A high court in Abuja has granted the application of the federal government to withdraw the forgery charge against Bukola Saraki, senate president, and Ike Ekweremadu, his deputy. The Federal Government had in a motion filed by a litigation officer […]
The Nigeria Airforce said that it has killed at least 300 insurgents during night airstrikes in their last operations in Borno State. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar disclosed this after commissioning borehole and 30 Bedroom Emergency […]
The Nigerian military says it has “fatally wounded” th leader of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents group, Abubakar Shekau, after a “most unprecedented and spectacular air raid” in Sambisa forest. Acting director of army public relations, Sani Kukasheka Usman, in a […]
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called off its ongoing industrial action, with a call on members to resume work immediately. Local Council workers in the State had in June embarked on […]
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, has carpeted the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) National President over comments made concerning the status of workers salaries in Kogi State. Addressing a group of pressmen in […]
Following a meeting between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara and the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, NARD, the proposed indefinite strike by the doctors scheduled to commence on Thursday June 9, 2016 has […]
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said that the strike action he embarked upon, thus becoming the first Nigerian governor to join workers on strike was caused by President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor took many by surprise when he announced on […]
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has embarked on an indefinite strike as governor of the state in solidarity with workers of the state civil service who have been on strike for about 12 days. Fayose said the solidarity strike became […]
Workers in Ekiti State on Thursday began an indefinite strike over government’s inability to pay five months salary arrears and for failing to refund deductions made from their December 2015 salaries. The strike brought the state capital to a halt […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended the indefinite strike it called to protest the increase in the pump price of petrol from N86 and N86.50k to N145. The decision to suspend the strike was taken at an emergency meeting of […]
The Joe Ajaero-led faction of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday said they refused to join the nationwide strike called by the Ayuba Wabba-led NLC because the Federal Government […]
The polarisation in the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress came to bear yesterday as one faction of the union backed out of the its plan to force a reversal of petrol price from N145 per litre to N86.50k. While […]
