OIL workers, under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have said that the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) should be merged with the regulatory agency post Petroleum Industry Bill...

HELP is underway for the vulnerable groups such as the elderly, unemployed persons nursing mothers as the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) plans to roll out social security scheme for the voiceless members of the Nigerian society.

This...

NEWLY inaugurated head of the interim caretaker committee of Ose local council of Ondo State, Victor Olotu, has condemned the illegal recruitments of workers carried out by his predecessors and others across the state.

Describing it as an...

WOMEN in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ), a Nigerian based non-profit organisation recently held a roundtable business lunch in Abuja with plans to hold two more before the end of the year in Ibadan and Port Harcourt.

The...

WITH a renewed affirmation of Africa as the next world’s economic powerhouse and women as the ace, notable leaders across strategic strata of the private and public sectors have reiterated the need for greater attention to the critical role that...

FOR the ongoing reforms at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to attain its desired objective, the alleged under-representation of African workers should be addressed, the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU) has said.

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MEMBERS of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) have elected Alhaji Musa Shehu as its National President.

The new RTEAN helmsman was elected unopposed last week Wednesday after reaching uncommon consensus.

A statement from...

CHAIRMAN of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Barr. Ekpo Nta, has recommended that in trying to achieve accountability in the public service, incompetent chief executives who have no clue as to why...

FRESH eight million people are expected to join the current 200 million unemployed people by 2015, as the global unemployment figure is projected to hit a record 208 million by 2015, the latest report on global unemployment by the International...

EVERY year, millions of men and women lose their lives or suffer incapacitating illnesses or injuries while at work.

Currently, an estimated two million people die every year globally as a result of occupational accidents and work-related...

WORRIED by the alleged non-performance of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) at the weekend urged the Federal Government to set up a special task force to monitor the...

THE West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP) has called on countries within the region to shake off cumbersome bureaucratic processes and recognise pharmacy fellows as consultants.

The College echoed this call in Abuja at its 25th...

THE Oyo State Chapter of Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has called on Governor Abiola Ajimobi to comply with the national minimum wage law, which stipulates N18, 000 as basic salary for grade one workers with commensurate increase for workers in...

THE management and board of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi have said that the position of the institution's chief medical director (CMD) of the institution was filled in consonance with due process, insisting that there...