The Director of Media and Publicity for the dissolved All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, has urged Nigerian workers to ignore the directives of the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, on the proposed strike scheduled to commence Wednesday over the removal of fuel subsidy. Onanuga …
Read More »NLC To Embark On Nationwide Strike From June 7
The Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike from next Wednesday. This comes amid fuel shortages across the country occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech in which he declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”. NLC President Joe Ajaero made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the …
Read More »President Tinubu names Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, Akume as SGF
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his Chief of Staff and George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF). Akume, a former governor of Benue State, is the immediate past minister of special duties in the administration of ex-President …
Read More »Suleiman Adebayo Audu bag Award of Excellence
( L)Baba Gana Alkali, Director (PPRS) gives the award to (R) Suleiman Adebayo Audu, Director of Trade, FMITI Mr Suleiman Adebayo Audu, Director,Trade in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has been honoured with a Meritorious Award of Excellence by the management of the Ministry. Described as hardworking, …
Read More »Subsidy Removal:No Go Area, NLC warns Tinubu
“There is no provision for subsidy in the budget; subsidy is gone” declared by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his Inauguration speech has not gone down well with Nigerians. Moments after the speech, queues appeared at the filling stations and the prices of petrol shut through the roof. Reacting to …
Read More »Stakeholders collaboration will curb challenges in auto sector- Council boss
The Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr Jelani Aliyu, says challenges faced in the auto industry can be curbed with stakeholders’ collaboration. Aliyu, in a statement on Thursday, said this at the Third Annual Edition of the West Africa Automotive Show (WAAS) in Lagos. The director-general was …
Read More »SERVICOM COMPLIANCE EVALUATION:CAC’s SERVICE DELIVERY IS HIGHEST AMONGST GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
The Corporate Affairs Commission’s service delivery index is within acceptable limits and so far the highest among government agencies in the country, says SERVICOM. The SERVICOM scribe, who stressed that evaluation reports contain findings (strengths and weaknesses) and scores of the evaluated MDAs, said such reports were usually presented to …
Read More »No Longer at Ease for African immigrants in UK- Report
A new report has revealed that African immigrants in the United Kingdom are struggling to pay bills as they are most affected by the persistent rising cost of living crisis. Vanguard cited the report published on Wednesday by an African communications service community disclosed that many African residents in the …
Read More »Ajay Banga Selected 14th President of the World Bank
Executive Directors of the World Bank today selected Ajay Banga as President of the World Bank for a five-year term beginning June 2, 2023. Ajay Banga most recently served as Vice Chairman at General Atlantic. Previously, he was President and CEO of Mastercard, a global organization with nearly 24,000 employees. …
Read More »May Day: Lecturers, doctors, others to benefit from pay rise, says FG
Lecturers, doctors and other categories of civil servants under the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure, Consolidated Medical Salary Scale, popularly known as CONMESS, CONHESS, CONTISS salary scales, will benefit from an undisclosed percentage of pay rise, Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Ngige, disclosed on Monday.Speaking during the …
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