LECTURERS in our public universities are so absorbed in their national strike which is in the sixth month that they have not observed the unique contributions of President Muhammadu Buhari to industrial relations practice. Ironically, it has been serving or retired generals that have made the most fundamental contributions to the practice of relations between employees and employers.

The Nasarawa State Government has assured of its commitment to the payment of gratuities and pension allowances to pensioners to improve their standards of living and that of their family members.

Pensioners in the South-West Zone of the country have accused the governors from the zone of abandoning them to die prematurely and miserably.

“First of all, don’t forget that there are local and global financial markets. What is their job? It is to lend money. If you don’t borrow those people are going to lose their jobs.”  Fashola  Minister of  Works and  Housing,  Report, July  31, 2022.

IN view of the hike in cost of aviation fuel, known as Jet-A1, which is a significant cost component in airline operations, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has canvassed targeted financing for the aviation sector to ensure the sustenance of the sector in the interim, while affirming that the sustainable solution would be refining Jet-A1 fuel for local consumption.

Despite some impressive half year 2022, H1’22, results’ announcements many investors are still in sell-off mood and cautious, while keeping eyes on macro-economic indicators such as inflation expected to be announced by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, this week.

THE renowned author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and continues to recover after being repeatedly stabbed during an on-stage attack in western New York on Friday that left him hospitalized.

THE Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, in Lagos State, weekend, threw its weight behind the Presidential candidate of All Progressive, APC, Bola Tinubu, saying his victory in the 2023 Presidential election is certain.

THE Lagos State Government, weekend, announced the teaching of History as a stand-alone subject in schools in the state.

FOLLOWING the successful delivery of the first set of Super Post Panamax State-of-the-art Ship to Shore, STS, Cranes and 10 Rubber Tyred Gantries, RTGs, on July 1, 2022, and the delivery of the second batch shipment critical to the commencement of operations comprising of two STS Cranes with 115 packages of accessories and five RTGs with 270 packages of accessories on 5th of August, 2022, the Lekki Deep Seaport is set to be completed on schedule ahead of  commencement of operations before the end of the year 2022.