The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that sharp increases in interest rates may cause global economic growth rate to decline by two percent over the next five years.

Foremost labour lawyer and rights activist, Bamidele Francis Aturu, who died Wednesday, July 9, will be buried tomorrow at Ogbagi-Akoko, Ondo State.

The occasion was the 57th annual general meeting of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), held at NECA House, Ikeja Business District in Lagos.

Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) said that the three months increase in inflation rate will persist this month but with zero impact on the exchange rate of the naira.

Director-General of Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Segun Oshinowo’s delegation was in Geneva, Switzerland for the 103rd International Labour Conference.

National Pension Commission, PenCom, has concluded plans to host the first World Pension Summit, WPS.

Between Monday July 6 and Tuesday, 7, Nigeria, through the National Pension Commission, hosted the World Pension Summit, WPS, the only platform ‘for and by’ Pension Professionals, exchanging knowledge and innovative ideas on how to secure sufficient pension provisions.

CHEMICAL and Non-Metallic Products Employer’s Federation, CANMPEF, at its 35ft Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos, decried the worsening unemployment rate in the country, saying the unfriendly operating business environment has impeded members capacity to create jobs.

“OUR union will lose approximately 15,616 direct workers in the cement sector and over a million workers involved in indirect activities related to cement usage.” These were the words of labour leaders and workers in the nation’s Chemical and Non-Metallic Products sector, during a protest at the Lagos State Governor’s Office, over the new cement policy of the Federal Government.

Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, has said that the poor state of some parts of Lagos High Court, Igbosere, is due to failure of judicial independence.