Teachers of Nigerian public schools comprising primary and secondary have embarked on an indefinite strike action. According to the Nigerian Union of Teachers, principals, head teachers and teachers of all primary, secondary, technical, unity, special and command schools in the
The first phase of an initiative, involving the setting up of a vocational centre to provide world class training" in wide ranging skills in the oil and non-oil sectors, had been inaugurated in Delta State.
A critical review of the political role of labour leadership events leading up to this year's May day in Nigeria again places a central challenge before the labour movement to lead a campaign to end poverty in Nigeria.
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) at the weekend expressed dismay over the neglect of stakeholders in the much talked about state of emergency in the power sector with a vow that they would resist the state of emergency
The Federal Government has reversed the award of three oil blocks - Oil Prospecting Leases (OPLs) 226, 2005 and 2006 - which were awarded to two Indian oil companies, Essar Exploration and Production Limited and Sterling Global Resources Limited, during
The Cocoa Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has released funds totalling GHà ¢16,035,161.35 to Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) for payment of the second tranche of bonuses to cocoa farmers in July, 2008.
Akwa Ibom State Governor Obong Godswill Akpabio has slammed Federal Government for not providing the necessary infrastructural facilities in the nine Niger Delta States.
The Minister of State for Finance Mr. Remi Babalola, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Charles C. Soludo, Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Mrs. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, all the chief executive officers of the 24 banks in
Millions of Nigerians have been groaning under the persistent blackout in the last three weeks - a situation that was caused partly by 32 cases of system collapse recorded between January 2008 and last Friday, according to investigations by THISDAY.
As the nationwide strike continues today, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday expressed apprehension over Federal Government's inability to pay the Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) that has been agreed upon after 17 years of negotiation.
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engineer Abubakar Lawal Yar'adua, says solution to the Niger Delta crisis is a collective responsibility.
As the nation-wide strike by primary and secondary school teachers entered its second week, the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has appealed to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, to consider the plight of millions of school children in
Kono, the heart of diamond production in Sierra Leone, experienced some of the worst devastation during the war, thus on the eve of the election there were fears that it might be about to experience another fight.
Sometime in 2006, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) closed Runway 18 of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, in order to do some resurfacing. Traffic was diverted to the international runway. The resurfacing work, which was awarded at a
The Board Chairman of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NICOL) Cleamesuer Urey says there are probabilities that Liberia could have oil as search for one of the world's hottest natural resources continue off its shore.
The striking Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has said that it will continue to explore avenues of constructive and result-oriented dialogue with the Federal Government towards an acceleration of the issuance of the circular on the implementation of the new
Indications emerged yesterday that President Umaru Musa Yar'adua may have finally succumbed to the Niger Delta elders' demand that Professor Ibrahim Gambari be dropped as the chairman of the proposed Niger Delta Summit.
