Adeleke has debunked reports of allegedly sacking 12,000 workers. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has debunked reversing the appointment of 12,000 workers and dethroning three monarchs in the state. This online media platform earlier reported that the Spokesperson for the governor, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement released on Monday in … Read more
UK University workers have commenced a strike action over their working conditions. Eko Hot Blog reports that university workers in the United Kingdom (UK) under the aegis of University and College Union (UCU) commenced a strike on Thursday over “attacks on pay, working conditions and pensions.” EDITOR’S PICKS Nigeria’s GDP Growth Slows Amid ‘Challenging Economic … Read more
Passengers were stranded after aviation workers shut down the Lagos airport terminal. Eko Hot Blog reports that passengers were left stranded after early morning flights were suspended at the Lagos airport on Tuesday. EDITOR’S PICKS Kano APC Meeting Turns Bloody As Reps’ Majority Leader ‘Attacks’ Deputy Gov’ship Candidate Nigerian Music Star, Davido Loses Son, Ifeanyi … Read more
A council secretariat was closed on Thursday by protesting employees OF Plateau State’s Lantang North Local Government Area. Eko Hot Blog reports that some of the irate employees in Jos said they closed the secretariat to voice their complaints about not receiving their paychecks for more than four months. EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: Ekiti State House … Read more
Douye Diri, the governor of Bayelsa State, has granted civil servants in the state a seven-day time off from work, excluding those performing essential services, due to the challenges being encountered as a result of the flood calamity devastating the state. Eko Hot Blog reports that he stated that there was a humanitarian crisis in … Read more
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, says his administration is working to increase the salaries of public workers in the state civil service. Eko Hot Blog reports that Sanwo-Olu made this known on Tuesday while addressing the workers at the state secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja EDITOR’S PICKS Buhari To Depart Nigeria For US On Sunday, Sets To … Read more
EKSUTH workers have begun indefinite strike over poor pay EKO HOT BLOG reports that Health workers in the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital on Monday in Ado-Ekiti protested the non-implementation of minimum wage by the state government, among other demands. The protest by the workers under the aegis of Joint Health Workers Union … Read more
Buhari Has Reacted To Recent Request For Increase In Salary Of Nigerian Workers EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that he understands workers in the nation deserve an increase in salary. Buhari however added that an increase in workers’ salaries can’t be accommodated in government spending at the moment … Read more
Electricity Workers Has Suspended Nationwide Strike After Meeting With Ngige EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday evening called off its nationwide strike. The union took this decision after an emergency meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. EDITOR’S PICK Bandits Reportedly Takeover … Read more
Ngige Has Called For An Emergency Meeting Over Blackout EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has summoned an emergency meeting with the National Union of Electricity Employees who had shut down services nationwide. The workers embarked on industrial action on Wednesday and withdrew their services from the … Read more
Nigerian Governors Has Urged Buhari To Sack Workers Above 50 Years EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigerian Governors have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to retire all federal civil servants who are older than 50 years. This online media platform gathered that the governors also advised the federal government to raise taxes across boars as … Read more
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in Oyo State on Tuesday directed their members to stay at home. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in Oyo State has given its members the go-ahead to remain at home. According to the union, the failure to pay their … Read more
Parents kick as railway mgt denies students ride to Lagos …We did it for security reasons —NRC EDITOR’S PICK: Plights Continues In PDP As Wike Rejects One-On-One Meeting With Atiku Sanwo-Olu Applauded On Staff Development, Capacity Building (PHOTOS Court Orders Ex-Presidential Candidate To Pay Ex-Wife €15M After Divorce EKO HOT BLOG reports that parents of … Read more
No Salary Without PVC, IPMAN Tell Employees They are at liberty to vote for candidates of their choice irrespective of which party affiliations –IPMAN President EDITOR’S PICK: Police Recover Unexploded IEDs At Owo Church Owo Church Attack “Targeted At Turning Yorubaland Into A War Zone” – Ooni Of Ife [JUST IN] Owo Massacre: Tinubu Extends … Read more
NASS workers suspend strike after one week ….the workers however threatened to resume the industrial action if agreements reached were not implemented by the end of July EDITOR’S PICK Lagos TESCOM Set To Conduct Promotion Exercise For Education Officers BREAKING: Nationwide Blackout As National Grid Collapses Burna Boy: IGP Directs Lagos CP To Investigate … Read more
Nigerians will go to the polls next year to elect politicians into various elective offices and the INEC will be heart of the conduct of the election Over the past few years, the electoral umpire has been accused of partisanship by the main opposition parties EDITOR’S PICK Lagos 2023: Ambode Will Defeat Sanwo-Olu – Campaign … Read more
Bishop Advises FG to stop borrowing to pay political appointees …Borrowing to support political appointees and pay redundant workers should also be discouraged. EDITOR’S PICK: [BREAKING] 2023: Goodluck Jonathan Opens Up On ‘Contesting’ For President [BREAKING] 2023: Protesters Storm Jonathan’s Office In Abuja, Ask Him To Join Presidential Race BREAKING: INEC Speaks On Postponing 2023 … Read more
The council secretary added that the union had “painfully observed the lackluster attitude and lack of genuine commitment of the state government…” Workers in Ogun State have threatened a showdown with Governor Dapo Abiodun over what they termed “unimpressive” implementation of the the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the government and the organised labour. … Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has paraded two of its staff members for allegedly extorting money from Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates with the promise to help them secure university admission. The affected employees are Andy Okoro, a level 12 officer in Delta State’s JAMB office, who confessed to collecting N500,000 from … Read more
University workers under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) say they will commence a three-day national protest on Tuesday. The directive to embark on the protest was arrived at on Friday night at a meeting held by the … Read more