Weekly Cover
…Plans to Picket Petrol Stations if Scarcity Persists
ORGANISED labour in the country has set March 10, 2021 to carry out a nationwide protest over moves by the National Assembly to decentralise legislation on minimum wage from the exclusive to...
Editorial
I’ve To Produce Results To Make Africa, Women Proud – Dr...
Dr (Mrs) Okonjo-Iweala was announced on Monday, February 15th 2021 as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation. She is...
ASUSS Not Registrable As Trade Union – NUT Re-states Decision of...
On Thursday, February 11, 2021, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) addressed a press conference at its Teachers’ House National Headquarters,...
Workers World
Organised Labour To Resist Moves to Decentralise National Minimum Wage; Sets March 10th For Nationwide Protest
…Plans to Picket Petrol Stations if Scarcity Persists
ORGANISED labour in the country has set March 10, 2021...
Mass Sack of Teachers By El-Rufai: Court Dismisses NUT’s Suit Against KDSG
THE Kaduna Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has reportedly dismissed a case instituted...
Unions Join Forces To Fight CAC’s Anti-Union Posture
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have resolved the differences between...
NASU, SSANU Suspend Strike on Patriotic, Compassionate Grounds
THE Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities...
Lagos As Flagship and Good Example to Other States in Pension Administration
NIGERIA in 2004 carried out a comprehensive reform of her pension schemes with the passage of the...
Columnists
Lagos As Flagship and Good Example to Other States in Pension Administration
NIGERIA in 2004 carried out a comprehensive reform of her pension schemes with the passage of the...
Sir Lucky Omoluwa: One Year of Absence
By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
EXACTLY a year ago today, the 18th of February, 2020, Sir Lucky Babatunde...
Pension for Former Governors and Others: Matters Arising
SOME governors, among them those who failed in eight years to enact laws to take care of...
News
Buhari’s 60th Independence Anniversary Speech
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH...
Jail Provided Me Opportunity To Learn Invaluable Lessons – Says Orji...
The past five months have been quite a profound period for me. As challenging as that period has been, it has provided me an opportunity to learn invaluable lessons about our country, our peoples, our justice system and the true meaning of love. I mean love for family, love for our country and love for humanity.
Petrol Price Increase: JAF Calls for Mass Action
THE Joint Action Front (JAF) has called on the leadership of the labour movement to provide the necessary leadership for resistance...
Civil Society/Human Rights
SGBV: NHRC Panel Commences Second Round of Special Investigation Panel
THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commenced second round of sitting of the Special Investigation Panel...
NASU, SSANU Suspend Strike on Patriotic, Compassionate Grounds
THE Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities...
Unpaid Pensions: ARPON Cautions Retired Police Officers Over Planned Protest
FIDELIS E. Oyakhilome, the President, Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (ARPON), has appealed to retired...
Insecurity: NLC to Convene National Security Conference
Frowns at the Increasing Attack on Workers, Trade Union Rights
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved...
WTO: African Trade Unionists Hail Okonjo-Iweala’s Appointment, Demand Respect for Workers Rights, Decent Jobs
AFRICAN trade unionists have, while hailing the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director-General of...
Opinion
Sir Lucky Omoluwa: One Year of Absence
By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
EXACTLY a year ago today, the 18th of February, 2020, Sir Lucky Babatunde...
Demanding Answers at Very Unusual Times By Ayuba Wabba
FELLOW comrades and leaders of our movement, I welcome you to the very first meeting of the...
OPINION: 2023 Elections: Benue’s Rumour Mills, Made-up Crisis and Negative Narratives
By Fred Igbayima
ALTHOUGH it is literally a long way off to real 2023 politicking for anyone to...
Didi Adodo: Another Painful Exit!
By Denja Yaqub
WHEN we first met in the mid-80s, he strikingly exhibited all the attributes of a...
TRIBUTE: Comrade Didi Adodo: Our Eyes Brim With Tears! An Obsequious!
By Joe Ajaero
WE have lost yet another soldier! Comrade Didi Aifediyi Adodo was reported by his family...
Business & Finance
WTO: NLC Congratulates Okonjo-Iweala, Says Feat Consistent with Inspiring Career
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday, February 15, 2021 as the Director-General...
FG To Incorporate Trillion Naira Infrastructure Company
THE federal government has unveiled plans to incorporate an infrastructure company with an initial seed value of one trillion naira to...
Sports & Entertainment
FG to Spend N21 Billion Renovating National Theatre
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved an agreement that will lead to the renovation of the National Theatre in...
Entertainment: Why I Chose Music – Slikish
By Amos Aar
EMBERGA Aondohemba Peter, popularly known as Slikish, is an Afro-pop singer who is at the moment making waves in...
Agriculture
Addressing Herders-Farmers Conflicts: Of National Development And The Urgency of Now!
By Jaye Gaskia
THE choice of the title for this piece is deliberate, and it is the outcome of relentless and...
Dangote, Benue Host Community Disagree on Out-of-Court Settlement
ONGOING efforts by Dangote Coal Mines Ltd to reach mutual out-of-court settlement with its host community of Akpali in a recent...