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Jun

2024

Why Organised Labour Suspends Strike For 5 Days

Why Organised Labour Suspends Strike For Five Days The Organised Labour has suspended the nationwide strike for five days to give room for uninterrupted meeting with the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage. A source with the leaders of Labour disclosed this to Vanguard. The Labour leaders had a successful meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume, and other government officials on Monday and reached a resolution that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was committed to a new minimum wage higher than N60,000. They equally resolved that the Tripartite Committee would meet every…

Jun

2024

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Police To Establish Full Drone System To Aid Security

Crime, News Flash, Security

Police To Establish Full Drone System To Aid Security The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, says the Nigeria Police Force will soon establish a full drone system to tackle the nation’s security challenges adequately. Egbetokun said this while delivering the first distinguished Personality Lecture, organised by the TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Multidisciplinary Studies (TCEMS), University of Ibadan (UI), on Monday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lecture was titled: “The Nigeria Police Force and the Management of Internal Security”. Egbetokun said although the force already had a drone, it would now establish a full…

Jun

2024

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Zenith Bank’s First Female GMD Assumes Office

Business, CBN/Commercial Banking, Economy, News Flash

𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤'𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐌𝐃 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 The newly appointed Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Adaora Umeoji, assumed duty at the bank's head office in Lagos on Monday. The company revealed this in a video shared on its Facebook page on Monday. The caption read, "Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji OON, Group Managing Director / CEO, Zenith Bank Plc, arrives Zenith Bank Head Office in Lagos." PUNCH Online had earlier reported that the company's secretary, Michael Otu, disclosed in a statement that Umeoji's appointment was effective June 1. Umeoji takes over from the former GMD, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu,…

Jun

2024

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NLC Strike: FG Offers To Pay More Than N60,000 As Minimum Wage

FGN, Labour, News Flash

FG Offers To Pay More Than N60,000 As Minimum Wage The Federal Government has agreed to pay more than the N60,000 it initially proposed as new minimum wage. The decision was taken at a meeting the government had with labour leaders on Monday night in Abuja to address the dispute over the national minimum wage in response to the nationwide strike declared by the organised labour.. The meeting, held in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on Monday evening aimed to resolve the impasse and bring an end to the industrial action that had paralysed…

Jun

2024

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Germany Opens Portal For Skilled Nigerian Workers To Apply For Jobs

Immigration, Labour, News Flash

Germany Opens Portal For Skilled Nigerian Workers To Apply For Jobs The Government of Germany has introduced the ‘Opportunity Card,’ a new initiative aimed at attracting skilled workers from non-European Union (EU) countries, including Nigeria. This is just as the portal where applicants were asked to apply showed Nigeria as one of the countries of residence of intending applicants. The Opportunity Card, a type of residence permit, allows individuals from third countries—nations outside the EU—to enter Germany to seek employment. The card is valid for up to one year and can be extended if the individual finds qualified employment, enabling…

Jun

2024

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Visa Ban Imposed On Nigeria By UAE Resolved -Keyamo

Immigration, FGN, News Flash

Visa Ban Imposed On Nigeria By UAE Resolved – Keyamo Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said the United Arab Emirates, UAE, authorities have concluded plans to lift the travel barriers between it and Nigeria. Speaking to newsmen at the welcome dinner for delegates attending the International Air Transport Association, IATA, 80 Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit in Dubai, weekend, Keyamo said issues relating to visa denial by the UAE had been resolved. He added that an announcement would soon be made, saying what remained was to fine-tune the processes for lifting the…

Jun

2024

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Nigerian Army Speaks As NLC Raises Alarm Over Presence Of Soldiers At Meeting Venue

Labour, News Flash, Security

Army Speaks As NLC Raises Alarm Over Presence Of Soldiers At Meeting Venue The Army Headquarters has addressed and refuted a ‘false’ report by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), which alleged that soldiers are currently surrounding the venue of the ongoing meeting between the NLC and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The NLC had earlier on its official X account raised alarm that soldiers are currently surrounding the venue of the ongoing meeting between the NLC and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday night, TRIBUNE ONLINE reports. According to an official statement…

Jun

2024

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NLC Gives Justification For Shutting Down National Grid

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

NLC Justifies Shutting Down National Grid The Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday explained the decision of workers in the electricity sector to shut down the national grid. In a statement made available to journalists, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, faulted the Transmission Company of Nigeria over claims that the monitoring and compliance team of NLC attacked workers manning their facilities. The TCN had announced the complete shutdown of Nigeria’s power grid by labour unions as the strike by the labour unions began. NLC and the Trade Union Congress commenced a nationwide industrial action on Monday in protest against the N60,000…

Jun

2024

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Labour’s N494,000 Minimum Wage Demand Amounts To N49.5 Trillion Yearly, But Unsustainable -FG

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, News Flash

PRESS RELEASE Labours’ N494,000 minimum wage demand amounts to N9.5 trillion yearly, but unsustainable – FG The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the sum of N494,000 national minimum wage being demanded by organized labour, which cumulatively amounts to the sum of N9.5 trillion bill, is capable of destabilizing the economy and jeopardizing the welfare of over 200 million Nigerians. Idris stated this at a news conference in Abuja in response to the threat by the organized labor to embark on strike if their demands were not met. He said the offer of N60,000 minimum wage…

Jun

2024

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Labour Shuts Down National Assembly, Federal Secretariat

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲, 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭 The Parliamentary Staff Union of Nigeria joined the indefinite strike action called by Organised Labour, shutting down the National Assembly. The two gates of the Assembly complex were shut by the union with workers and other visitors unable to gain access. The electricity and water supply to the two buildings housing the Senate and the House of Representatives as well as other facilities in the complex have been shut down by the union. The move is in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), who had earlier called…