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Lawyers and civil society organisations (CSOs) have called for the arrest of labour leaders for disobeying a court order restraining them from embarking on

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the Federal Government’s plan to automatically deduct 40 per cent from universities’ Internally Generated Revenue will impoverish the university system.

President Bola Tinubu is slated to be the Chief Guest of Honour in this year’s Zik Annual Lecture/Merit Award. The event is billed to hold this Friday at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.

The Federal Government on Tuesday berated the organised Labour over the ongoing nationwide strike declared by union leaders following the assault on the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero.

It is rare to see someone who accepts being a father, mother, brother, sister, cousin, nephew, wife, or child of these young girls, except when she is knocked down by vehicles or is used for rituals. Then, you see people coming out to claim ownership, mainly because the driver or the unsuccessful ritualist could pay money in case of death. We see and hear of psychiatric hospitals built everywhere around us while a bunch of young girls parade our streets. These people are often treated as if they...

The Organised Labour has clarified that it did not receive any court order stopping the ongoing nationwide strike that began on Tuesday.

The organised labour unions – the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria TUC) – has finally shut down the National Assembly complex in Abuja on the day two of its nationwide strike.  The entire gates leading to the National Assembly complex were under lock and key as of 9:00 am on Wednesday, after the unions partially hindered activities on Tuesday.  However, the Presidential villa gate which connects the National Assembly complex remained open for security personn...

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) President, Festus Osifo, says the Organised Labour has not been served any court not to proceed with the strike which commenced on Tuesday. “As we speak today, we don’t have service of any court order. If you procure court order, even if you procure it at midnight, you need to

The puzzling issue of mental instability among young girls in Nigeria, by Matthew Ma. A concerning trend has emerged in Nigeria, where a si

The United Action Front of Civil Society has asked President Bola Tinubu’s government and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma to immediately tender an apology to workers for the brutality meted out to the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. SaharaReporters earlier reported how Ajaero was brutalised and almost blinded on November 1, 2023. He was subsequently taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri for treatment.