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Daily Post Nigeria Published The organised labour in Kebbi State has suspended its indefinite strike over unpaid leave grant and adjustment on the new minimum wage, among other demands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), began the strike Tuesday, midnight, after the ultimatum given to the State government elapsed. The state Chairman of NLC, Alhaji Halidu Alhassan, confirmed the development to NAN. “We also suspen...

Newsmen report that other demands by the NLC and TUC are payment of leave grants to civil servants on grade level 07 to 16 in 2019, payment of leave grants of the year 2020, remittance of teachers pension contributions to Pension Funds Administrators, PFA and payment of gratuity to pensioners from 2017 to October 2018 as well as payment of new retirees from November 2018 to 2019.

ADVERTISEMENT The organised labour in Kebbi has suspended its indefinite strike over unpaid leave grant and adjustment on the new minimum wage, among other demands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), began the strike Tuesday, midnight, after the ultimatum given to the state government lapsed. The state Chairman of NLC, Halidu Alhassan, confirmed the development to a corresponding NAN. “We also suspended the strike b...

Compressed biogas project based on poultry litter set up Updated: Updated: It will supply CBG in cylinders to an IOC outlet in Attapur Share Article It will supply CBG in cylinders to an IOC outlet in Attapur A 2.4 tonnes per day capacity compressed biogas project based on poultry litter has been set up in Udityal village near Balanagar here. Claimed to be the first such in Telangana, the project of Solika Energy will supply compressed biogas, in cylinders, to an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) ...

Share Some senior police officers in the Edo State Police Command have been arrested over the escape of some suspected kidnappers and armed robbers from the custody of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, at the Command’s Headquarters in the wee hours of Sunday. The dramatic escape of the suspects, who are prime suspects in the various crimes for which they were arrested, Nigerian Tribune gathered, was considered as an embarrassment to the command, which in recent times, has bee...

Farmers Protest: Consensus reached over power tarrifs and stubble burning, but deadlock on MSP, repeal of laws remains The Centre proposed forming a committee to deliberate on the farmers demands as it ruled out the possibility of repealing the legislations. The two sides are set to meet again on 4 January FP Staff December 30, 2020 21:10:10 IST The leaders of farmer union...

Jio seeks Punjab CMs intervention to safeguard telecom infra, urges action against miscreants SECTIONS Last Updated: Dec 30, 2020, 08:20 PM IST Share Synopsis With its telecom infrastructure in the state being damaged during farmers protest, Reliance Jio has written to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh seeking his intervention for action against those responsible for the incidents of "sabotage and vandalism". PTI With its telecom infrastructure in the state being damaged during farmers pro...

  The alarming level of insecurity in Edo state on Tuesday saw the kidnapping of about 15 passengers onboard a bus belonging to a popular transport company in the state (name withheld). Although details of the kidnapping are still sketchy, Igbere TV, however, gathered it occurred along the Benin—Ekpoma—Auchi Expressway which has, in recent time, become a ‘safe haven’ for armed bandits.   This is coming exactly a month after kidnappers hijacked a bus belonging to the same transport com...

Share INSPECTOR of the Nigeria Plant Quarantine Department have received intensive training on the modalities of their operations, particularly on the best practices for plant quarantine operation. The training was collaboratively organised by the University of Missouri Assistance Program (UMAP), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the NPPO/IPPC of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), including the support of the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign...