The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the
By MIKE MCRAE, SCIENCE alert An ingredient once commonly used in citrus-flavored sodas to keep the tangy taste mixed thoroughly through the beverage could finally be banned for good across the US. The FDA proposed in November to revoke the registration of a
Some of the 43 contested acres are landlocked with no public access but with protected plant and animal species. BY VALERIE GONZALEZ AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after
The South-East chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have proposed N540,000 and N447,000 respectively as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The organised labour of NLC and TUC made the proposal during the South-East Zonal Hearing
Governors from the Northwest Zone were conspicuously absent on Thursday at the Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano, the venue of the ongoing public hearing on the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. Our correspondent who covered the event reports that none of the
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on Wednesday, said the Faculty of Management Sciences of the University of Science and Technology, (DSUST), Ozoro, would take off at the Orerokpe Technical College, Orerokpe, Okpe Local Government Area. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this in an
The Lagos State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mrs Funmi Sessi, on Thursday proposed N794,000 as minimum wage for the average Nigerian worker. She made the declaration during the South-West Zonal Public Hearing on the National Minimum Wage held in Lagos. The hearing,
– Calls for aggressive investment in agriculture, security, SMEs Chuks Okocha and Sunday Ehigiator, ThisDay The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has described Ukraine’s donation of 25,000 tons of wheat to Nigeria as a “national disgrace,”
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has shown utter confusion following his cluelessness over what to do with huge monthly allocations to the State, local governments and 13 per cent derivation for the oip bearing communities in Imo state. While schools in the
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the death of Nollywood actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, as saddening and a huge loss. According to him, the loss is not just
BY EMMANUEL MGBEAHURIKE, Owerri The former deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has
As the world steps into 2025, Mr. Okwuosa Charles Chinedu, CEO of Birotojob, has called
As the dawn of a new year brings renewed hope and aspirations to homes across
In continuation of her mobilization and sensation exercise before its workshop, the Imo State GIZ