Month: February 2022

The Senate has passed for second reading, the Pension Reform Act 2014 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which seeks to make funds in the Retirement Savings Account under the Contributory Pension Scheme more easily accessible to retirees. Leading the debate on the general principles of the bill, a lawmaker, Aliyu Wamakko, decried the inability of pensioners to access their benefits after service, which he said had resulted in their suffering and, in […]

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has accused ASUU of inciting sentiments against the Federal Government to attract sympathy to its planned strike.  NGIGE who was reacting to the lecturers threat of engaging in another round of strike to protest their yet-to-be met demands which include: the full implementation of their 2009 agreement with the Nigerian government, insisted that president Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has been implementing the Memorandum of Action signed in […]

Aviation workers have suspended their planned industrial action following an agreement reached with the Federal Government. The strike was planned to commence today but the workers made a u-turn on their plan after a Memorandum of Settlement reached by the workers and the Federal Ministry of Aviation in the early hours of today. Both parties signed the agreement at the end of the meeting which was held at the instance […]

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has denied plans to declare his presidential ambition after the All Progressives Congress (APC) Convention slated for February 26. This comes amid reports in a section of the media that Osinbajo would officially declare to run for the presidency next year. However, in a statement via Twitter, the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, […]