Ekhabafe: Edo PDP inaugurates 18-man burial c’ttee
Vanguard learnt that the committee which was set up after an emergency meeting of the party on Wednesday will among other things, liaise with the family of the late Ekhabafe on how to accord the late PDP chieftain a befitting burial.
Militants shift attention to Shell, bomb crude trunk line in Bayelsa
YENAGOA- MOVEMENT for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), the chief militant group in the Niger-Delta region gave the Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) a little breather on Wednesday, but it shifted its attention to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) with the bombing of a major crude oil trunk line operated by the company in Bayelsa […]
Why our officials won’t talk to press —Lagos
As Nigerians continue to clamour for the immediate passage of the Freedom of Information Bill (FoI) by the National Assermbly, the Lagos State Government has explained why some government officials were barred from making comments on state matters, saying it was in line with its policy of centralised information management.
Ondo: Kidnappers release commissioner, perm sec wives
Security operatives had to engage the kidnappers that abducted wives of the Ondo Lands and Housing Commissioner and the Permanent Secretary before they were freed on Tuesday.
Employers’ body tasks govt on poverty
EMPLOYERS in the nation’s Chemical and Non-metallic products sector of the nation’s economy under the umbrella of Chemical and Non-Metallic Products Employers Federation (CAMPEF), recently held its 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM), in Lagos, to appraise the performance of the sector, the challenges facing it and the state of Nigeria’s economy generally and declared that there is not much to cheer.
Deregulation: NLC gives alternative
By Funmi Komolafe As Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) renews its suspended protest against the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry among other things, Nigeria Labour Congress has listed three alternatives to the planned deregulation of the sector insisting that the nearly decade tangle of Labour and Government can only be […]
PPA, PDP trade words over Ohakim
THE leadership of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) Wednesday described the pressure on the Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, to decamp to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by its members as most inappropriate and obscene, especially coming from a ruling party that ought to chart a credible democratic pathway for the nation.
Why we attacked Chevron —MEND
By Emma Amaize The Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has explained why it chose to target installations belonging to oil major, Chevron, alleging that the transnational, in the wake of JTF offensive, was “indifferent to the plight of human beings under whose land they are drilling oil and gas.†the militant organisation said […]
N52,200 pay demand irreversible —NLC
By Victor Ahiuma-Young KANO—NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC), has said government officials were foot-dragging on the N52,200 minimum wage being demanded by labour in order to sustain and continue their extravagant lifestyle in the midst of the so-called economic melt down. It, however, insisted that the demand for pay rise for workers and general review of […]
FG moves to peg interest rate at 5%
By Funmi Komolafe in Geneva GENEVA—In its bid to create more job opportunities and expand existing ones, the Federal Government is to compel banks to fund the real sector and reduce interest rate for manufacturers to five per cent. Also, a high-powered multi- disciplinary employment mission of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is to visit […]
PENGASSAN threatens showdown with oil firms
According to him: “These companies have, in addition to their various anti-labour practices, also sacked and suspended PENGASSAN members unprocedurally and without due process.
