NEWS UPDATES

A tanker exploded in the Obiri-Ikwerre Flyover along the East-West Road in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT The incident which occurred at about 9:30 am involved a tanker carrying what is believed to be Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) which fell…

The Federal Government and organised labour have reached some resolutions including payment of salary above N60,000 over the strike action by workers. ADVERTISEMENT Following the downing of tools by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) over a lack of consensus…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has directed all its members nationwide to join other Nigerian workers to fully participate in the indefinite industrial action that has commenced nationwide from today, Monday. The union has also instructed the branch leadership in various universities…

After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday, June 3, 2024. “For now,…

The country has been thrown into a fresh round of blackouts over the shutdown of the national grid by aggrieved members of the Labour Unions. ADVERTISEMENT The national grid system dropped to zero megawatts on Monday as a result of the complete disruption of…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says normal train services have continued between Kaduna-Rigasa, Idu in Abuja after a train heading to Abuja derailed on Sunday morning. ADVERTISEMENT NRC’s Deputy Director of Public Relations, Yakub Mahmood, said in a statement that the derailment of the…

Three people have died and seven others were injured when a mosque collapsed in the Papa Ajao area of Mushin, Lagos State, on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT The Permanent Secretary of Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Femi Osanyintolu in a statement said the mosque located on…