Following the indefinite strike declared by the organised labour, aviation unions, on Sunday, directed their members to withdraw services across airports in Nigeria. Their action would commence by 12:00 am on Monday June 3, the unions declared. The unions include the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE). The unions reportedly took the decision after an emergency meeting held on Sunday. The unions in a joint statement signed by Comrade Ocheme Aba, General Secretary NUATE;…
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Thousands of Ijaw people from Rivers State, at the weekend, rose from an extra-ordinary meeting and declared that they will remain eternally grateful to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, for making Sir Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state. The leaders, women, youths and traditional rulers, who came from all the Ijaw-speaking local government areas of the state made the declaration in Port Harcourt, the state capital, under the auspices of the Rivers Ijaw Peoples’ Congress (RIPC). Some of the leaders at the event were George Kelly Alabo, Boma Iyayi, Igbani Owaji, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor,…
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has said President Bola Tinubu should learn from the mistakes of previous governments and address the issues that brought Nigeria to its knees. He said this would guide and allow President Tinubu to run a successful government. Gen. Abdulsalami, who is the Chairman, National Peace Committee, spoke in Abuja during an exclusive interview with Sunday Sun. He said: “Every leader, you know, has his good points and has some weaknesses. So, all of them, I can say, they did their best and they have made mistakes here and there. But like I…
The mediation talks facilitated by the National Assembly to resolve the standoff between the Federal Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress over a new minimum wage is currently underway in Abuja. The meeting currently held at the Senate wing of the National Assembly Complex, has in attendance the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau; Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele; House Leader, Julius Ihonvbere; and the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Diket Plang and Gboyega Adefarati, respectively. Representing…
In a bid to avert the planned nationwide strike, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the leadership of the Nigeria Governors Forum have invited the leadership of the Organized Labour for an emergency meeting Tonight, sources familiar with the matter told our correspondent on Sunday Afternoon. “A meeting has been summoned by the senate president and the Nigeria Governors Forum. The meeting will be held Tonight,” a highly knowledgeable source said. On Friday, the Nigeria Labour Congress declared an indefinite nationwide strike, starting on Monday, June 3, 2024, due to the Federal Government’s refusal to increase the proposed minimum wage…
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, on Sunday, condemned the declaration of a nationwide strike action by organised labour, describing it as “premature, ineffectual, and illegal.” Fagbemi’s reaction comes in response to the declaration made on May 31, 2024, by the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress for an indefinite nationwide strike action from June 3, 2024. Fagbemi while highlighting the premature nature of Labour’s strike declaration, said in a letter dated June 1 addressed to the leadership of the TUC, NLC that negotiations between the Federal Government and…
By Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has suffered another major setback as its former Publicity Secretary, a one time House of Assembly aspirant and party leader in Egor LGA, Hon. Nosa Adams, on Saturday, collapsed the entire PDP structure in the local government into the opposition All Progressives Congress fold. Adams led the PDP Executives of the entire Egor Local Government Area from Ward 1 to Ward 10 to defect to the APC and threw their weight behind the governorship aspiration of Senator Monday Okphebholo. Speaking in Benin City during the event, Hon Nosa said…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Action Democratic Party National Chairman, Engr. Yabagi Sani, at the weekend renewed the hope in the Nigeria project, saying, “Our belief in this land of our birth is unshakeable.” Sani also acknowledged that the country has derailed and we all needed to bring it back on track. The ADP National Chairman, who expressed his concern about the future of Nigeria, spoke on Friday night at the non-elective convention held at the Women Center, Abuja. He said as Nigerians inch towards 2027, ADP is not going to struggle for power for the sake of it but to bring…
A civil rights activist and social critic, Sen. Shehu Sani, says local government autonomy is the only way to strengthen governance at the grassroots and save local councils from paralysis. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly and served as Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice recently filed a suit at the Supreme Court against state governments, seeking the enforcement of full autonomy of the local governments in Nigeria.…
International Air Transport Association says Nigeria has cleared 98% of the blocked funds belonging to foreign airlines operating in the country. In June 2023, Nigeria’s blocked funds peaked at $850 million, which negatively affected airline operations and finances in the country. But as of April 2024, according to IATA, 98% of these funds had been cleared, saying the remaining $19 million is due to the Central Bank’s ongoing verification of outstanding forward claims filed by the commercial banks. Recall that foreign airlines carrying passengers to Nigeria had faced difficulties in repatriating revenues in US dollars, forcing them to adjust their…