The Nigeria Labour Congress (NlC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have, for the third time, rejected the government wage proposal of N57,000 but shifted their demand from N615,000 to N497,000.The negotiation, which resumed on Wednesday, comes just a few days after the NLC and TUC pulled out of the
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The Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and the glamorizing of vices in Nigerian films.The Executive Director/CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu Husseini, disclosed this while speaking at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu on Wednesday, May 22.The
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A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abduwaheed Omar, has been chosen by the Political Commission of the NLC to head a transition committee tasked with revitalising the Labour Party.The committee led by Omar is expected to organise a national convention within the next three months.Other committee members include
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The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, has admitted a former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria police, Abba Kyari, to bail after over two years in detention.Mr. Kyari and his co-defendants face eight charges of conspiracy, illegal dealing in cocaine, importation of cocaine, and obstruction.The trial judge,
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No fewer than 500 staff of Dana Air have blocked the entrance of the company in Oshodi, Lagos, to protest their sacking and non-salary payment.Dana aircraft was suspended by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) after its aircraft was involved in a runway skidding incident last month.The NCAA said it
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The Organized Labour says its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalize the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers remains sacrosanct.This is contained in a statement issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and
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In an effort to combat persistent inflation and stabilize the Nigerian economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 26.25% from 24.75%This decision was announced by CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, at a press briefing held in Abuja on Tuesday following the 295th Monetary
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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, has said that the long-awaited student loan programme will take off on Friday with 1.2 million students in federal tertiary institutions across the country.Sawyerr, who spoke at a pre-application sensitisation press conference in Abuja, on Monday, said
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An Abuja-based pastor; Stanley Ogbonna, has thrown his wife, Chioma, and six children out of his house.According to the report, Ogbonna, a General Overseer of the God’s Spring Assembly, also known as Glass Church, Kubwa, Abuja, was said to be in an unsettling relationship with his wife, which led to
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaTo say that former vice president Atiku Abubakar is one of the biggest egos aiming to become Nigeria’s president is an understatement. For a man who contested for the presidential ticket against Moshood Abiola in 1992/93, he has come a long way in his relentless quest for the
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