The Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, recently took another leap forward in the quest by African countries for specialised technical know-how in space technology when its management team, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebiyi Daramola, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Regional Centre for Space Sciences and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E), an affiliate of the United Nations.

THE Lagos office of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Yaba, venue of election of officials of the Federal Civil Servants, Lagos branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, last Friday, provided an avenuefor hundreds of pensioners to pour out their frustration and anger over years of unpaid pensions and other benefits.

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Professor Joseph Ajienka has stated that for Nigeria to actualise her Vision 20 – 2020, the government must invest massively in the creative industry saying, it is the fastest way to generate income.

Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Delta State have emerged winners in the 2013 Mobil/STAN National Science Quiz/Project Competition held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

Lagos State, in its resolve to foster immediate meaningful socio-economic development for the well being of the people of the state has successfully concluded a sensitisation workshop for stakeholders in the area of Research and Development in the state.

On the other hand, the Defendant on its part formulated the following issues for determination in the resolving of this case:

AHEAD of next year’s centenary celebration, Will and Wiser Nigeria, a youth re-orientation and development outfit, has concluded plans to use the country’s national flag as a symbol to strengthen the unity of the country.

There were serious and persistent complaints by stakeholders against the abolition of gratuity under the PRA 2004. The issues was extensively discussed and there was consensus among stakeholders that a provision should be inserted in the PRA that would allow the employer and the employees to agree, through collective bargaining, on payment of additional benefits upon retirement or cessation of employment. The amendment in the 2013 Bill seeks to address this agitation of labour for a provision on gratuity in addition to the pension.

However, companies wishing to employ foreign nationals in Nigeria must first obtain the consent of the Director of Immigration, while persons entering into Nigeria for business purposes must obtain the consent of the Minister of Interior in writing.

ORGANISED Labour in Delta State, has reaffirmed the validity of the Memorandum of Understanding,MOU, reached in April 2013 with the management of the state Direct Labour Agency, DLA, and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, AUPCTRE, unit of the agency on some labour issues.