The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years. A statement issued on Wednesday, Feb. 5, by Mannir Bature, national publicity secretary of the NMA, said Muhammad Pate, the coordinating minister of health and social welfare, will formally present the approval …
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US federal workers ordered to remove pronouns from email signatures
Federal employees at multiple departments were instructed Friday to remove personal pronouns from their email signatures by 5 p.m. as agencies rushed to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order not to promote gender ideology. An email to U.S. Department of Agriculture staff, reviewed by USA TODAY, instructed employees to “recreate their signatures” to comply with Trump’s order and an updated …
Read More »Nigerians hired as prison workers in UK ?sleep in their cars? to save on accommodation
Newly recruited prison officers in the UK, including many from Nigeria, have been reportedly seen camping or sleeping in their cars to save on accommodation costs. The recruitment of foreign workers has been part of a strategy to address the shortage of personnel required to manage the UK’s overcrowded prisons. For the first time, the UK prison service has …
Read More »Lakurawa terrorists k!ll three telecom workers and one other in Kebbi
Terrorists belonging to Lakurawa group have k!lled three staff of a leading telecommunication firm and one other in Kebbi State. The insurgents were said to have invaded a construction site at Gumki village in Arewa Local Government Area of the state around 8:47 pm on January 10, 2025 barely a week after k!lling two police officers. It was …
Read More »Lagos factory workers rescued after getting trapped in diesel reservoir
Two factory workers were rescued on Saturday by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the state fire service after becoming trapped while working on a diesel reservoir in the Ikosi area of Lagos. The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident, stating it occurred around 10 a.m. The workers were reportedly …
Read More »Resist the pull of japa syndrome – Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Adekunle Salako tells health workers
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Adekunle Salako, has urged Nigerian health professionals to resist the trend of migrating abroad, popularly known as the “Japa syndrome,” in search of better working conditions. He assured healthcare workers of the federal government’s commitment to collaborating with them to combat the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and related deaths …
Read More »Starbucks workers’ strike shuts down 59 stores across the US
A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas has closed almost 60 stores across the United States as of Monday according to the union organising the protest. ADVERTISEMENT The five-day strike from the Starbucks workers’ union which began in Los Angeles, Chicago and the coffee shop’s hometown of Seattle is threatening to quickly spread nationwide over continued contract disputes. The strikes have …
Read More »Bernie Sanders slams Jeff Bezos for dinner with Trump as Amazon workers strike
Senator Bernie Sanders has publicly criticized Jeff Bezos for dining with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago while Amazon workers went on strike across multiple U.S. locations Thursday, December 19. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sanders condemned Bezos and his partner, Lauren Sanchez, for their Wednesday night double date with Trump and Melania, accusing the Amazon founder of illegal …
Read More »Amazon workers to strike at warehouses as union seeks labour contract
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said workers at seven Amazon facilities will begin a strike on Thursday morning, an effort by the union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labour agreement during a key shopping period. ADVERTISEMENT The Teamsters say the workers, who authorised strikes in the past few days, are joining the picket line after Amazon ignored a …
Read More »Jigawa uncovers 6,348 ghost workers receiving N3.7bn
The Jigawa State Government has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers following a staff verification exercise conducted across the state. Mr. Sagir Musa, Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports, and Culture, announced this in a statement on Tuesday, December 17, in Dutse. He revealed that the report of the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise exposed the ghost …
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