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There are various laws governing employment-related matters in
Nigeria. Some of these employment laws include the Nigerian Labour
Act, the Pensions Act, the Industrial Training Act, Employee
Compensation Act, Trade Unions Act, among few others. In this
write-up, we will briefly the impact of some of these laws on
employment matters in Nigeria.
The Labour Act
The Nigerian Labour Act 1971 is the principal law that governs
employment-related matters and the relationship between an employer
and employee in Nigeria. The Act uses the word workers
IGP SUCCESSION BID: Between legitimacy and trivialities
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By Sulaiman A. Abba
Succession planning is a process for identifying and developing new leaders, who can replace old ones when they leave, retire or die.
This planning increases the availability of experienced and capable hands that are prepared to assume these roles as they become available. Taken narrowly, “replacement planning” for key roles is the heart of succession planning.
In the military, police and other armed security services as well as in every government institution, succession planning aims for continuity of leadership, preventing a chaotic power struggle by preventing a power vacuum.
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Nigerian music industry in limbo as COSON, MCSN battle on
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By Ayo Onikoyi
The long battle between Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) and Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) as to who is legally responsible to act as a Collective Management Organisation/ Collective Society (CMO) or simply put, collect royalties on behalf of artists rages on.
Recently MCSN issued a release, which was made available to Vanguard, that they have been empowered by NCC to be the sole CMO for the Nigerian Music Industry (NMI).
“In a move putting a lie to the subtle campaign in certain quarters and affirming the progressive direction and development of collective administration of copyright in Nigeria, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has granted to the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd/Gte (MCSN) the renewal of its approval or licence to continue to operate as a Collective Management Organisation (CMO) in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act, Cap
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The former Chairman of the disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, has been arraigned in court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on allegation of offences bordering on fraud.
He was arraigned before Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, for allegedly forging an O’ Level certificate.
According to a statement authorized by the commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, and made available to newsmen in Abuja, on Saturday, Obono-Obla was arraigned with his Special Adviser on Protocol, Aliyu Ibrahim and the Managing Director of ABR Global Petroleum Resources Limited, Daniel Omughele, for allegedly diverting N19.9 million meant for the furnishing of SPIP’s office.
A non-governmental organisation, Equilibrium Initiative has decried the rising use of machetes, knives, bows and arrows in violence in Nigeria, saying it