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FG registers Bolt, Uber, other app-based transport workers as trade union

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2023 0

By Ukpono Ukpong The Federal Government has presented a letter of approval of registration to an informal sector trade union, the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transport Workers of Nigeria (AUATWON). Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige made the presentation yesterday at a

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Union accuses NBA of suppressing petition against lawyer

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2020 0

The Awka Development Union, Abuja branch has expressed displeasure over the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) unwillingness to investigate or treat a petition lodged against an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Taiye Ahmed. President of the union, Chief Chris Ndibe, who made the position of the union known while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja said

Business News

Petroleum union denies embarking on industrial action

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2018 0

Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has assured the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it had no plan to embark on any strike action. PTD Chairman, Otunba Oladiti Salman, who spoke with the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ugbamadu, on Friday, […]

Sports

FIFA thanks ´responsible´ Mutko stepping down

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

FIFA has thanked Vitaly Mutko for his “responsible step” in removing himself as the president of the Russian Football Union (RFS) as he appeals a lifetime Olympic ban. Mutko, who is Russia’s deputy prime minister, was banned by the IOC this month after the release of the Schmid Report, commissioned by the IOC, confirmed allegations […]

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IGU to FG: Constitute PenCom board now

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2017 0

……Commends EFCC for a good job The Industrial Global Union has called on the Federal Government to urgently reconstitute the board of National Pension Commission (PenCom) to safeguard pension assets in the country. Comrade Issa Aremu, General Secretary NUTGTWN and Vice President, Industrial Global Union made this remarks at the Industrialization Day Policy

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FG has released over N380bn as UBE matching grant -Bobboyi

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2017 0

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has disclosed that the total statutory releases by the Federal Government as FGN-UBE Matching Grant from 2005 to October 31, 2017 stood at three hundred and eighty billion, fifty-two million, five hundred and thirteen thousand, four hundred and ninety-one naira, seventy six kobo (N380, 052,513,491.76). This is even as […]

Politics

2019: Oha’ndigbo mobilizes for Buhari’s re-election

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

….Urges more appointment for indigbo As the tussle for the 2019 general elections gather momentum, an apex youth organization in the South-east, Ohandigbo Youths Organization, has began mobilization for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari, urging that igbos should be given more appointment in government. The group said at a meeting held at Eziama […]

Edo Times

Obaseki to meet Edo pensioners over unpaid pensions

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, will meet members of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Edo Chapter, with a view to amicably resolving all pension payments-related issues, an official has said. Mr. Osagiator Ojo, the Head of Administration, Oredo Local Government Council, made the disclosure when he briefed newsmen on the outcome of the Joint […]

Anambra Times

Nov. guber poll: Keke, Okada riders endorse Obiano

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

The Association of Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria (MTUN) and Association of Tricycle Transport Union of Nigeria, Anambra State chapters have endorsed Governor Willie Obiano for a second tenure. Both bodies in Awka held a rally to unanimously express their support to the present administration for involving them in decision-making. The unions said the present […]

Health News

JUTH crisis worsens as another union gives CMD 40-day ultimatum

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2017 0

Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos Crisis at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) has taken a turn for the worse with the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) demanding that the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Professor Edmund Banwat, resolve all contending issues with stakeholders between October 23, 2017 and November 30, 2017 or risk total […]

Business News

Fresh bailout: TUC charges FG not to release fund until govs pay workers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for telling governors the gospel truth on how he feels about their failure to pay salaries and pensions despite the interventions of the federal government. The congress also floored some state governors for asking for the release of 50 per cent of the […]

Insurance

Stakeholders expect higher margins as Law Union& Rock consolidates board

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2017 0

Shareholders of Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc have expressed expectations of increased net earnings from the company, as the firm strengthens its board for hyper performance. Some of the shareholders, who spoke to Daily Times Nigeria, following the appointment of Mr. Olasupo Sogelola, the company’s new Executive Director, (operations/technical), said that Sogolola is

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Union Commends FG over Xenophobic Compensation

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

The Nigerian Union in South Africa has commended the Federal Government for its decision to ask for compensation from South Africa over xenophobic attacks. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Aminu Wali had told the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs that Nigeria would ask the South African government to pay N84 million as compensation to […]

Today In History

1861: Fort Sumter Surrenders

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

After a 33-hour bombardment by Confederate cannons, Union forces surrendered Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. The first engagement of the war ended in Rebel victory. The surrender concluded a standoff that began with South Carolina’s secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. When President Abraham Lincoln sent word to Charleston in early […]

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NLC Sets up Committee to Reconcile Aggrieved Unions

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

Following issues that arose from the recently concluded elections of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which led to the splitting of the body, its leadership, on Tuesday, set up a committee to reconcile the aggrieved unions. The eight-man committee, headed by Comrade Aliyu Dangiwa, was given two weeks to bring together the breakaway unions that […]