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The Organized Labour, Monday, demanded that workers in the country should be treated with dignity in their work places. .  Labour also urged the federal government and employers in the private sector to uphold a decent work practice which grantees workers’ necessary benefits and freedom of association. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba in a statement to mark this years’ decent work day observed on 7th October every year said that upholding a decent work place is a panacea for workers to productively put in the required best towards achieving government or organisational goals as the case…

Governor of Katsina State and Chairman, Steering Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, on Legislative Matters, Aminu Bello Masari, Monday, warned the leadership of the party against lack of coordination, saying this could destroy the party, if not urgently addressed. Speaking when governors on the platform of the APC visited the leadership of both the Senate and the House of Representatives at room 301, Senate Wing, in Abuja, Masari called on APC leaders to make amends in the management of political relations and engage in serious consultation with stakeholders and other members of the party at all levels. Masari, who…

By Akanimo Sampson More than four million people die each year from exposure to cooking stove smoke, making household air pollution the fourth biggest health risk in the world, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) which made this known also pointed out that it is highly toxic for the environment. ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organisation with a membership of 164 national standards bodies. Through its members, it brings together experts to share knowledge and develop voluntary, consensus-based, market relevant international standards that support innovation and provide solutions to global challenges. ISO has developed a number of international standards to support new…

The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria has ordered Dr Boniface Igbeneghu allegedly involved in the sex-for-grades scandal to step down from all ministerial assignments. Igbeneghu, a senior lecturer teaching in the Faculty of Arts, at the University of Lagos, Akoka, was caught on tape after a reporter with the British Broadcasting Corporation posed as a prospective student of UNILAG. BBC Africa Eye investigated academic institutions in West Africa over allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers and caught Dr Igbeneghu, who is one of the pastors of Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria in the sex-for-grades documentary by BBC. The church on Monday in…

By Akanimo Sampson The Director of International Trade and Commodities at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Pamela Coke-Hamilton, has warned that there will no longer be business if the world does not have biodiversity. Science has also been warning that the ecosystems that support rich biodiversity are collapsing. The world is staring at a biodiversity crisis, with more one million species threatened with extinction within decades. Sadly, the knock-on effects will touch every part of life as we know it today. Critically, for developing countries, the hopes for development through economic growth will be dashed. Yet…

The Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, has charged the Nigerian Law School to remit part of its Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, into the treasury. Idris spoke this when a delegation from the NLS, led by the Director-General, Prof. Isa Chiroma, visited him in Abuja, according to the spokesman of the Office of the AGF, Mr. Henshaw Ogubike. The Accountant-General said the national purse from where government funds its Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, was a pool of contributions from various sources. According to him, the Nigerian Law School should be able to contribute its own quota, no matter…

By Akanimo Sampson Cotton is always around humans in clothing, linens, furniture, mattresses, vehicles, and much more. It is the most abundantly produced natural fibre in the world, and yet rarely celebrated. That is going to change this Monday, when the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and its partners mark the first World Cotton Day in Geneva, Switzerland, in a global celebration of cotton’s contributions to people’s lives, both as a fibre and a source of livelihood. UNCTAD Secretary-General, Mukhisa Kituyi, said “cotton’s many industrial applications make it an ideal foundation for upgrading and diversification strategies that…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, may split as a new academic union, Congress of University Academic, CONUA is seeking recognition. The new union said its emergence was to ensure stable university calendar to improve the quality of education at the ivory tower and enhance innovations in the system. The union further stressed the need for interfacing between teachers at the ordinary level and academics at the higher institutions of learning to improve quality of students admitted into the university system. Meanwhile, Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, confirmed Sunday that CONUA had applied for registration…

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expressed readiness to return seized funds in its custody to the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. A statement issued weekend by Ayo Osinlu, NHIS’ Head of Press & Public Relations, said the funds were recovered from some public officials who allegedly milked the treasury of the scheme dry. According to Osinlu, the EFCC boss spoke during an advocacy visit to his office by the Executive Secretary of NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Nasir Sambo, in Abuja. The statement quoted Magu as saying that “the funds were retained in the safe custody of EFCC because the agency…

The price of Bonny Light, Nigeria’s premium oil grade has dropped from $60.00 to $59.12 per barrel, thus constituting fresh threat to the nation’s 2019 budget. The development which occurred Sunday indicated 88 cents below Nigeria’s $60.00 per barrel budget 2019 reference price. Figures obtained from the global market also showed that the prices of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC Basket and Brent also crashed from $58.90 to $57.96 and $59.50 to $58.37 per barrel respectively. The general fall in prices was attributed mainly to ability of Saudi Arabia to restore export after the rehabilitation of damaged oil…