Following an allegation of non-payment of several months of salary owed street sweepers in Lagos by the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), made in a viral video on Instagram by a man who claimed to be a Supervisor at LAWMA, the waste management authority says the sweepers were directly engaged by contractors. It began when a man accused the Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni, of not paying 3-months salary and being uncompassionate...

The House of Representatives says it plans to amend the Labour Act to strengthen the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House made the pledge on Wednesday in Abuja, while receiving the leadership of the NLC in his office in Abuja. He said the NLC represented vast majority of Nigerians and had a mandate to protect the interest of the common man just like the legislature. “We will be looking forward...

Gov.  Hope Uzodinma of Imo, has assented to a bill repealing the law that created pension allowances and gratuities for former governors, deputy governors, assembly speakers and deputy speakers. Signing the bill into law in Owerri on Friday, the governor noted that the erstwhile law runs contrary to the 1999 constitution as amended, which stipulates that a pensioner must have worked for at least 10 years and must be up to 45 years of age. He regretted a...

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has commended Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on the appointment of Dr. Bashir Maru as his Deputy Chief of Staff. The National President of NYCN, Mr. Solomon Adodo, in a statement in Abuja, described the appointment of Maru, as a strategic step that would open new vistas of achievement for the government and people of the state. Adodo said that Dr. Maru would further add impetus to the...