About 50 commercial sex workers, including Nigerian women have been arrested by the police in Ghana. The sex workers were arrested at notable brothels and ghettos in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital on Saturday night, June 10, 2023, through a special operation initiated by the Member of Parliament for the New Juaben South Constituency, Michael Kofi Okyere Baafi. The MP who doubles as the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, said the upsurge of commercial sex work operations …
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The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has directed its members to withdraw their services nationwide on Wednesday, June 7 and join the strike action proposed by the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal government. In a memo signed by its acting general secretary, Dominic Igwebike, the NUEE urged its members to comply with the directive and stop work from the early hours of Wednesday. ‘’All National, State and Chapter …
Organised Labour has demanded the review of the retirement age for all public servants from 60 to 65 years and from 35 years to 40 years of service. The Organised Labour made the demand during this year’s Workers’ Day Celebration with the theme, ‘Workers’ Rights and Socioeconomic Justice’ held at the Eagle Square Abuja in commemoration of the 2023 May Day Celebration. During the celebration, the President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, also demanded that an independent …
Three employees who work for former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, have been released two days after they were abducted. The farmworkers were abducted around Kobape area of Ogun State around 6 pm on Wednesday, September 8. They were said to be on their way to one of Obasanjo’s farms at Seseri village around Kobape when they were abducted by gunmen who reportedly emerged from the bush and shot at the Hilux vehicle conveying them. The kidnappers then took them to …
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has warned that any civil servant who doesn’t come to work on Monday, August 30, will be fired. Residents in the South East have continued to observe the IPOB sit-at-home order every Monday to protest the arrest of leader of the proscribed group, Nnamdi Kanu, despite the group’s suspension of the order. Speaking at an All Progressives Congress stakeholders meeting, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, on Sunday, Umahi threatened that in addition to sacking workers who …
The Gombe state government has uncovered 431 ghost workers within its workorce. The Committee for the Integrated Payroll Payent Gateway and Human Resource Management Information System (IPPGHMIS) said the ghost workers were suspended from the state’s payroll system for the month of May. Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development, Muhammad Magaji also disclosed that another 691 staff are billed for investigation due to insufficient attendance as indicated by the biometric data capture machine. Magaji said the state saved N27 million from suspension …