Former New Nigerian Newspapers workers have staged a peaceful protest over non-payment of their retirement benefits in Kaduna State. The workers and their union, during the protest, called on the Northern Governors Forum, chaired by Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya,…
Independent Marketers threaten shutdown over unpaid N15bn bridging claims
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has called on the Federal Government to pay its members their bridging claims of about N15bn. They threaten to shut down operations after the Yuletide if their demands were not met. The…
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: First video emerges of trapped Indian workers
A camera has captured footage of the 41 workers trapped in a tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand state for the first time in nine days. The video was filmed using an endoscopic camera that was slipped inside a new pipe drilled…
Bernie Sanders launches investigation into working conditions at Amazon
Bernie Sanders has launched an investigation into Amazon that will focus on working conditions inside the warehouses of the online marketplace, which is also the nation’s second-largest employer. In a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, the 81-year-old US senator…
May Day: Okei-Odumakin salutes workers for steadfastness
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President of Centre for Change, has felicitated Nigerian workers for being steadfast in spite of harsh economic environment. This is contained in a solidarity message Okei-Odumakin signed in commemoration of the 2023 Workers Day. Workers Day also known…
2 persons dead in perimetre wall collapse in Abuja
Two persons were pronounced dead yesterday after a perimeter fence of a building collapsed on the site workers at Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent in Wuse 2, Abuja. The Director-General Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Abbas Idriss, confirmed the incident. While giving…
Jandor faults Lagos govt over workers’ protest
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olajide Adediran (popularly known as Jandor) has faulted the Lagos State Government over the protest staged by staff members of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service. Aggrieved staff members of the LIRS…
Apple: Chinese workers flee Covid lockdown at iPhone factory
Workers have broken out of Apple’s largest iPhone assembly factory in China after a Covid outbreak forced staff to lockdown at the workplace. Video shared online showed about 10 people jumping a fence outside the plant, owned by manufacturer Foxconn,…
Prepare for prolonged strike, union tells Nigerians (Nation)
Lagos workers demand N50,000 minimum wage The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday urged the nation’s workers and the citizenry to brace up for a prolonged nationwide strike as the ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government to implement the…
Payment of December salaries, pension excites Abia workers (Guardian)
Some civil servants in Abia on Monday commended the State Government for prompt payment of their December salaries and pensions. The workers gave the commendation in a statement made available by the state Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi, to…