PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Tuesday gave a marching order to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, Mr Wale Edun, to come up with cost Implications on the new minimum wage and present an affordable, sustainable and realistic figure Read more…
Why we relaxed indefinite strike — Labour by Christian AppolosJune 4, 2024 Reading Time: 3 mins readA Ahttps://779ecb9f27df8dabdf359a1304fb5da6.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html In a meeting held earlier on Thursday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) gave further details about why their Read more…
The Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has appointed Prof. Chidi Odinkalu as Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the state-owned university, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Igbariam. In a statement on Tuesday, Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, said the new Council, assembled with Read more…
The average price of rice, garri and tomatoes rose 141 per cent in one year, the highest yearly increase for the period, according to data from the selected food price report. The data shows that the average price of rice Read more…
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, advised the organised labour not to settle for nothing less than N120,000 as a minimum, saying the Federal Government had no excuse not to pay as much. But the ruling All Progressives Congress, whose Read more…
The Nigerian economy was partially paralysed on Monday following the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. The nation’s power sector, banks, ports, hospitals, schools, government ministries, departments and agencies were all shut Read more…
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen by $1.8bn in 10 weeks, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria. As of May 29, 2024, the country’s FX reserves stood at $32.69bn, down from $34.44bn as of March 18. This Read more…
In a surprising turn of events, the Federal Government of Nigeria has agreed to increase the minimum wage beyond the initially proposed N60,000. This decision, TRIBUNE ONLINE gathered, was reached during a meeting between government officials and labour leaders on Read more…
You know I am a leader in the South West and at the National convention, I was elected as the leader of the Yoruba delegation. So, I am central to the Yoruba position. The Yoruba position is my position and Read more…
Russian forces have captured the Donbass village of Umanskoye, which is located several kilometers north of a strategically important highway near the city of Donetsk, and west of Avdeevka, the Defense Ministry has said. The ministry confirmed the settlement was Read more…
South Africa is entering a new political period after the African National Congress (ANC) lost the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years. Official results announced on Sunday showed it had taken 40.2% of the vote in the country’s Read more…
“God does not abandon us but always seeks, waits for, and accompanies us, even to the point of placing Himself, helpless, into our hands”. Pope Francis offered that certainty in his homily at Mass in the Basilica of St. John Read more…