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In a bizarre turn of events, Soldiers attached to a military barrack close to Sabo, Yaba have reportedly shot dead a police officer who is a task force official for seizing a fellow Soldier’s motorcycle, popularly known as Okada. The Police Officer, in the company of his fellow task force …

The Lagos State Government has promised to pay the new minimum wage to all tertiary institutions in the state with effect from October. Some unions in the tertiary institutions had staged protests on Monday. All the executive of the unions met with the Lagos State Government Tuesday. A statement by …

Petrol could have been sold for N183/litre, says Federal Government • ‘Seven-day ultimatum stands, no acceptable explanation from govt’ • Labour meets today, TUC says planned protest, strike on course Adelani Adepegba, Abuja An eight-hour meeting involving the Federal Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress ended …

Drama as aggrieved youths reportedly blocked the entrance of the multinational company in Rumubiakani, Port Harcourt in protest against sacking of 11 indigenous contract workers at the premises of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Monday, Newsextra24 reports. The youths who are residents of four host communities Rumuozelu, Oginigba, Rumuomasi …

ABUJA— THE Federal Government, Sunday, described the strike declared by the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, JOHESU as unnecessary, ill-timed and illegal. The government said its commitment to the health sector was manifest and irrevocable. The health workers had declared strike starting from 11:59p.m., on …

The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) says a 50 percent increase in the prices of bread is inevitable. Raji Omotunde, Lagos state chapter chairman of AMBCN, made this known in an interview with Newsextra24 on Friday. He said the prices of baking ingredients have increased due …

Health workers under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU has declared a nationwide strike over hazard allowance and non-payment of withheld salaries of their members among others. JOHESU, in a statement on Sunday, has told its members to withdraw services from midnight of Sunday, September 13, 2020, since …

The naira should be floated to find its exchange rate value on the market if Nigeria’s economy is to become productive, instead of relying on oil revenues, a dependency that has plunged our country and our citizens deeper and deeper into fiscal bankruptcy and individual poverty. Ending the elusive quest …

Beyond The Figures: Meet Nigerians with advanced degrees but without jobs When Nigeria’s statistics bureau, NBS, said in its latest unemployment report that about half of the nation’s 76,562 doctorate degree holders within the labour force were either jobless or underemployed, it sent eyes popping and neck swivelling with surprise. …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the organised labour will soon come out with a position on the recent increases in prices of fuel and electricity. Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, spoke with the Newsextra24 in Lagos on Saturday in reaction to the increases in the prices of petrol and electricity. The Petroleum …