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Talks between the Federal Government and organised labour on the increase in the pump price of petrol ended in a deadlock on Monday night. Briefing journalists at the end of the four-hour meeting on Tuesday morning, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, said the two parties had “a fruitful discussion and will continue from where …

The National Industrial Court on Tuesday stopped ‎the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress from embarking on their planned strike over the increase in fuel price by the federal Government. The labour unions had threatened to commence a nationwide strike on Wednesday. Justice Babatunde Adejumo gave the restraining order after the Attorney General of the Federation, and Minister …

Sixth annual Senior Corps Week recognizes RSVP, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion volunteers By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers Senior Corps, will recognize the impact that Senior Corps volunteers have in communities across the country during the sixth annual Senior Corps Week. The older American volunteers’ week began …

Oladipo Airenakho Edo State All Progressives Congress gubernatorial aspirant, Dr. Godwin Obaseki has advised politicians and supporters to eschew violence and always see election as a contest of ideas and issues rather than war. Dr. Obaseki gave the advice at his campaign headquarters in Benin City last weekend while playing host to music legend, Mr. Innocent Idibia, also known as …

Oladipo Airenakho Some officials of embattled Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) got close to being manhandled last Wednesday afternoon by some angry youths protesting “irregular power supply, arbitrary and unregulated electricity tariffs/billings.” The incident happened during Electricity Customers forum organized by the Management of the company which took place at Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre in the state capital. The event …

The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has acknowledged the cooperation of members of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, LCBC, and international partners in the fight against boko haram terrorists. President Buhari made the call at the 2nd Regional Security Summit which ended in Abuja. The Summit was a follow up to the Paris Summit of May 2014. President Buhari emphasized that …

The presumptive Republican candidate is fighting back after a weekend taking heat over his attitude to women. In doing so, he picked a fight with the British prime minister, David Cameron, and new London mayor Sadiq Khan. The Guardian takes a look at the Trump universe. Trump also told British interviewer Piers Morgan that immigration to the UK as a …

US Secretary of State, John Kerry, made this pledge during the Anti-corruption Summit Plenary at Lancaster House London, United Kingdom and reassured the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government that it would return at least $350m of stolen money from Nigeria. He said, “This money goes somewhere, folks. When I read that tens of billions of dollars were stolen from President …

Nigerians have started stockpiling food ahead of the ultimatum issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the coalition of the civil society organisations that petrol price be reverted to N86.50 or all workers would embark on a strike. On Saturday, the organised labour again repeated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government had till Tuesday night to reverse the increase …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday admitted that the issue of security in Nigeria and in the world has been harrowing. He lamented that technology had also been contributing to the deteriorating security situation across the globe. Buhari said this during a joint press conference he addressed with visiting President Francois Hollande of France at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Hollande is …