Category: Breaking News
FG offers to pay more than N60,000 as minimum wage 3rd June 2024
03 Jun 2024
The Federal Government has agreed to pay more than the N60,000 it initially proposed as new minimum wage. The decision was taken at a meeting the government had with labour leaders on Monday night in Abuja to address the dispute over the national minimum wage in response to the nationwide strike declared by the organised […]
Continue ReadingTeachers’ strike could force suspension of WASSCE
03 Jun 2024
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has said it is participating fully in the Nigeria Labour Congress strike and as such, the ongoing West African Secondary School Certificate Examination should be suspended. However, Head of the Nigeria National Office West African Examinations Council, Dr Amos Dangut, in an interview appealed for an exemption from the strike […]
Continue ReadingCBN revokes License of Heritage Bank
03 Jun 2024
The Central Bank of Nigeria has revoked the banking licence of Heritage Bank Plc, effective immediately. This decision was made due to the bank’s failure to improve its financial performance, posing a threat to financial stability. The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communication Department, Sidi Ali, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. According […]
Continue ReadingBlackout as TCN shut down Power grid
03 Jun 2024
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced the complete shutdown of Nigeria’s power grid by labour unions as the strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress begins. NLC and TUC commenced a nationwide industrial action on Monday in protest against the N60,000 minimum wage proposal of the Federal Government. Announcing the shutdown […]
Continue ReadingStrike would bring more hardship, ₦494,000 wage is unrealistic – LP
03 Jun 2024
The Labour Party in Nigeria has called on the workers’ unions to re-negotiate with the government on a new minimum wage rather than embarking on industrial action. The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos State. Ifoh […]
Continue ReadingPolice arrest man for allegedly luring cab drivers to ritualists
02 Jun 2024
The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended a graduate of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, for allegedly luring cab drivers to ritualists. He will face charges in court, according to the State police command. Spokesperson of the Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Iringe-Koko, […]
Continue ReadingFour killed, one injured in Bauchi rainstorm
02 Jun 2024
The police command in Bauchi says four people were killed and one injured in a rainstorm that ravaged the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) square on Saturday. In a statement on Sunday, Ahmed Wakil, the police spokesperson in Bauchi, said the IBB square hosted the just concluded north-east trade fair. Wakil said the storm damaged the […]
Continue ReadingConstruction workers threatens to stop work on major roads
01 Jun 2024
The Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association (CCESSA) and National Union of Civil Engineering Construction Furniture and Wood Workers (NUCECFWW), have threatened to stop work on major roads due to some crises. The unions affiliated with the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria and the Nigeria Labour Congress, epresent the senior and junior staff in […]
Continue ReadingCourt grants Erisco tomato paste reviewer, Chioma Okoli, N5 million bail
31 May 2024
Justice Peter Lifu, of an Abuja Federal High Court, on Friday, granted Chioma Okoli, bail in the sum of N5m and two sureties in like Sum. The judge held that one of the sureties must be the defendant’s spouse or a blood relative with a variable Source of income who resides within the jurisdiction of […]
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