Labour Unions Reject N48,000 As National Minimum Wage

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLabour Unions Reject N48,000 As National Minimum Wage

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 16, 2024

The negotiations between Federal Government representatives and leaders of organized labour on the national minimum wage have ended in deadlock, as the labour leaders walked out of the meeting and reject N48, 000 proposed by the Federal Government. NLC and TUC had called on the Federal government to pay Nigerian workers N615,000 new minimum wage as a proposal, due to economic hardship and the high cost of living in the country. The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade...

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NLC Rejects “Insulting” Minimum Wage Offer as Negotiations with FG Deadlocks

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNLC Rejects “Insulting” Minimum Wage Offer as Negotiations with FG Deadlocks

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 16, 2024

Nigeria’s planned increase in the minimum wage hit a roadblock on Wednesday as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, walked out of negotiations with the federal government. The NLC rejected the government’s proposed N48,000 minimum wage, calling it “an insult to Nigerian workers.” The NLC, alongside its counterpart the Trade Union Congress, TUC, had proposed a significantly higher minimum wage of N615,500, citing the rising cost of living. However, the government’s offer fell far short of...

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Media Practitioners Trains On Accountability, Inclusive Reporting

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMedia Practitioners Trains On Accountability, Inclusive Reporting

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 15, 2024

Gender Strategy Advancement International, GSAI, a non-governmental organization has trained media practitioners on gender accountability and inclusive reporting to promote women’s involvement in critical sectors of society. The training examined accountability issues related to women’s participation in the economy, politics, governance, and fostering inclusive economic development was organized in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation and the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism with twenty reporters and editors in attendance. Dr. Adaora Onyechere Sydney, Executive Director...

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NGO Advocates For Prosecution Of Electoral Culprits In 2023 Elections

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNGO Advocates For Prosecution Of Electoral Culprits In 2023 Elections

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 15, 2024

Global Rights, a nongovernmental organization, has advocated for prosecuting perpetrators of electoral atrocities in the 2023 General Elections. The organization appealed while launching a detailed report, titled: “In Pursuit of Justice: Forensic Insights into Election Atrocities,” a forensic analysis of documented cases and perpetrators in the last general elections. The document was unveiled at a national dialogue in Abuja by Global Rights in collaboration with the Incident Centre for Election Atrocities (ICEA). In her opening remarks, Abiodun...

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Immigration Boss Makes Case For Maintaining Secrecy To Safeguard Troops

NewsNigeriaPoliticsImmigration Boss Makes Case For Maintaining Secrecy To Safeguard Troops

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 15, 2024

Kemi Nandap, Controller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has stressed the need for maintaining secrecy in planning and executing operations to safeguard troops during security operations. Nandap, stated this at the opening of the ongoing Leadership Course in Operations Security and Force Protection organized by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC) in Abuja, noted the critical nature of keeping adversaries uninformed in today’s complex security landscape. Represented by George Didel, Deputy Comptroller General in...

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2027: NCFront SetTo Launch Broad Committee To Facilitate New Mega Movement

NewsNigeriaPolitics2027: NCFront SetTo Launch Broad Committee To Facilitate New Mega Movement

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 14, 2024

…Commends Peter Obi’s Move To Rally Opposition Leaders The National Consultative Front (NCFront), a major political consortium of leading opposition forces in Nigeria led by Prof Pat Utomi is set to launch a broad committee to facilitate a new mega movement formation ahead of 2027 general elections The group, which   commended Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, for his deft political moves to rally leading opposition leaders in the...

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Facts About 100 Billion Naira Deal Signed By Enugu State Governor

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFacts About 100 Billion Naira Deal Signed By Enugu State Governor

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 14, 2024

In line with the campaign promises of the Enugu State Governor to convert the state’s dormant assets to productive assets and grow the state’s economy to $30bn through private sector investments, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah on Thursday, May 9, 2024, signed a hundred-billion-naira partnership between the Enugu State Government and Pragmatic Palms Ltd., a subsidiary of Diamond Stripes Ltd. The partnership agreement is to revive the Enugu State United Palm Products Ltd., UPPL which has...

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Yobe State Government Orders Dismantling Of Checkpoints, Ban Use Of Urea Fertilizer

NewsNigeriaPoliticsYobe State Government Orders Dismantling Of Checkpoints, Ban Use Of Urea Fertilizer

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 14, 2024

The Yobe State government has ordered with immediate effect the dismantling of all security checkpoints in Gashua and Garin Alkali, located respectively in Bade and Bursari local government areas of the state. A statement signed by Brig. Gen. Dahiru Abdulsalam (retd), the special adviser to Governor Mai Mala Buni on security a statement, said the decision followed a thorough review of security arrangements in the locations. The statement reads in part: “No security agency should...

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President Tinubu Bans Purchase Of Vehicles Using Fuel

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresident Tinubu Bans Purchase Of Vehicles Using Fuel

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 14, 2024

All government ministries, departments, and agencies have been mandated to purchase compressed-natural-gas-powered vehicles for official use. President Bola Tinubu gave the order while addressing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the State House on Monday, and said the move was in line with his administration’s commitment to ensure energy security, drive utility, and cut high fuel costs. The President while affirming that there is no turning back in the energy reforms initiated by...

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Organized Labour Seals Offices Of Electricity Companies In Three States

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOrganized Labour Seals Offices Of Electricity Companies In Three States

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 13, 2024

Following the deterioration of electricity supply in some parts of Nigeria, members of the organized labour have taken their protest to the headquarters of Electricity Distribution Companies in Ibadan, Umuahia, and Yola as well as the National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Nigeria, NERC in Adamawa state. The national headquarters of NLC issued the sealing of electricity offices. Members of the organized labour in Oyo State had carried placards with inscriptions such as “Nigeria Workers and...

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