COVID-19: Versa Nigeria Limited Donates Bags of Rice, others to Kwara government
By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin More palliatives for the masses, residents in Kwara rolled into the hands of the state government on Wednesday, as Versa Nigeria Limited, an Agricultural expert with other interests in Real estate and Transportation handed over 60 bags of rice with tomato paste and other condiments for distribution. The co-owners of […]
Lebanon to test for coronavirus at refugee camp after first case found
A team from Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital will test for the new coronavirus at a refugee camp on Wednesday after a resident was found to be infected, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said. A Palestinian refugee from Syria at the Wavel refugee camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley was transferred to hospital […]
IndustriALL Global Union lauds ex-NUTGTWN scribe
The IndustriALL Global Union’s fifty million workers in 140 countries have congratulated the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGWN, on the successful hosting of the 12th Quadrennial National Delegates” Conference in Abuja and the election of new national executive for the next four years. The new Executive Council is headed […]
FEPPPAN seeks palliatives for parastatals, private sector retirees
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Umbrella body for parastatal and private sector pensioners in the country has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the palliatives to them to cushion their suffering as a result of the lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. According to the group, the inclusion of this category of […]
COVID-19: We’re most vulnerable people — Pensioners
By Victor Young NUP contends that members are among the most hit by the lockdown and restriction of movement as they are mostly elderly who need care and attention more than others at this critical period It calls on the President Muhammadu Buhari led-Federal Government to include the pensioners in the relief materials being distributed […]
LASG approves N25,000 hazard allowance for health workers
By Chioma Obinna At last, the Lagos state government has reviewed upward the hazard allowance of health workers in the state from N5, 000 to N25, 000. A circular signed by the Head of Service in the state, the Hakeem Muri-Okuno revealed that 400 percent upward review and approval by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the […]
