•A protest The Northern Awareness Network (NAN) has issued a strong demand for action from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in addressing and eradicating the concerning number of sponsored protests aimed at ridiculing the party and President Bola Tinubu. “The NAN has expressed deep concern over the troubling trend of financing unruly ...
The presidents of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, while presenting a joint address at the May Day celebration in Abuja, on Wednesday, urged the federal government to also enthrone service reflective tariff and stoppage of segregation of customers. In the 18-item demands presented by the labour...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria has urged the federal government to pay N35,000 as March and April wage award to workers. The congress said public workers had not received their March and April pay, despite an agreement with the federal government on the payment, reports The Nation. TUC President Festus Osifo said this […]
The North Central Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has started consultations among party leaders to produce a National Chairman from the zone to complete the truncated tenure of Dr. Iyiorchia Ayu. This was sequel to the announcement of dates for the party’s National Caucus/ National Executive Committee meetings scheduled to hold o...
•Clark A sociopolitical group in the Niger Delta region, Niger Delta Youth Council, has expressed disgust over what it described as “senseless invasion and raid” of the Kiagbodo country home of Chief Edwin Clark, by military troops in search of arms, demandinf for “unreserved apology and compensation” for the trauma caused the former federal M...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Labour Party, yesterday, condemned the invasion of its party secretariat by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, led by Joe Ajaero. The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, called for Ajaero’s arrest for “treason” for allegedly planning a political insurrection against the ...
•Segun Olatunji The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of a Lagos-based journalist, Segun Olatunji, who was said to have been abducted by armed men from his Lagos home last week Friday. The union made the demand in a statement signed by its Assistant National Secretary, ...
•Ningi The Rebuild Arewa Initiative for Development (RAID) has called for the unconditional reinstatement of the Senator representing Bauchi central, Abdul Ningi. It would be recalled that Ningi was suspended for three months from the National Assembly due to his claims of Budget padding of N3.7 trillion, reports The Nation. The group said the...
•Udofia and Akpabio A socio political group, Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Frontiers for Unity, has asked Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio to apologise to a former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sir Michael Udofia, over his recent outburst describing it as “offensive, jaundiced and disappointing”. Recall that during ...
For workers in the South West geopolitical political zone, the Nigeria Labour Congress has called for a new national minimum wage of N794,000. Chairman of the Lagos State Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mrs. Funmi Sessi made the aforesaid recommendation to the ruling government today. Sessi made the call in the memorandum submitted at the South-...