The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo has reassured Nigerians of the union’s commitment to negotiate a substantial wage. Recall on June 4, 2024, the Organised Labour relaxed the ongoing strike with a seven-day ultimatum issued to the federal government on minimum wage proposal. With the expiration …
Read More »NCAA to come down hard on airlines over false schedules
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Tuesday threatened that it would come down hard on airlines engaged in deceitful departure time scheduling. NCAA said the warning followed information that some some airlines were advertising deceitful departure times. But NCAA, in a statement by its Acting Director-General, Capt. Chris Najomo …
Read More »Organised Labour Insists On N250,000 Minimum Wage For Nigerian Workers
He said that the benchmark remained the ideal standard for improving the living conditions of employees across the nation. The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has reiterated its demand for a N250,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The TUC president, Festus Osifo, on Tuesday, disclosed this at the inaugural Annual Convention …
Read More »Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $16,500, N127m Diverted From NIMASA Treasury
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of $16,500 and N127m to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The sum was fraudulently diverted from the accounts of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Justice Kehinde Ogundare delivered the ruling on Tuesday, following a motion filed …
Read More »NDA unveils bust of first Nigerian Army female General Aderonke Kale
The Nigerian Defence Academy(NDA), on Tuesday organised a lecture in honour of the first female Maj.-Gen. in the Nigerian Army, late Maj-Gen Aderonke Kale during which her bust was also unveiled at the premises of the military training institution in Kaduna. The lecture that was held in honour of Kale …
Read More »Osinbajo’s Former Aide Questions Tinubu Government’s Creation Of Livestock Development Ministry
Tinubu had on Tuesday approved the establishment of the Ministry of Livestock Development as part of measures to curb the perennial farmers-herders clashes. Former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo’s close ally and former spokesman, Laolu Akande, has said the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government did not need a Ministry of Livestock …
Read More »Tinubu: What I inherited from my mother Abibatu Mogaji
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday revealed that he inherited his resilience, determination, and discipline from his mother, Hajiya Abibatu Mogaji who passed away on June 15, 2013, at the age of 96. She was “tough and determined,” the President said of his mother after watching the staging of a play …
Read More »Nigerian Petroleum Company, NNPCL Seeks Fresh $2billion Loans To Finance Activities
NNPC disclosed that the initiatives are expected to increase Nigeria’s oil reserves, which currently stand at 37 billion barrels, and its gas reserves, which exceed 206 trillion standard cubic feet. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd. has said that oil-backed loans will enable the company to finance numerous capital …
Read More »Presidential Jet: Peter Obi Knocked For Opposing Proposed Procurement
An entrepreneur, Mike Emerah, has slammed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, for opposing the purchase of a new presidential jet for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Reacting to the development, Emerah described Obi’s utterances as extremely negative. …
Read More »Lagos Governor Sanwo-Olu Approves Release Of 56 Inmates From Various Correctional Centres
The exercise is under the provisions of Section 212 (1) (2) of the 1999 Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria (amended). The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, has approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional …
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