The National Assembly, NASS, on Monday, received eight brand new coaster buses from the NASS clerk, Magaji Tambuwal. Tambuwal donated the vehicles to the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, to cater for the transport needs of the staff given the soaring cost of transportation. The deputy Senate president, Senator Barau Jibrin, commissioned the buses. Jibrin said the gesture demonstrates the commitment of the Godswill Akpabio-led 10th NASS in addressing the wellbeing of staff. He...

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and its sister union, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, are going ahead with their planned nationwide strike despite being barred from doing so by the National Industrial Court in Abuja last Friday. The strike is to protest the battering of the NLC President Joe Ajaero by security agents in Imo State on November 1 as well as the “infractions and encroachments on the rights” of civil servants in the State...

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, from going ahead with their planned nationwide strike billed for November 14. The labour unions announced plans to embark on a devastating industrial action next Tuesday earlier this week. The unions said the strike was to protest the assault on the NLC national president Joe Ajaero in Imo state last week. But Tijani Gazali, SAN, attorney...