The joint National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has suspended the indefinite nationwide strike which entered its second day on Wednesday. The decision was reached at a meeting on Wednesday that deliberated on the outcome of an earlier interface with the Federal Government led by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. The TUC President, Festus Osifo, confirmed the suspension to Channels Television on Wednesday evening. Organised labour said it has received a commitment from the Ribadu-led meeting that those arrested for the physical assault on NLC President, Joe…
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The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Danghiwa, has said the ministry is working on establishing a National Land Commission in the country. He made this disclosure at the Conference of Directors of Lands in the Federal and State Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, themed “Improving Land-Based Revenue of the Federating Units in Nigeria through Efficient and Effective Land Administration,” which was held in Lagos State on Wednesday. He said, “Currently, we have a situation where the Land Use Act was enacted in 1978, but there was no complementary institution set up alongside it to provide the necessary framework, guidelines,…
The academic community of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State has been thrown into mourning following the death of a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Dr. Ayo Ojediran, who reportedly slumped in his office. Sources on the campus said Ojediran was rushed to the institution’s clinic immediately he slumped on Tuesday, but could not make it. Speaking on the incident during an interview with the PUNCH Online on Wednesday, the President, Faculty of Education Students Association of Nigeria, Victor Adesokan, said he was with Ojediran the night before his death. According to him, the deceased, whom he described…
The Federal Government on Wednesday met with the officials of Labour unions on how to resolve the issues concerning the ongoing national strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media, Makut Macham . He expressed the hope that with the outcome of the meeting, labour may soon call off the strike. The statement read, “The Federal Government has met with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress with a view to resolving the ongoing strike. “The meeting held at the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes are to remain legal tender indefinitely. While new currency notes were introduced last year with the old ones set to cease as legal tender, the apex bank on Tuesday extended “the legal tender status deadline of the old design of N200, N500 and N1,000 denominations, ad infinitum”. It explained that the move is in line with international best practices and “to forestall a repeat of earlier experiences. “Thus, all banknotes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in accordance with Section 20(5) of the CBN…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, arraigned Aisha Sabo before Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court, Damaturu, Yobe State on one -count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N10,473,500.00 (Ten Million, Four Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand Five Hundred Naira). The lone-count charge reads: “That you Aisha Sabo on or about March, 2022 at Damaturu, Yobe State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court directly converts the aggregate sum of N10,473,500.00 (Ten Million, Four Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand Five Hundred Naira) which you…
The Israeli army on Tuesday confirmed the death of Noa Marciano, a woman soldier held captive in Gaza by Palestinian militant group Hamas. A statement from the army called Marciano “a fallen IDF soldier abducted by a terror organisation,” a day after the army confirmed her identity following the release by Hamas of a video showing the young woman in captivity. On Monday, Hamas’s military wing issued a video of Marciano identifying herself and calling on Israel to stop its bombing campaign, juxtaposed with a picture of her apparently dead. Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas’s military wing, said Marciano…
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, and Governor-elect Usman Ododo of Kogi State, on their victory in the November 11 governorship elections. The President commends the electorate in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa for their participation in the electoral process, affirming the resilience of democratic institutions and the power of the people in shaping the nation’s political landscape. President Tinubu says the outcome of the elections reflects the wishes of the people, emphasizing that democracy thrives when voters reward competence, transparency, and good governance. While expressing gratitude to the Independent…
Organised labour in Niger State, on Tuesday, shut down schools, hospitals, and other government institutions in Minna, the state capital, in line with an indefinite nationwide strike order of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC). Channels Television learnt that some students in public schools who had arrived for lessons unaware of the strike were asked to return home. A tour of some schools, the state veterinary hospital and the state secretariat complex in Minna, showed that the labour leaders from different affiliate unions were enforcing the directive of the NLC headquarters for compliance…
Workers in several states have joined the strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) which kicked off today, shutting down activities at several government-owned facilities. The Edo State chapter of the NLC downed tools at government offices in compliance with the nationwide industrial action declared by the national body. At the Civil Service Secretariat in Benin City, the Edo State capital, union leaders, including the state NLC chairman, Mr Odion Olaye, locked out civil servants who had come to work. The same scenario played out at the State High Court and…