Price Watch,’ a report published on a monthly basis by the National Bureau of Statistics. The selected …

Covenant University, University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology, Akure have secured top ranking in Nigeria according to Times Higher Education’s 2024 rating. Analysis of the latest ranking showed that Covenant University is among the top 1,000 universities in the world. Though ranked first in Nigeria, Covenant University …

President Bola Tinubu The Ministry of Labour says the report that President Bola Tinubu would announce a wage award to workers on Independence Day is untrue. The reports were debunked via a statement issued Mr Olajide Oshundun, Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour. “The attention …

the victims of the wedding fire shared on Facebook by Shatha Asmar Matti More than 100 people, including the bride and groom were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party that left rescuers searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours …

E di de! (Stand up!). E joko! (Sit down!), a male voice, loud and guttural, was blasting out from the phone of a colleague who was engrossed in a video he was playing. The voice sounded more like that of a military officer commanding troops on parade. However, it was …

Wale Adedayo Ogun Government had indicated that it will call five witnesses to disprove claim of diversion of funds belonging to councils in the State levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun by the impeached Chairman of Ijebu – East Local Government, Wale Adedayo. The state government said this when Adedayo was …

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress during the protest at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja…on Wednesday. Photo: Olatunji Obasa Henry Falaiye, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Edidiong Ikpoto, Funmi Fabunmi, Anozie Egole, El-ameen Ibrahim and Peter Dada The Federal Government has invited organised labour to a meeting in a last-minute bid to …

NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet The Nigerian Air Force fighter jets under the air component of Operation Udo Ka II, on Tuesday, destroyed the armouries and hideouts of the Indigenous People of Biafra combatants in Anambra and Imo states. The fighter jets conducted several air strikes on the IPOB …