The Academic Staff Union of Universities has joined the ongoing strike by the organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. This is coming after the Federal Government failed to meet the unions’ minimum wage demand. In a statement addressed to the branch chairpersons and zonal coordinators of ASUU on Monday, the […]
The Management of the University of Ilorin has expelled a 100-level student for allegedly demanding a ransom from parents of a missing colleague. This was contained in the weekly bulletin of the university, signed by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, on Monday. Traveling across Quang Binh to stunning cinematic locations The student […]
The national grid system has dropped to zero megawatts as a result of the complete disruption of power supply to all eleven electricity distribution companies in the country, Channels Television has gathered. A statement from Transmission Company of Nigeria’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, on Monday, said the nationwide blackout, was due to […]
Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico’s first woman president by a landslide Sunday, preliminary official results showed, making history in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence. Crowds of flag-waving supporters sang and danced to mariachi music in Mexico City’s main square celebrating the ruling party candidate’s victory. The 61-year-old former Mexico City […]
Monday 03 June 2024 Minimum wage: AGF tackles Labour as NASS fails to stop strike Toxicology: Mohbad’s father weeps over US lab denial, demands answers Inflation dropping, economy heading in right direction – Finance minister Ex-worker, accomplice kill Lagos bizman, steal N3.2m Shariah banks not created to Islamise Nigeria — CBN gov NDLEA arrests […]
Deborah Ogo, the founder of Arrows of God Orphanage Home, has been remanded in prison, according to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), FIJ reports. Justice Hauwa Yilwa of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, ordered the 83-year-old Ogo to be remanded in the Onitsha Correctional […]
The federal government says the planned nationwide strike by organised labour on the demand for the minimum wage is illegal. Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, said in a letter addressed to the presidents of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), that the “call […]
Former US president and current White House hopeful Donald Trump has joined TikTok, posting his first video on the wildly popular social media app he once tried to ban while in office. Trump has racked up more than 22 million views on his debut video and also attracted 2 million followers as of midday […]
The leadership of the National Assembly, on Sunday evening, arrived at a meeting with the leadership of the Organised Labour in Abuja as part of last-minute efforts to persuade aggrieved workers to shelve their planned industrial action for a new minimum wage. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero; and his […]
South Africa’s governing African National Congress lost its 30-year-old outright majority in this week’s election, winning only 159 seats in the 400-seat parliament, official results showed Sunday. President Cyril Ramaphosa and the leaders of most of the rival parties attended the announcement, but in a sign he intends to challenge the result, former president […]
