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May Day: JUSUN Chairman commends members, Chief Judge of FHC for support

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By Andrew Orolua The Chairman, Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Federal High Court Abuja Chapter, Comrade Samuel Ikpatt has commended members of the Union for their mass turn out and exemplary conduct during the May Day Celebration at Eagle Square Abuja on Thursday. Comrade Ikpatt made the

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MAY DAY: Nigerian workers drive progress, foster economic vitality, sustain national development – PRP

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By Tunde Opalana As Nigerian workers celebrate this year’s May Day, commemorating workers day across the globe, the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) lauded the nation’s workforce for resilience, struggle for workers’ rights and social justice. Standing in solidarity with Nigeria’s hardworking and resilient labour force, the party took the opportunity this

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May Day: Anambra lauds workers support in fight against COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2020 0

10. The Head of Service (HoS) in Anambra State, Mr. Harry Udu, has commended Nigerian workers for their support in the fight against Coronavirus pandemic. Udu made the commendation in Awka on Friday while felicitating with workers across the world on the 2020 edition of Workers Day celebration. He told Dailytimes that in spite of […]

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May day celebration how it began all over the world

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2020 0

May Day is a May 1 celebration with a long and varied history, dating back millennia. Throughout the years, there have been many different events and festivities worldwide, most with the express purpose of welcoming in a change of season (spring in the Northern Hemisphere). In the 19th century, May Day took on a new […]

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May Day: NLC demands implementation of N30,000 minimum wage in Kwara

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2020 0

Ilorin – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has  appealed to the  Kwara Government to ensure immediate and full implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage to its workers. The union said the implementation must be done in the face of economic hardship as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in the state. The congress made […]

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1886 International Workers (Labour) Day

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

International Workers’ Day is a celebration of labour and the working classes that is promoted by international labour movement and that occurs on May 1 every year. That day, May 1, is also the traditional European Spring holiday of May Day. Therefore, May 1 is a national public holiday in more than 80 countries, but […]

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May Day: Rights Group Slams Govs over Unpaid Workers’ Salary

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

A human rights group in Nigeria, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), has flayed the state governors that were still owing their workers between six and ten months’ salary, saying that such a situation was unjust. It declared that the Federal Government, under the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, have pad the monthly allocation […]

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May Day: Northern Govs Hail Workers, Harp on Accountability and Selflessness

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

The Chairman Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on Wednesday, called on workers in the country to mark workers’ day celebration, by reflecting more on what they can do to fast-track national development. Aliyu, who made this known through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel Ebije, said workers in […]

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May Day: NLC Urges Buhari to Tackle Joblessness

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the May Day, come Friday, May 1, the Pres­ident-elect, Gen. Muhammandu Buhari (retd) has been charged to tackle the issues of joblessness, hunger, illiteracy and lack of ac­cess to education that make Nige­rians easy prey to perpetrators of the dastardly acts, when he takes over […]