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ASUU Commences Indefinite Strike
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---Following the inability of the Federal Government to respond to their demands, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has commenced a nationwide industrial action. Specifically, the…
13.2 million Nigerian Children Now Out Of School – UBE
By Ngozi Onyeakusi The population of Nigeria’s out-of-school children has increased to at million said the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBE) Speaking in Abuja Thurday during a…
Jos Crisis : CAN President Calls For Calm, Urges FG To Restore Peace
The President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Monday appealed to the people of Jos to remain calm following the outbreak of fresh violence in…
Minimum wage: NLC Urges workers to begin strike Thursday
The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed workers to proceed on a nationwide warning strike with effect from Thursday. This followed the delay in negotiations for a new…
Ras Kimono’s wife dies three months after husband’s death
*Ras Kimono Efemena Okedi, the wife of late Raggae artiste, Chux Ohai, aka Ras Kimono, is dead. The death of the 42-year-old is coming three weeks after…
Train kills police inspector, motorcyclist in Lagos
A police inspector, Philip Kolo, who was attached to the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit Strike Team, Force Headquarters, Abuja, and a yet-to-be-identified commercial motorcycle rider, lost their…
Journalist, son die as fire guts Lagos shopping complex
A journalist, Akinwunmi Dickson, and his son Nelson, 12, have been killed after fire gutted a shopping complex on Awolowo Way, in the Ikeja area of Lagos…
Police Arrest Five PDP Chieftains Over Killing Of Council Chair In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday said it has detained five PDP chieftains in the state for interrogation over the killing of one Mr Borishade Adeniyi, Chairman , PDP…
Policemen assault male beautician over roasted yam
A beautician, Omobola Victor, has demanded the prosecution of some policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly assaulting him over roasted…
Nigerian small businesses lack the finance needed to meet their international ambitions • 86% of the Nigerian small businesses surveyed participated in international trade, compared to a global average of 77% • However more than half (55%) called for better access to export finance
Worried by the cancellation of Promotion Interview organised by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) for members of the Union in the Directorate Cadre in Abuja, organised Labour under…