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IOM Halts Ebola Screening After Aid Workers Killed In Sudan

IOM Halts Ebola Screening After Aid Workers Killed In Sudan

October 31, 2019 5:20 pm

The UN migration agency (IOM) has suspended Ebola screenings at five border points between South Sudan, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after three of its aid workers were killed during clashes in South Sudan.

“The IOM volunteers, one female and two males, were caught in a crossfire during clashes that broke out” in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria region, IOM said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Two other male volunteers suffered non-life threatening injuries, one of whom is recovering from a gunshot wound,” the statement added.

IOM’s aid volunteers were working at Ebola screening points in border areas between

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NLC Vows To Enforce New Minimum Wage Payment For Workers

NLC Vows To Enforce New Minimum Wage Payment For Workers

October 23, 2019 2:54 am

• Ebonyi to review workers pay as allocation drops
• Minister wants more allocation to labour ministry

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday vowed to enforce the total implementation of the new national minimum wage once the issue of consequential adjustments has been settled with the states.

Labour threatened that with the signing into law of the new minimum wage, any state that violated its provisions would be sued.

The president of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, stated the position of the workers during the opening of its 2019 national leadership retreat holding in Enugu, regretting that Nigerian workers were forced …

TUC urges FG to pay more attention to workers’ welfare

TUC urges FG to pay more attention to workers’ welfare

August 13, 2019 11:00 am

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in Bayelsa, has urged the federal and state governments to pay more attention to workers’ well-being and security in the efforts to build a stronger nation.

The state chairman of the congress, Mr Tari Dounana, made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yenagoa.

He said that members were worried about the delay in the implementation of the new minimum wage already signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Yes, for the implementation, we believe that it started in April but we are yet to see it. We …

Sacked Ekiti workers protest, beg Fayemi for re-absorption

May 17, 2019 9:05 pm

Some workers recently disengaged by the Ekiti State government for being  ‘irregular workers’,  yesterday   staged a peaceful protest to appeal to Governor Kayode Fayemi to reverse  the decision.

  The Nation gathered that among the protesters were the 568 primary and secondary school teachers recruited into Teaching Service Commission (TSC) by ex-governor Ayodele Fayose. They are among the 2,000 state workers employed after the July 14, 2018 election.

The protesters stormed the Teaching Service Commission located within the State Secretariat complex at about 8.30am with their letters of appointments to show that they were legitimately hired.

The Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa …

2,000 workers sacked in Ekiti height of wickedness - Fayose

2,000 workers sacked in Ekiti height of wickedness – Fayose

May 16, 2019 10:02 am

Former Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose, has described the revocation by Gov. Kayode Fayemi, of appointment of 2,000 workers by him shortly before leaving office, as “height of wickedness and political vendetta.”

Fayose called on all the affected civil servants not to be disillusioned, but to approach the court to challenge the State Government’s decision.

In a statement by his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, the former governor said that sacking people duly engaged in the service by a duly constituted government was most unfortunate.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government on Thursday …

BREAKING: Ekiti sacks over 2,000 workers hired by Fayose

BREAKING: Ekiti sacks over 2,000 workers hired by Fayose

May 16, 2019 9:16 am

Ekiti State Government has reverted appointments of over 2,000 workers by immediate governor, Ayo Fayose after the July, 2018 gubernatorial election.

The decision followed deliberations by the State Exective Council on the report of the committee headed by the deputy governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, that reviewed irregular appointments made between 2014 and 2018.

The government said the recruitment exercise violated due process.

It was gathered that the affected 2 ,000 workers comprises 600 teachers recruited into the Teaching Service Commission , 400 personnel employed into the State Universal Basic Education Board and 1,000 injected into the system through the Office …

Arrest of sex workers criminalisation of poverty – NHRC

Arrest of sex workers, criminalisation of poverty – NHRC

May 15, 2019 9:21 pm

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decried the recent arrest of sex workers and closure of brothels in Umuahia, the Abia capital, on the orders of the state government.

Ms Uche Nwokocha, the Coordinator of NHRC in Abia, described the action as as “the criminalisation of poverty” by the government and its agencies.

Nwokocha said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Wednesday.

NAN reports that the state government had ordered the immediate shutdown of some brothels in the state capital, alleging that they had become hideouts for crminials.

It also directed …

Police set to probe alleged rape of Abuja sex workers

May 3, 2019 7:33 pm

The FCT police Command said it had set up a team to probe allegations of rape against some of its personnel.

The alleged rape was said to have occurred on  April 27, 2019 when some suspected commercial sex workers were raided at Caramelo Night Club by the FCTA Joint Task Team.

Some of the commercial sex workers alleged that they were harassed, molested and assaulted by some policemen.

Following the allegation, the Command’s Deputy Spokesman, ASP Gajere Tanimu, in a statement in Abuja yesterday said the Command had sent out invitations to some individuals that may assist in the investigation.…

Charlyboy returns to stage, thrills fans on Workers Day

May 2, 2019 4:51 pm
Charles Oputa, a.k.a ‘Charlyboy’, 68 years, the  Maverick entertainer and activist,  on Wednesday, May 1, returned to the music stage  as he thrilled  fans at the 2019 edition of ‘Nite of a Thousand Laughs’ show in Abuja.

CharlyBoy, a singer/songwriter and former president of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), alongside his dancers, held audience to electrifying performances at the Transcorp Hilton.

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FGN orders ₦3b rice seedlings from Cross River

Cross River workers protest as Gov. Ayade pays May salary

May 1, 2019 10:19 am
  • New minimum wage not reflected

Workers in Cross River have protested the payment of May salary on the first day of the month by Gov. Ben Ayade.

Ayade has consistently paid the May salary on the first day of the month in the last three years of his tenure.

But speaking to journalists, the state chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Clarkson Otu, said workers and the leadership of labour were unhappy over the early payment of salary.

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