Fuel Subsidy Removal: Labour suspends planned strike

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Labour suspends planned strike By Mary Izuaka The organised labour has suspended its plan to embark on a nationwide strike on Tuesday to pressure the government to address the hardships occasioned by the removal of subsidy on petrol. Both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Council (TUC), the umbrella… Continue reading Fuel Subsidy Removal: Labour suspends planned strike

Labour Leaders Head For Aso Rock In Final Meeting On Indefinite Strike

Labour Leaders Head For Aso Rock In Final Meeting On Indefinite Strike By Idowu Isamotu Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) are currently heading for the Presidential Villa in Abuja for a meeting that would determine whether the strike called over the nationwide hardship would hold or not. The… Continue reading Labour Leaders Head For Aso Rock In Final Meeting On Indefinite Strike

To Avert Strike: FG, Labour Resume Last-Minute Talks

Strike: FG, Labour Resume Last-Minute Talks President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero By Muideen Olaniyi A meeting convened by the federal government with the organised labour to avert the impending nationwide indefinite strike has commenced at the Chief of Staff’s Conference Room, State House, Abuja. The meeting, which began at 3:25pm after the… Continue reading To Avert Strike: FG, Labour Resume Last-Minute Talks

NLC, TUC declare strike from October 3

BREAKING: NLC, TUC to ground activities nationwide from Oct 3 By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have resolved to ground activities nationwide from October 3, 2023, following what the Labour Unions tagged as the “failure” of government to successfully implement policies to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians following the… Continue reading NLC, TUC declare strike from October 3

Senate confirms Cardoso CBN gov, four others as deputies

Senate confirms Cardoso CBN gov, four others as deputies By Damilola Olufemi The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the nomination of Olayemi Cardoso, as the substantive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Additionally, the Senate confirmed the nomination of four deputy governor nominees for the apex bank. The deputy governors confirmed include Emem Nnana… Continue reading Senate confirms Cardoso CBN gov, four others as deputies

NERC orders DisCos to reimburse customers for meters purchased under MAP

NERC orders DisCos to reimburse customers for meters purchased under MAP Victor Ejechi The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered electricity distribution companies (DisCos), to reimburse customers who have paid for the acquisition of meters under the meter assets provider (MAP) framework. The commission gave the order in a document dated March 20, 2023,… Continue reading NERC orders DisCos to reimburse customers for meters purchased under MAP

No new order for prepaid meters for now, Ikeja Electric tell customers

No new order for prepaid meters – Ikeja Electric By Olaniyi Apanpa Ikeja Electric Distribution Company on Thursday said it was no longer taking orders from customers for new prepaid meters until it has cleared the backlog of requests. IE’s head of prepaid revenue management and metering, Morenikeji Amosun, disclosed this during a virtual stakeholders’… Continue reading No new order for prepaid meters for now, Ikeja Electric tell customers

Tinubu nominates Cardoso as CBN Governor, names four deputies⁣

Tinubu nominates Cardoso as CBN Governor, names four deputies⁣ Dr. Olayemi Cardoso By Stephen Angbulu President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Senate.⁣ ⁣ “This… Continue reading Tinubu nominates Cardoso as CBN Governor, names four deputies⁣

We plan to crash cement from N5,500 to N3,500 – BUA cement

We plan to crash cement from N5,500 to N3,500 – BUA cement Samuel Oamen Chairman of BUA Cement Plc., Abdul Samad Rabiu, has announced plans to reduce the price of cement N5,500 to between N3,000 and N3,500. Rabiu disclosed this to Journalists after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. He… Continue reading We plan to crash cement from N5,500 to N3,500 – BUA cement

Is Nigeria truly under a spell?

Is Nigeria truly under a spell? AUTHOR: Simon Kolawole In the dying days of his administration in 2007, President Olusegun Obasanjo sold 51 percent of federal government’s stakes in two of Nigeria’s four ailing refineries to Bluestar Oil Services Ltd — a consortium floated by Dangote Oil, Zenon Oil and Transcorp Plc — for $761… Continue reading Is Nigeria truly under a spell?