The Cocoa Exporters Association of Nigeria has disclosed that 100,000 tons of cocoa beans are trapped at Nigerian ports due to a CBN documentation approval, which forces exporters to ensure that sales from export are repatriated to Nigeria. This was disclosed by Pius Ayodele, President of the Cocoa Exporters Association …
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Labour Leaders Walk Out Of Meeting With FG Over Fuel Price
The meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour on the hikes in fuel pump price and the electricity tariff on Sunday ended in disarray as the labour leaders walked out of the parley in anger. The dialogue, which was meant to take updates on the implementation of resolutions …
Read More »Strike: We Haven’t Exempted ASUU From IPPIS – FG
The Federal Government has debunked the report that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, platform. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige told Sunday Vanguard that government was quoted out of context on the matter, saying, …
Read More »Cross River, Dantata Group, CBN Partner On Agriculture
Cross River State is partnering the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Dantata group to create 20,000 agro-based jobs for youths, it has been learnt. Governor Ben Ayade stated this yesterday when officials of Dantata Group and CB visited his office. He said: “The meeting between CBN, Dantata group and …
Read More »ASUU Denies Suspending Strike
“fake news”. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied reports that it has suspended the indefinite strike action, Newsextra24 reports. This denial comes after a statement started making the rounds online with the subject, “Notice of suspension of ASUU indefinite strike action of all member universities across Nigeria.” …
Read More »ASUU Strike: Integrity Test On UTAS To Last 8 Weeks — Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, said the integrity test being conducted on the software of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution being proposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities would take between six and eight months to be completed. ASUU is currently on strike …
Read More »Dana Air Commences Daily Flights To Enugu From Lagos And Abuja.
As its Management team led by the Chief Operating Officer, Obi Mbanuzuo, visits Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu *Says the decision to commence operations in the state was because, “Enugu has shown to be one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria where the economy is growing …
Read More »Hurray, ASUU Wants Prompt Pay For Endless Strikes!
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nigeria’s celebrated and unfazed intellectual parasites, just declared their democratic right to pay for work not done — applause, applause! And to push their cause in the deepest and most consuming of democratic sympathies, ASUU has declared its members, never-appreciated arch-patrons fighting for …
Read More »FG, ASUU’s Feud Deepens, No Date For Resumption Of Negotiations
The feud between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has worsened as no date has been fixed for resumption of negotiations by the two parties. With this development, there is no end in sight for the resolution of issues that led to the protracted nine-month- …
Read More »Nigerians Surprised As Labour Keeps Mum On Fuel Price Increase
Despite various calls by Nigerians both online and offline that the Organised Labour should react to the recent increment in Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart have kept silent. The increment came barely after 72 hours …
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