The organized labour in Nigeria has kept its promise to hold a nationwide protest today against the attempt to remove minimum wage from the Exclusive Legislative List. The protesters, who were mobilized by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, marched to the National Assembly complex in Abuja. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, who led the…
The House of Representatives has rejected the plan by the Federal Government to spend the four-point-two million pounds recovered from people linked to former Delta State governor, James Ibori, in the United Kingdom. The Green Chamber of the National Assembly says it wants to investigate how the government reached the deal with the UK government for the…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has appeared before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. Bawa was summoned to give further evidence in a case of one point four-billion-naira fraud against an oil company, Nadabo Energy. The newly appointed EFCC Chairman had earlier testified against Nadabo Energy in the case being…
Employers who deduct contributory pension of their workers without paying them into their Pension Accounts are committing a crime. As a result, the National Pension Commission has requested the support of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the enforcement of the pension law. This formed the basis of a meeting between the Acting North-Central Zonal Head…
The health sector in Ondo State has been hit by industrial action, as members of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals withdraw their services. The union include medical laboratory scientists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, health information managers and officers, dieticians and radiographers. The leader of the group, Adeyinka Adedire, said their members are not happy about the non-payment…
The Zamfara State Government has given bandits in the state two months to repent and surrender their weapons. Governor Bello Matawalle warned that bandits who refused to obey would be severely dealt with by security personnel. Governor Matawalle gave the warning in a broadcast to people of the state from the Government House in Gusau. The Governor…