•Smoke billowing from the burning Afriland Towers in Lagos yesterday The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has plunged into mourning following the death of four of its senior staff members in the fire incident that gutted Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos, yesterday. The deceased staff were trapped while on duty at one of the [&helli...
•Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim The Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has extended forgiveness to staff who recently staged a protest over welfare and working conditions, pledging renewed commitment to their wellbeing. This is contained in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jonathan Eze, following a town...
•Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State The Delta State Government has issued a new directive banning bushy beards, artificial braided or tainted hair, long eyelashes, fake nails, and other forms of what it calls “indecent appearance” among public servants. The ban was announced in a circular issued by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori through t...
Indications have emerged that the management of Dangote Group has accepted to allow workers of the its refinery and petrochemicals join the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. Sources at the meeting told our correspondent that an MOU is currently being drafted to be signed by parties, reports Vanguard. According to the ...
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body of indigenous airlines, has criticised the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) response to increasing assaults on aviation workers. The AON has also placed Ms. Comfort Emmanson, a passenger aboard Ibom Air flight Q9 303 from Uyo to Lagos on August 10, 2025, on indefinite No Fly [...
The Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) Act has introduced new penalties for the unauthorised disclosure of confidential information and documents by staff members. The NRS Act is among the four Bills recently signed into by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reports The Nation. The others are: the Nigeria Yax (fair taxation) law, the Nigeria Tax Administ...
•Nigerian workers The federal government has paid the second tranche of the outstanding N35,000 wage award arrears to federal government workers. The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known today in a statement issued in Abuja. Bawa Mokwa, the Director of Press and Public Relations, in a statement, noted that ...
•Workers protest Organised Labour in Tabara State has set Monday, August 11, for a statewide strike. Under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the unions said their decision followed a resolution reached at a meeting of the Joint State Administrative Council on August 6, reports Channels TV. [&hel...
The federal government has approved the pensions for retired aviation workers after almost 22 years of waiting. In a statement shared by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) via its official X account yesterday, the Agency said that the Ministry of Aviation has confirmed that disbursements will begin soon, with a pledge to ensure transparency...
•Nigerian workers Against the backdrop of some improvements in some macroeconomic indicators, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have expressed concerns that the operating environment is still adverse while sustaining pressures on average Nigerians. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NB...
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