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Proposed Bank Strike: Stakeholders Call For Dialogue

November 19, 2019 12:40 pm

Some financial experts and stakeholders have appealed to bank unions’ to dialogue with their employers to forestall the proposed operation shut down of banks by Jan. 2.

The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) and the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (NUBIFI), on Nov. 17, issued a strike threat to bank employers.

The unions said that workers in the sector would embark on an indefinite strike over failure of their employers to review the Collective Bargaining Agreement in line with extant law.

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We Are Open To Dialogue With FG, Says IMN Leader

October 20, 2019 1:41 am

The interim leader of the outlawed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Shiek Yakubu Yahaya has expressed his group’s readiness to end lingering friction with the Federal Government through dialogue.

Yahaya said despite the killing and imprisonment of its members, the group was willing to put such behind and allow peace to reign through meaningful reconciliation.

He said, yesterday, in Katsina State, during a press conference in place of the usual procession to commemorate the annual Arbaeen Symbolic Trek.

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IPOB rules out dialogue with South East governors

September 23, 2019 12:21 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterday, foreclosed any plans of dialogue with governors of the South East, who they described as traitors.

It also indicated that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu and other members may storm New York, venue of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, if as they termed it, “the right conditions were put in place.”

IPOB said if it did not get the anticipated favourable condition, a later date would be slated and duly announced for the visit to the UN headquarters.

Director of Media and Publicity, Emmanuel Powerful, in an exclusive chat with …