•The protesting workers Members of staff of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, today, staged a protest against non-payment of the 10 months’ salaries and allowances. The angry workers under the auspices of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics...
•Ademola Adeleke Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun says his administration is creating an enabling environment to retain health professionals in the state against the “Japa syndrome”. Adeleke said this at the official inauguration of Osun Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS) Office Complex in Abere, Osogbo, reports NAN. “We have targeted action...
•The jailed health workers Four healthcare workers have been jailed after they were caught on camera physically and emotionally abusing an elderly patient, reports The BBC yesterday. While Ame Tunkara and Morountaro Adefila were found guilty of ill-treatment and wilful neglect and sentenced on December 8 to four months in prison, Danny Ohen an...
The President of Bauchi State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (BACCIMA), Alhaji Aminu Muhammad Danmaliki, has advised salary workers to take to other means of livelihood to survive. Muhammad , popularly known by his traditional title of Danmaliki Bauchi, made the remark when he received officials of the Correspondents’ Cha...
The Organised Labour and the federal government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent yesterday, noted that the federal government only paid N35,000 wage award for September, reports The...
•Adams Oshiomhole Senator Adams Oshiomhole representing Edo North Senatorial District has urged the public and private sectors to pay staffers the new minimum wage of N35,000 before Christmas. The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress cautioned that there would be no Christmas festivities if workers were not paid the new mi...
Music streaming company, Spotify announced today that it would be cutting about 17 per cent of its workforce – about 1,500 workers – in an effort to save costs in the face of “dramatically” slower economic growth. The announcement follows a 26 per cent increase in active users to 574 million during the third quarter, […]
•Mbah Enugu Governor Peter Mbah has directed the verification and biometric capturing of all local government workers in the state. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia today in Enugu. According to the statement, the verification committee will be inaugurated on Friday, December 1, 2...
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) will commence a nationwide strike by midnight, Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The nationwide strike is coming on the backdrop of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) joint National Executive Council (NEC) meeting yesterday Tuesday, November 7, 2023, directing its affiliate U...
•Seyi Makinde The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that workers and pensioners in the state would receive a monthly cash award of N25,000 and N15,000 respectively for the next six months. He noted, however, that the workforce and the people of the state would have to work with the state government to develop […]

