The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has decided to suspend its planned nationwide strike following a meeting with the federal government and stakeholders yesterday. The strike was intended in response to the harsh economic conditions affecting tanker drivers, who had halted operations and refused to transport petroleum pr...
Power Distribution Companies (DisCos) have resorted to rationing as data revealed that Nigeria is currently experiencing almost 16, 000megawatts power deficit despite having so far; issued generation licenses to 40 Generation Companies (GenCos). Data sourced from the Independent System Operator by Channels Television on National Peak Demand Fo...
•NLC President Ajaero The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja today after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Co...
•Slices of bread The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has disclosed readiness to embark on nationwide strike as from Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Kogi State chairman of AMBCN, Chief Adeniyi Bamidele Gabriel, made this known today during a press conference held in Lokoja. According to him, the National President of th...
Over 20 of the 27 electricity plants on the Nigerian electricity grid are in shambles as some of the plants are producing only about 0.2 per cent of their installed capacity. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in its third quarter report for the year showed that troubles await the aging plants, leading to recurring […...
•Prison The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said no fewer than 53,836 inmates in the 253 correctional centres nationwide are awaiting trial as of December 18. The spokesperson of the service, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC), Abubakar Umar, told our correspondent in Abuja today. Umar said the summary of the inmates across the cou...
•Tinubu The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has vowed that it will fight against the increase in school fees across tertiary institutions. The NANS President, Lucky Emonefe made this vow at a stakeholders’ press conference in Abuja yesterday, when some student leaders, including the newly-elected NANS Senate President, Afeez Ak...
•Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The federal government, yesterday, said it had raised N585m towards the settlement of fines for inmates in a bid to decongest correctional centres across the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, represented by an Assistant Director in the ministry, Dr Anayo Romanus-Nzekwe, disclosed this yesterday in K...
The National Industrial Court (NIC) has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) as well as their affiliates from embarking on any form of strike or industrial action. The two major labour unions were yesterday evening ordered to stop their nationwide strike action scheduled to commence on Tuesday, Novem...
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a total nationwide strike effective next Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The leadership of the two union reached the resolution after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting today in Abuja, reports Channels TV. The two major labour unio...