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...2.3million already applied Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has extended registration for 2017 N-Power application by two weeks even as about 2.3million individuals had already applied for engagement under the scheme. The application portal will now close on Thursday, July 27, 2017. Osinbajo announced this on Friday when he visited the...

The N-Power assessment tests will commence on the 1st of July, 2017. This was made known on Friday afternoon via the programme twitter handle, @npower_ng. It explained that it is an online assessment and that each applicant will receive an SMS a day before his/her test. “Applicants who applied for...

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) says it would soon begin the process of mandating defaulting employers to register with the fund. The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the fund, Adebayo Somefun disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said...

The National President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Nigeria, Bobboi Kaigama, has explained why workers disrupted this year’s May Day Celebration and barred top government officials from delivering their respective speeches. Kaigama made the disclosure while addressing the media in Abuja late Monday night. He said the workers...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have announced the plan to hold national protest on Thursday, demanding for good governance and improved economy. This was announced by the NLC president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba while addressing newsmen on Monday. He said the protest tagged ‘National day...

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Thursday said the Kaduna Electric, has terminated the appointments of 530 of its members. Kaduna State Chairman of the union, Ephraim James, said in Kaduna that the company issued sack letters to the workers on February 1. “The termination letters are being...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened a nationwide strike from May 1, 2017 if the Federal Government does not begin implementation of the N56,000 new national minimum wage it proposed. This was contained in a press statement by its President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba during a meeting in Abuja. “The...

No fewer than 54 engineers in the indigenious telecommunications company, Globacom, were asked to go home on Friday by the company. It was learnt that the affected workers received official notification from the company that it no longer needed their services. In the notice of disengagement the company instructed them...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has announced the suspension of its nationwide strike with immediate effect. This is sequel to the decision taken at the end of its National Executive Council Meeting, which was which directed the immediate call off of the strike action having reviewed...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has said there was no going back on its planned strike. The National President of PENGASSAN, Mr Francis Johnson, made this assertion today when he appeared as a guest on Television Continental (TVC) Breakfast programme in Lagos. Johnson said...