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Views: Visits 28 By: Abayomi Adeshida, Abuja The leadership of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria has been charged to reconsider their stance on the ongoing strike action and consider a more beneficial approach to ensure that their agitations are implemented by these erring Governors and not allow same to inimically affect the fundamental rights of the Citizens and the confidence reposed in the judiciary by members of the society. Constitution Lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo in ...

SA making progress in bringing workers into ownership in private sector: Patel Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel held a briefing with CEOs and unions on employee ownership structures ahead of international Workers Day on Saturday. FILE: Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel. Picture: GCIS one day ago JOHANNESBURG - Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel said the country was making progress in ...

No more Workers Day joy in SA READER LETTER"> By READER LETTER - 29 April 2021 - 09:04 Cosatu members march through the Pretoria CBD during the trade unions day of national action. Image: ALAISTER RUSSELL There is an ongoing debate about government spending a lot of money on wages. But no one is talking about nepotism, where unqualified comrades, family members and friends are employed (sometimes without being interviewed) and given top positions in the public secto...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The federal government has announced plans to purge the civil service of incompetent hands. Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, said there’s now a strict system to employ only qualified persons. Yemi-Esan spoke at the April edition of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR’s) lunch-time reform seminar on Thursday in Abuja. NAN reports that the HoCS was represented by Emmanuel Meribole, the Permanent Secretary, Service Policies an...

Secondus said the 2023 general elections may not hold due the current spate of insecurity in Nigeria. He spoke at the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, emergency meeting in Abuja. The PDP National Chairman lamented that the Federal Government has failed to resolve the country’s insecurity challenges. He said: “Our country today is grounded by insecurity and there has been no matching response from the government despite the demands of the 1999 operating constitution in section 14...

Daily Post Nigeria Published From all indications, Workers’ Day celebrations in Cross River State may not hold as workers claimed to be sad over the kidnap of their Chairman, Comrade Ben Ukpekpi. It would be recalled that Comrade Ukpekpi, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Chairman was kidnapped over a month ago and has been with kidnappers since then as what they demanded cannot be provided by the union. A reliable source hinted DAILY POST that the abductors demanded for N150m before the Chairman...

Article content The Chatham-Kent Labour Council is holding its Workers Day of Mourning virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. The event, held every April 28 to remember those who have lost their lives or have suffered illness or injury on the job, will take place at 11 a.m. at www.facebook.com/CKLabourCouncil. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Chatham-Kent Labour Council holding virtual Workers Day of Mourning event Back to video “During this pand...

Share Everyone wants to go to work and go back home safely. But the outbreak of COVID-19 has made the day-to-day living conditions of people around the world miserable. An escalation of the infection by COVID-19 has been compelling policymakers and task forces to take immediate and necessary measures to curb the transmission of this fast-spreading disease and to deter the subsequent increase in the death rate. The safe return of workers means saving society by preventing the spread of the disea...

[FILE] From left Chief of Defence Staff General Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Ibok Eket Ibas, Chief of Air Staff Air Mashial Sadiq Abubakar and the Police Inspector General Mr Ibrahim Idris at the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance day Laying of Wreath at the National Arcade Abuja.Photo Philip Ojisua All countries have public holidays, mostly in honour of religious sentiments for Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Animists (Voodoo Day in the...

State of the City Address (SOCA) by the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Councillor Herman Mashaba ​Speaker of Council, Councillor Vasco Da Gama,   Chief Whip of Council, Councillor Kevin Wax,  Chair of Chairs, Councillor Alex Christians,  Members of the Mayoral Committee,  Fellow Councillors,  Distinguished Guests,  But most importantly, the residents of our City of Johannesburg.  Today, I stand before you to deliver the 3rd State of the City Address under this multi-part...