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TUC pickets Abuja Continental Hotel over unfair labour practices

...As Management rejects claims, defends workers' right to voluntary association Members of the Hotel and Personal Services Senior Staff Association (HOPSSSA), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), on Monday commenced picketing operations at the Abuja Continental Hotel, accusing the facility’s leadership of subjecting workers to unfair labour practices and anti-union policies. Union leaders alleged that hotel employees were being mistreated and denied ...

NNPC, partners clear path for $21bn Bonga Deepwater Project

...OML 118 deals signed ...As Bonga Southwest/Aparo moves towards Final Investment Decision ...Project targets 175,000bpd oil, 140mmscf/d gas at peak production The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and the OML 118 Contractor Parties, comprising Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria (Deepwater) Limited and Nigerian Agip Exploration ...

Obi backs subsidy removal, condemns mismanagement of subsidy savings

Former Anambra State Governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi has backed the policy direction of the President Bola Tinubu administration on ending petrol subsidy, maintaining that the fuel subsidy had to go despite ongoing public dissatisfaction. Speaking during a panel session at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference in ...

Nigerian Law School withdraws prize from Student over picture

The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has withdrawn the award for the best graduating student in professional ethics at the Nigerian Law School following the online circulation of a photograph deemed inappropriate. In a statement signed by the council’s secretary and director of administration, Aderonke Osho, the regulatory body explained that the decision came after ...