Wife of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Patience Umo Eno, By Anietie Akpan Government at all levels, organizations and individuals have been charged to collaborate to stem the tide of gender based crime in Akwa Ibom state. Wife of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Patience Umo Eno, gave the charge in Uyo on…
A NEW NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND HIKE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF: WHY ORGANISED LABOUR IS STRIKING For about eight months now, Organised Labour, the Federal Government, and the Organised Private Sector have been engaged in negotiations for a new national minimum wage. The negotiation for a new national minimum wage finds its roots in law and…
…refuse to release him even after Governor’s order Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has reportedly demanded a ‘refund of N1.5 million used to feed’ the detained traditional ruler of Igga community in the Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the state, Igwe Herbert Ukuta, before his release. The monarch has been detained at…
By Our Reporter Representative of Cross River State at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Rt. Hon. (Chief) Orok Duke, has vowed to revisit all the Commission’s projects that have been abandoned across the state. Duke stated this on Friday during an inspection visit to the Skill Acquisition Centre located in Akpabuyo local government…
By Anietie Akpan The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) affiliate in Cross River state, on Monday joined her counterparts nationwide to commence an indefinite strike action to press home her demands for a good minimum wage and others. Following the indefinite strike action, offices, banks, filling stations, schools in…
OPINION By Ehichioya Ezomon Has the political heat in Rivers State simmered in the past week to suggest perhaps – just perhaps – that conventional wisdom has taken hold of the dramatis personae in the crisis to pull back from the precipice they’ve pushed the state in the last eight months? There’s…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the licence of Heritage Bank Plc, one of the depositing banks, with immediate effect. This was contained in a press release signed by Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, on Monday, 3rd June 2024. The press release titled ‘CBN REVOKES THE BANKING LICENCE OF…
The Organised Labour unions have shut down the National Grid as they begin their indefinite strike. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had embarked on a nationwide strike at midnight on Sunday, 2nd June 2024. The workers are demanding an increased minimum which the Federal Government offered N48,000, then…
OPINION By Effiong Bassey Permit me to have a say, hoping and praying that I can convince my few friends and Colleagues (names withheld) who are fixed on one viewpoint against the decision of Governor Bassey Otu to redesign the Zone Six roundabout with a different sculpture. The new design is that of a Good…
Journalists across Nigeria have joined the Organised Labour to embark on a nationwide strike. This was disclosed by a circular signed on Sunday by Achike Chude, National Secretary, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) – an umbrella body for journalists in the country. According to the circular, the strike is in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour…
