Oyo civil servants have returned to work on Monday having called off a week-long strike called by the state’s chapters of organised labour.The civil servants shunned work since July 31 to protest the non-payment of salary deductions, leave bonuses and also to demand a review of pension allowances.The strike, called
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Wema Bank, Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, has partnered with the Federal Government of Nigeria to establish digital and skill innovation hubs across states in the country.Wema bank in a statement said the target is to empower one million youths with digital and other relevant skills.It added that the initiative, known
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Department of Security Service (DSS) and soldiers have been put on the red alert as the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS deadline for the restoration of democratic rule in Niger Republic ended on Sunday.According to the Nigerian Tribune, the security on the Nigerian
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe governors of the Opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s National Working Committee (NWC); and its flag bearer for the 2023 poll, Atiku Abubakar; on Saturday, met at the Bauchi State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja for a stakeholders’ meeting.PDP’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum; the Chairman
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Akpevwe Udobit, AbujaThe Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, Presidential election, Peter Obi has expressed sadness over the exit of the Pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), from Nigeria after 51 years of operations.Obi, in a series of tweets, Saturday, said the reason given by the company for
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Akpevwe Udobit, AbujaThe Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended the airport car hire services at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, with immediate effect.The suspension it said was as a result of the unresolved factional dispute amongst the car hire operators which has been affecting airport car hire
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaIn Nigeria's hierarchy of leadership you have the office of President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Judge of the Federation, Deputy Senate President, and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.Given this hierarchy of leadership at the federal level of governance it
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ECOWAS defence chiefs are exploring several options including diplomacy to resolve the crisis in Niger Republic.A statement from the Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after their three-day Extra Ordinary Meeting in Abuja said.“We have acknowledged the need for a
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President Bola Tinubu says a comprehensive forensic audit of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is underway, while a thorough overhaul of the civil service payroll is imminent.The president disclosed this during an audience with the President of the World Bank, Mr Ajay Banga, on Friday at the Presidential Villa,
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaThe largest umbrella body of Nigerian workers, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (tuc) and their affiliates on Wednesday August 2, 2023 staged a protest march against the poor remuneration of the workers amid humungous salaries and allowances of executive and legislative officials in government.The
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