Tag: workers
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EFCC withdraws suit seeking forfeiture of N20bn bailout funds for Kogi workers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday withdrew its suit seeking the forfeiture of the N20billion bailout funds granted to the
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No arrest made, nor ransom paid as police rescue three abducted Obasanjo Farm workers
The Nigerian Police, Ogun Command, says it has rescued three workers of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Farm, from
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Gunmen attack, kidnap three top workers of Obasanjo
Gunmen have kidnapped three workers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo at a village in Abeokuta on Wednesday. According to reports reaching TheNewsGuru(TNG), the incident happened in the evening. The gunmen were said to have attacked the three workers at the Obasanjo Holdings in Kobape in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area. Insider sources said the workers…
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Gunmen abduct six workers from mining site in Kogi
Gunmen have kidnapped six workers of a ceramic company located at Itobe, Kogi. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the State, DSP William Aya,told newsmen in Lokoja on Wednesday that the workers were kidnapped on June 29. Aya said that the workers were working at one of the mining sites of the…
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Fayemi suspends payment of minimum wage, slashes political aides’ salaries
The Ekiti State Government has suspended implementation of the minimum wage for its senior civil servants following dwindling revenues accruing to the state. The action followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government and organised labour on Friday in Ado Ekiti. Tiv/ Fulani crisis: Police deploy more men Under the agreement,…
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El–Rufai: An Identity Through Perfect Storms – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta The first time I entered his office at the Bureau of Public Enterprises many years ago, I met a man who was literally not there. The executive chair of the Director General was vacant. El-Rufai was in the office but seated alone at the conference table organizing some piles of paper work and…
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APC clears air on alleged plans by FG to slash workers’ salaries
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday in Abuja, said the Federal Government has no plans to slash salaries of civil servants as alleged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), debunked the allegation in a statement. Recall that the PDP, in…
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Workers to earn more as FG seeks pay parity
Contrary to reports by some media, the federal government is not thinking of cutting wages, rather mulling salary harmonisation. This is against the backdrop of the fact that there are some government agencies paying much higher than others, for staff on the same grade level. Therefore, the government, according to Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Honourable Minister…
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May Day 2021: You fired 60,000 workers, Kaduna lawyer blasts El-Rufai in open letter
Founding Executive Director of House of Justice and Human Right Lawyer, Gloria Ballason ESQ, has accused the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai of power abuse which she said is conspicuous in the sack of sixty thousand workers, displacement of traditional institutions, land grabbing among others. In an open letter made available to TheNewsGuru.com, TNG, Miss…
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El-Rufai’s sack of 30,000 workers responsible for insecurity in Kaduna – Labour
Organised Labour has linked the security challenge in Kaduna to the sack of workers by the Govenor Nasir El-Rufai led State Government. Labour claimed the Governor El -Rufai led administration has sacked 30, 000 workers since it came into power in 2015. General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services…