Members of the Trade Union Congress ( TUC) were in Benin , the Edo state capital for the 8th Triennial Delegates Conference, held March 18- 19 , 2010. The high point of which was to elect a new set of leaders to run the affairs of the central labour centre for another three years.

EMPLOYERS in the country and labour leaders are among guests expected at the inauguration of Human Capital Providers Association of Nigeria, HuCaPan, whose members are registered to develop and promote standards and ethical practices in recruitment, deployment and management of outsourced manpower in Nigeria.

AT the homicide section of the dreaded State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos, Lucky Agofure, an Edo-state born hotelier looked resignedly remorseful. He stared directly at this reporter’s eyes and said, “If I had known, I would have paid Princewill the N1,000 debt that has now led to his death. Now, look at what it has put me into”.

The nation was shocked and devastated when the National Examination Council (NECO) released its November/December 2009 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) result showing that only 1.8% passed with five credits and above including English and Mathematics, required for admission into university.

By Olubusuyi Adenipekun The steady decline of the nation’s education system became more manifest with the dismal performance of students nationwide in the recently released results of the National Examinations Council (NECO). Among the thousands of students who took the terminal examination, only about 10% of them got credit in English and Mathematics, and indeed […]