The on-going efforts of Lagos State government towards the provision of qualitative and functional education at all levels received a big boost on Wednesday last week when a large number of stakeholders gathered at the exquisite Banquet Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites for the purpose of moving the education sector forward.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Ifunaya Okafor FOR quite a while, there has been altercation between the management of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) and  its Pensioners over  a backlog of unpaid arrears  benefits spanning over eight years. Some pensioners are also in court  with the management over benefits that date back to 1991. Last week, the […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young TRUSTFUND Pensions, has spent over two  billion Naira to settle the benefits of a total of 14, 691 retirees inherited from the defunct National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) in 2006. Head of the NSITF Fund Division of the Trustfund Pension Plc, Mr. Simon-Peters Okoduwa, who disclosed this in  Abuja, said  the […]

By Funmi Komolafe &  Victor Ahiuma-Young SINCE the establishment of the National Productivity Centre (NPC), in 1987, with the mandate to stimulate productivity consciousness in all sectors of Nigerian economy, with the aim of  generating  visible improvement in the quantity and quality of services rendered and goods produced, the centre has been trying its best […]

The minister for labour and productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode will today in Abuja     brief the press on the activities of his ministry and its parastatals. The  briefing will focus  on events in the last one year as well as the ministry’s projections. A statement by Assistant Director (Press), Samuel Olowookere, said the briefing is […]