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Organised Labour, today vowed to cripple operations in the banking sector over ongoing mass retrenchment of workers, throwing its weight behind the threat by the Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, to withdraw the licenses of banks that breached its directive to halt further retrenchment. They have also issued a 21 day ultimatum to the affected banks to recall the sacked workers or risked unprecedented industrial action. At a joint briefing in Geneva, leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, insisted that they would picket banks that indulge in further mass sack of their employees, saying that the Federal Government was right to have threatened erring banks with withdrawal of their licenses if they refused to halt the gale of mass retrenchment of workers.

The controversial entertainer took to his Instagram page to pour out his heart about of the Africa's finest entertainers whose birthday coincides Nollywood superstar Tonto Dikeh churchil. Check out the message.  HBD to DAPO DANIEL OYEBANJO @iambangalee aka DBANJ MR SPECTAKULAR!!!!!!!!!! Columbus was a famous man; Einstein was one, too. They were known to all, but then, Along came YOU! P.Diddy flipped the Showbiz coin; Barrack Obama made history, But your fine qualities outshine them all; YOU'RE the greatest one we know. To us, YOUR NAME will always charm; Your features we'll never forget. You'll always be SPECIAL and FAMOUS to us; May your birthday be your best one yet! Wait o! My personal person from the heydays of "Why Me" video shoot at Veritas Studios in Yaba (You told me that I would never be able to wear that red shirt again as d "WhyMe" video was gonna BLOW) to that crazy "Koko Fist Power Drink" campus tour in 2006 that had...

So there are also ghosts schools   too . No fewer than 22 ghost primary schools and 24 head teachers have been discovered in the Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State. Investigations showed that between the ghost schools and head teachers, a whopping N76m was being lost monthly. The discovery of the ‘ghosts’ followed a staff audit ordered by the Chairman of the local government, Alhaji Inuwa Adamu Fuka. It was discovered that in addition to the ‘ghost’ schools and head teachers, some senior staff of the local government, who either had been transferred to the state’s Ministry for Local Government or were retired, still drew their salaries, at least, up to the end of April this year. Some of the ‘ghosts’ schools were located in Minna, the capital of the state. Investigation revealed the names of the schools as Kurmin Sarki Primary School (located in the low cost area of the  state capital), Angwan Gaya Model Primary School, Awal Ibrahim Primary School, Bagudu Waziri...

Tragedy struck on Wednesday at the apartment of the acting Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, Mrs. Olufunke Omotuyi, when unidentified persons stabbed her to death. PUNCH Metro learnt that the MLSCN boss was stabbed in the neck and in the chest by the assailants at about 4am on Wednesday. It was learnt that Omotuyi, who was due for retirement from the council in two months, was attacked and killed in her residence in the Apo area of Abuja. Punch correspondent gathered that the killing was reported at the Durumi Police Division and at the Zone 7 Police Command in Abuja. The National Public Relations Officer of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, Adeyeye Tam, who confirmed the death, said the MLSCN boss was preparing to attend an international summit. He said, “It is confirmed that the acting Registrar and CEO of the MLSCN, Mrs. Olufunke Omotuyi, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday at her residen...

Ex-Military President Ibrahim Babangida yesterday dismissed rumours of his death. “I’m alive,” he said on a Television Continental (TVC) programme. There were speculations in the social media that the former Military President (1985-1993) had passed on in Germany, where he went for medical reasons. But he said that he’s “hale and hearty” and will return soon. He did not specify when.