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NLC to mediate on strike in varsities

NLC to mediate on strike in varsities

…dissociates self from Aremu’s statement By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Henry Umoru ABUJA – NIGERIA  Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday said its leadership was reaching out to government to ensure that the ongoing industrial action by three of its affiliates, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff […]

NNPC, oil firms partner to meet  FG’s 6000Mw target

NNPC, oil firms partner to meet FG’s 6000Mw target

THE Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), oil multinationals and contractors have agreed to work together in a tripartite arrangement to ensure that the Federal Government meets its 6,000 megawatts power generation target by the end of the year.

Troubled banks : Foreign investors consider back out

Troubled banks : Foreign investors consider back out

Indications emerged yesterday that some of the foreign investors approached by the CBN to take equity stake in the five banks it sacked their Managing Directors and boards three weeks ago may be considering a backout, hinging their decision on the controversy generated by the take-over.

Kalu’s sack a joke – Imo PPA boss

Kalu’s sack a joke – Imo PPA boss

…. As party forecloses re-admission of Akerele Owerri – Chief Leo   Okereke, Chairman of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in Imo, has described as “a joke of the year”, the purported sack of the party’s Board of Truestees (BOT) Chairman, Chief Orji Kalu by some members. Okereke told newsmen in Owerri that the purported sack […]

British Gas sacks 51 staff

British Gas sacks 51 staff

By Innocent Anaba Lagos -  No fewer than  51 junior and middle level management staff have been sacked by British Gas Nigeria (BG). This is about 25 per cent of the company’s workforce in the country. General Manager, Policy and Corporate Affairs of the company, Paul Arinze,  who confirmed the development,  however, denied that there […]