The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested two former employees of Union Bank in Makurdi, Benue State, on allegations of stealing N4,199,500 from a deceased customer’s account. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement released yesterday in Abuja. The suspects, identified as Idah Ogoh and Agbo Okw...
Nigerian workers under the aegis of The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have rejected the newly introduced cybersecurity levy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, demanding its immediate withdrawal. In a statement by its President, Joe Ajaero, the NLC lamented that the levy is another anti-people policy of the government amid excruciating economic ha...
The Organised Labour in Kogi State has demanded the immediate implementation of N35,000 wage award for workers in the state. Addressing the May Day rally yesterday in Lokoja, the Kogi State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Gabriel Amari, said the current N30,000 national minimum wage fell short of meeting workers’ basic needs in view [...
•Vice President Shettima (middle) addressing Nigerian workers yesterday in Abuja The hopes of workers were dashed when the federal government failed to announce the much-anticipated new minimum wage increase, yesterday. President Bola Tinubu, has, however, promised to implement a living wage that reflects the current economic conditions...
•Nasir El-Rufai The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State chapter, has urged the Committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate the expenditure of the past administration of Nasir El-Rufai to beam its searchlight on the ‘unjust’ sacking of over 27,000 workers across the state without payment of their entitlements....
•Remi Tinubu First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has felicitated Nigerian workers, emphasising the importance of reflecting on ways to enhance productivity within the workforce. In a statement personally signed and shared with the press, Mrs Tinubu expressed gratitude for the invaluable contributions of workers to the nation’s progress. Acknowle...
Buffeted by staggering food inflation, rising cost of living, biting fuel scarcity, poor electricity supply and widespread insecurity, Nigerian workers have said they have scant reasons to celebrate May 1 fondly known as Workers’ Day. The federal government has declared today a work free day to commemorate the workers’ day, reports Daily Sun. ...
•Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Shri G. Balasubramanian The Indian High Commission in Nigeria has vowed to sanction the workers at the Indian Language School, Ilupeju, Lagos who refused our correspondent access to the school facility for inquiries. Following online reports that the school was not admitting or welcoming Nigerians on its p...
The National Union of Banks, Insurance and FiÂnancial Institutions EmÂployees (NUBIFIE) has staged a protest at the head office of the Heritage Bank in Victoria Island over alÂleged wrongful disengageÂment and refusal to settle severance benefits of about 1000 exited workers. The leaders and memÂbers of the union, while chanting solidarity son...
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), yesterday, rejected the federal government’s plan to pay its members half salary for the four months withheld salaries. Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Wednesday, revealed that SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) would get half of their withheld salaries if President ...
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