LABOUR DEMANDS REVERSAL OF ELECTRICITY AS PROTESTS COMMENCE TODAY

LABOUR DEMANDS REVERSAL OF ELECTRICITY AS PROTESTS COMMENCE TODAY

Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), across the country have stormed various offices of electricity distribution companies to protest over the Band A tariff hike. The protesters were seen blocking the entrance to the offices of various companies in the early hours of today, preventing workers from resuming work for the day. In Lagos state, the workers were sighted at the corporate headquarters […]

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PALLIATIVES: FG DISTRIBUTES 10,000 BAGS OF RICE IN OYO

In a bid to tackle the excruciating hardship and high cost of living in Nigeria, the federal government on Saturday, May 10, 2024 flagged off the distribution of ten thousand bags of rice in Oyo state. The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu who flagged off the palliative distribution at the Adelabu Foundation Headquarters at Jericho, Ibadan said that the program was part of President Bola Tinubu’s administration renewed hope […]

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NUJ, NAS DEMAND RELEASE OF HUMANIST ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, MUBARAK BALA

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Oyo State Council and the National Association of Seadogs, NAS, have jointly called for the release of Mubarak Bala, who has been detained for four years without trial. The two associations made the demand during a courtesy visit to the NUJ Secretariat in commemoration of this year’s World Press Freedom Day. The NAS delegation was led by its Capoon, Mr. Olufemi Adesope and was welcomed […]

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LAGOS ASSEMBLY KICKS AGAINST IGP’S STANCE ON STATE POLICE

The Lagos house of assembly has stated that the creation of the state police is the panacea to solving the challenge of insecurity in the country. The speaker of the house of assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, during the plenary session noted that the stance of the inspector general of police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on state police is unacceptable. Recall that the inspector general of police while speaking in Abuja at a […]

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NIGERIANS REJECTS ELECTRICITY TARIFF CUT

Nigerians has rejected the reduction of the tariff payable by Band A customers made by Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s from N225/kWh to N206.8/kWh The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, electricity consumers and civil society organisations, in interviews with Newsmen, demanded a reversal of the hike to the subsidy era tariff. The new tariff announced on Monday came 33 […]

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