The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Federal Government to urgently address the concerns of workers toward ending the ongoing nationwide strike. NMA Chairman Lagos Zone, Dr Babajide Saheed, made the appeal in an interview on Monday in Lagos. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on June 3 embarked on an indefinite nationwide industrial action over lack of consensus on a new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariff. Saheed said that NMA Lagos was in solidarity with the NLC/TUC to press for a living wage for Nigerian workers, noting that the hardship…
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ASHENEWS reports that the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad, has appealed to the Organised Labour to shelve the ongoing strike in the country.
A group known as Emmanuel TV Partners, on Sunday, distributed food items worth over N15 million in FCT communities.
ASHENEWS reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the banking license of Heritage Bank.
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), on Monday, locked out judges, lawyers, staff and litigants from accessing courts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in compliance with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC)’s directive. The check at the FCT High Court, Maitama; Federal High Court (FHC); Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, showed that court activities were totally paralysed as JUSUN members positioned themselves outside the heavily locked gates. At Federal High Court, Abuja private security guards and few police officers were also sighted around the court gates as lawyers, litigants, visitors,…
The Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday, locked the entrance of the secretariat in compliance with infinite industrial action embarked by the labour union. The Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress had on May 31 directed its members to embark on an indefinite strike from June 3. The action, according to the unions, was over the failure of the Federal Government to increase the N60,000 minimum wage it offered to workers and its refusal to reverse the recent increase in electricity tariff. The President of JUAC, Mrs Rifkatu Lortyer, said in…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says that the Labour Unions have shut down the national grid, resulting in black out nationwide. TCN’S General Public Affairs Manager, Mrs Ndi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuha on Monday.Mbah said that the national grid shut down occured at about 2.19 a. m this morning. She said at about 1:15 a. m, the Benin Transmission Operator under the Independent System Operations unit of TCN reported that all operators were driven away from the control room. Mbah said that members of staff that resisted were beaten while some were wounded in the…
A 50-year-old woman who visited hospital seven times with slurred speech and extreme tiredness, only to be discharged with a diagnosis of being drunk, had a rare condition that gave her the appearance of being intoxicated.
The Saudi Ministry of Health has approved the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to operate two main clinics for Nigerian pilgrims in Makkah.
Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke said he inherited more than 80 per cent infrastructural deficit from the immediate past administration of the state.