Government will also provide a tariff relief package of about N10.20 per kilowatt-hour for certain categories of electricity consumers for the next three months and free distribution of about six million prepaid metres to consumers. The federal government and labour unions have agreed to use proceeds from Value Added TaxRead More

Mr Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has hailed the decision of labour leaders to suspend their planned protest scheduled to have commenced Monday. Kyari, in a tweet on his official Twitter handle on Monday, praised the leadership of the unions for choosing the pursuit ofRead More

Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended the strike earlier scheduled to commence today (Monday). The latest development followed an agreement organised labour reached with the Federal Government at a meeting held on Sunday night into the early hours of today. The strike was suspended after theRead More

Trade Union Congress (TUC) has given the federal government 7-day ultimatum to reverse the hike in prices of electricity, petrol and all other social services in the country to status quo ante (prior to increase).   In a statement signed by Comrade Quadri Olaleye, President of TUC and Comrade (Barr)Read More

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association has said that the collapse of Nigeria’s refineries can be traced to the birth of private tank farms. Chairman of IPMAN in Rivers State, Dr. Joseph Obele, stated this when he appeared on a live Radio (93.7 Rhythm) programme monitored by our correspondent in PortRead More