By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter TO ADVANCE Nigeria’s green industrial vision, President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment Dr. Nkiruka Maduekwe as the interim Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC). This appointment is pending the confirmation of her role by the NCCC Supervis...
By Joke Kujenya WITH A STABLE outlook, Fidelity Bank PLC has received a significant boost as Fitch Ratings revised its Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) stance to Positive from Stable, affirming its rating at ‘B-‘. The bank’s National Long-Term Rating was also affirmed at ‘A(nga)’. In a statement released on F...
By Joke Kujenya TAKING A decisive action in the ongoing minimum wage dispute, President Bola Tinubu has instructed Finance Minister Wale Edun to swiftly calculate the financial implications of a proposed wage increase. This directive comes in the wake of a nationwide strike initiated by labour unions after rejecting previous government offers....
By Joke Kujenya AGAIN, THE Nigerian Police has summoned a journalist with PREMIUM TIMES, Emmanuel Agbo, over a pending investigative report concerning a contentious land dispute. In an official invitation, dated May 31, 2024 and sent to Agbo via WhatsApp on Monday from the office of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence Response...
By Joke Kujenya RESTORATION of the national grid following the relaxation of the strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has been announced by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). NUEE National President, Adebiyi Adeyeye, confirmed this development in an interview on Tuesday, stating, R...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNMedia Reporter A CRITICAL closed-door meeting with labour leaders and government representatives is reported to have been convened at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). It’s subsequent to the nationwide indefinite strike initiated by organized Labour over the Federal Government’s ...
By Joke Kujenya LEADERS OF the organized labour unions have been called upon by the Federal Government to halt its ongoing strike, citing the impracticality of funding the new minimum wage demand of N454,000. This appeal was made public through a statement issued by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris. H...
By Joke Kujenya RESPONDING to the escalating nationwide strike, the Federal Government, through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), has convened an urgent meeting of the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, June 4, at 10,00a.m. The previous meeting on Ma...
By Joke Kujenya AS THE Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) kick off their nationwide strike, the Abuja-Kaduna Train Services (AKTS) finds itself at a standstill. Commuters were left stranded on Monday as trains ceased operations from both the Idu (Abuja) and Rigasa (Kaduna) stations. Comrade Yusuf Kazeem, the chairman...
By Joke Kujenya A NATIONWIDE strike launched by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has brought economic activities across Nigeria to a grinding halt. The industrial action began after failed negotiations with the Federal Government over an increase in the minimum wage to living wage and other pressing labour i...
