The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the impact of the 25 and 35 percent range of increase in salaries announced by President Bola Tinubu for Federal civil servants will be eroded by rising inflation. It will be recalled that the Federal Government has approved an increase in salaries across various salary structures in a move aimed at boosting the welfare of civil servants. The increase, ranging between 25% and 35%, will apply to...

…Threaten To Petition National Human Rights Commission Scores of Kogi youths trooped out in Abuja, on May Day in a solidarity walk to protest the handling of the much-publicized allegations of corruption against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), especially as regards the involvement of the former Governor’s children. The youths condemned what they described as the systematic violation of the constitutional rights of...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reassured Nigerian workers of the government’s commitment to improving their welfare. While congratulating the workers on the occasion of May Day celebration, the party in a press statement signed on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Esq, applauded the resilience, sacrifice, diligence and patriotism of Nigerian workers and celebrated their invaluable contributions to the building and sustenance of the nation’s economic life. The statement read, “Nigerian workers...

Otunba Charles Yemi Farimoyo, a leading Labour Party (LP) governorship aspirant in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, has commended the outcome of the primary election of the party held on Friday in Akure, Ondo State. Farimoyo also commended the efforts of the national leaders of the party for their interventions and commitments to LP ideals. In a press statement on Saturday signed by Farimoyo, the LP chieftain commended the national leaders of the party...

The media office of former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that it cannot blackmail former Governor Yahaya Bello over allegations of using Kogi State government’s fund for payment of the school fees of his children by the. In a press statement from the media office of ex-Governor Bello, signed by Ohiare Michael, the organisation noted that Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, chairman of the Commission had on Tuesday,...

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has been commended by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) over the recent transfer of the electricity regulatory oversight by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau. The Forum, in a congratulatory letter signed by its Director General, Asishana Okauru, said the transfer was a major achievement and “significant milestone” in the tenure of the Biodun Oyebanji-led administration in Ekiti State. While hailing Governor...