THEIR countenance was nothing to behold it was clearly evident that they were angry with the system following the directive that they should report in Abuja for the new biometric verification

THERE is no gainsaying the fact that workers have been the worst victims of economic crisis across the globe with countries like Nigeria rather than implement policies to reverse the trend, are dogmatically implementing policies that compound the woes of workers.

THE Military Pension Board, MPB, has dismissed the claims by a cross section of ex-servicemen that it was given N70 billion by the Federal Government to pay their arrears, including 12.5% and 15% salary-increase arrears which they alleged were either partially paid or not paid at all.

FEDERAL Civil Service Pensioners have called on President Jonathan to sack the Head of Service, HOS, of the Federation, Mr. Steve Orasonya, for allegedly refusing to pay their accumulated pension arrears and other benefits despite the provision of such payments in the 2010 budget.

WEDNESDAY, October 13, 2010, for a long time come, certainly will remain indelible in the annals of labour movement in Nigeria. It was a day four officials of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) including the President, Comrade Hamman Gidado, met their untimely death in a ghastly auto-crash along Abuja Airport Road, on their way to catch a flight to Lagos.

THERE are strong indications that a crisis of confidence is now rocking the Military Pension Board, MPB, and some military pensioners have called on President Jonathan to investigate how the N70 billion meant for the stellement of their benefits was disbursed.

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called on the Federal Government to halt planned by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to draw about N400 billion from the accumulated pension fund to fund power sector project.

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state, has paid about 1,576 retired Primary Schools teachers across the states as payment of seven months pension arrears, totaling over N81 million.

Apparently un-comfortable with various tax payments in the state, civil servants in Lagos State have demanded an immediate reduction in the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) tax deducted by the state government from their monthly salary.

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, has called on the Federal Government to ensure that the perpetrators of the independence day bombing that claimed close to 16 lives with several others injured are brought to book at all cost.