The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), yesterday said the Federal Government has the constitutional duty to implement the controversial Teacher Salary Structures (TSS) which made teachers all over the country to embark on a nationwide strike action to demand for
AT least 150 workers from Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) Namibia risk being thrown on the streets if they continue to defy an invitation by the company to return to work and face disciplinary action.
Two years ago, Joel Jina Nuvi, a young man now in his early 20's, began working as a server in a snack bar in the Littoral Province. He later on moved to Yaounde where he continued with the same profession
Apparently worried over the strike by the National Union of Teachers, the Senate Committee on Education yesterday notified the Senate of its ongoing mediation in the strike adding that it has scheduled a meeting with President Umaru Yar'Adua to break
Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) chief executive officer (CEO) Ephraem Mrema yesterday came under fire in Parliament after Kasulu West MP Kilontsi Mporogomyi queried his $12,450 (Sh15 million) monthly package, asking that his employment be probed.
Crisis is brewing between the authorities of the University of Benin and the Academic Staff Union of Universities over an alleged harassment of members of staff with the security department of the school by the institution's management.
THE crisis rocking the nation's education industry has further deepened as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) yesterday said it would begin a total strike next week as the Federal Government has failed to accede to the lecturers' demand.
WORKERS in Ondo State have accessed vehicle loans worth over N2b within the last five years of the present administration in the state. Speaking with Vanguard in Akure, the Head of Service Mr. Alaba Isijola, said only N300m was accessed
The All-Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) yesterday called on the Federal Government to urgently accede to the demand of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) for the issuance of a circular for the implementation of the Teachers'
The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has elected officers from the Professional and Managerial staff of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited to steer the affairs of the two new union branches established at the Akyem
MUTUAL & Federal Insurance Company (M&F), one of the largest short-term insurers, is embarking on restructuring which will result in its staff complement falling by 600 jobs to about 2300, MD Keith Kennedy said yesterday.
THE Senate Committee on Education yesterday gave notice to the Senate of its ongoing mediation in the strike action by the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) saying it has scheduled a meeting with President Umaru Yar'Adua to break the strike.
The decision, by the Nigerian Union of Teachers, to picket private schools in pursuance of its nationwide strike action has obviously drawn the ire of the federal government. Minister of Information John Odey came down hard on the teachers, issuing
NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) general secretary Silumko Nondwangu has warned anyone attempting to manipulate the outcome of the union's congress later this year to back off.
The Adenta Municipal Assembly has embarked on a job creation project, dubbed Wealth Creation Programme, to offer gainful employment to the youth in the municipality.
Lagos state government has threatened to sack any health worker whose attitude and commitment to duties negated the attainment of policy thrust of the state government's healthcare services to the people.
We often read in the press about foreign workers working in deplorable conditions apart from living in an unhygienic state. Such a situation is nothing new as it has existed for a long time.
Mallam Mohammed Kabir, National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), yesterday described on-going one week warning strike embarked upon by members of the union as successful.
