DECISIONS OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE ORGANIZED LABOUR UNION
After the cancellation of the negotiation of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the labour negotiation, 2 State Assemblies intervened on 24 June The organized labour group announced a national strike on Monday, June 3, 2024, to bring back their demands. In the interest of the States, the Federal Government convened a meeting with the […]
Protest: Organized Labour accuses FG of deceit, walks out of meeting
Hardship: NLC issues strike notice to FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse all perceived anti-poor policies or face an indefinite nationwide strike from August 2. These policies include the recent hike in the pump price of petrol. This is as NLC directed all its affiliates and state councils to immediately begin mobilisation […]
IPMAN demands food subsidies for hungry masses
By Tina Amanda The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN Rivers State, has called on the government to subsidise food for its citizens as a hungry man on the street has nothing to sacrifice for subsidy removal. IPMAN Chairman Rivers State, Dr Joseph Obele, stated this while reacting to the recent publication that the […]
FG should declare a state of emergency on revamping eastern ports – Admiralty Lawyers
By Tina Amanda Admiralty Lawyers Society of Nigeria says the federal government should, urgently fashion out a proper blueprint for developing and diversifying into the maritime sector. President of Admiralty Lawyers Society of Nigeria, Angus Obinna Chukwuka, who disclosed this in Port Harcourt, said the government must depart from the politicization of port development in […]
FG releases MT Heroic Idun after prosecution
FG fails to include doctors, lecturers in 40 per cent pay raise
The Federal Government has approved the payment of the new 40 per cent pay rise for federal civil servants under the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) But the pay rise will not be enjoyed other federal workers operating under different salary structures, such as university workers and medical doctors, who are under the Consolidated […]
FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays
Federal government has declared Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10, 2023, as Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration. The minister of interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement yesterday in Abuja. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr Shuaib Belgore, assured […]
Litigations stalling Ogoni clean up – FG
Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi has blamed some Civil Society Organisations as well as some individuals in Rivers of stalling Ogoni clean up through unnecessary litigations. Mr Abdullahi stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, […]
FG approves satellite production by indigenous companies
FG blames oil theft for increased borrowing
FG has abandoned its responsibility in Bayelsa – State Government
