LASCO revival tops discourse at Abiodun Aremu memorial
By Victor Ahiuma-Young THE call for the revival of the Labour and Civil Society Coalition, LASCO, and a renewed push for political change took centre stage at the first anniversary commemoration of the death of renowned labour and pro-democracy activist, Abiodun Aremu, as labour leaders and civil society organisations, CSOs, called for a united front […]
Pensioners lament unpaid benefits
THE Nigeria Union of Pensioners in the South West, yesterday raised alarm over the continued refusal of the federal government to pay members benefits as a result of the ongoing pension probe, lamenting that Federal pensioners were suffering untold hardship.
Retirement age: SSANU lauds Jonathan
SENIOR Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has written to President Goodluck Jonathan, praising him for signing into law the protracted 65 years retirement age Act for non-teaching workers of Nigerian universities.
Aptitude tests expose education fallen standard, says Mokikan
THE Executive Director of 7UP Bottling Company Plc, Mr. Femi Mokikan, has said aptitude tests before employment has exposed the level of rot in the nation’s education, warning that if urgent steps are not taking by the government, it could take Nigeria not less than 50 years to recover.
Ex- PenCom board member urges President Jonathan to embrace CPS
IMMEDIATE past Labour representative in the Board of National Pension Commission, PenCom, Barrister Ivor Takor, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to embrace the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, to give it the political will to sustain it, describing the 2004 Pension Reform as a great gift the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed to Nigerian workers.
Curses, anguish as Oyerinde goes home
TODAY in Ede, Osun State, friends, colleagues, associates among others, will gather to pay their last respect to Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, who was gruesomely and heartlessly murdered in the wee hours of Friday, May 4, 2012, in his residence, Benin City, the Edo State Capital, as his remains would be committed to mother earth.
