We have to go very quickly," Mwihava said today in an interview in the commercial hub of Dar es Salaam. "We are looking for an immediate arrangement, which will probably be done through a procurement process." Possible options include procuring

Somalia's prime minister said today that foreign navies patrolling off Somalia's coast have failed to discourage piracy "an inch" and condemned firms paying ransoms to sea gangs hijacking ships.

Government is reported to have directed all the mining companies operating in the country to keep more of their export earnings in the country to help stabilize the free fall of the cedi against the major foreign currencies.

LUMWANA Mining Company has cancelled its concentrate sale and purchase agreements with Mopani Copper Mines and Glencore International because of technical differences on the concentrates produced by Lumwana.

ANGLO GOLD ASHANTI (AGA) Obuasi Mine pays GH¢400,000 annually to the Obuasi Municipal Assembly, as property rate.

In December 2008, President Umaru Yar'adua did a cabinet reshuffle with a view to removing the dead woods and replacing them with some dynamic, diligent and result-oriented members.

The drama that played out last week at the stakeholders' meeting for the validation of the textile report by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) between the Federal Government' s representative and the Nigeria Labour Congress has drawn the

It was very difficult getting to my workplace this morning. I have to pay extra N250.00 and I am sure that it will be worse by evening. How long can we continue to suffer like this? This was the lamentation

Members of the South African Police Service are expected to be on duty at tomorrow's polls despite allegations that police members would go on strike due to overtime payments.

The National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) has called on workers in the country to unite and wrestle power in 2011 from the hands of politicians who have continued to lord it over Nigerians.

Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, who turns 49 today, has declared that he would create 5,000 jobs before the year end.

As the strike embarked upon by Lagos State branch of Petrol Tanker Drivers (PTD) of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) entered day-four on Monday, passengers were stranded at bus stops across Lagos, as commercial bus drivers

THE Government is drafting an employment policy to introduce a minimum wage policy, labour state minister Emmanuel Otaala has revealed.

Consortiums of Nigerian banks comprising UBA PLC, Standard Chartered , Intercontinental, First Bank including United States EXIM Bank, and Heritage Corporation of the United States of America ,have agreed to work together to finance the first phase of Gateway International

For towing 50 trucks from undesignated areas, the Lagos State government has asked owners of the trucks to pay N50,000 each.

National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has urged the Federal Government to expedite action on resuscitation of the rail system, to ease transport difficulties.

THE Zambia Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) has advised opposition politicians not to take advantage of the massive job losses in the mining industry to politicise this year's Labour Day celebrations.

The FCT wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has called on the Federal Capital Territory Administration to implement the 27.5 percent Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) approved by government as soon as the FCT appropriation bill is accented to.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola yesterday inaugurated the State Pensions Commission with an assertion that his administration has taken the boldest step to secure the future of public servants in the state with the body.

AFTER a 15-year protracted legal battle, the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP), has ordered the management of Fan Milk Plc, Ibadan, Oyo State, to pay a former staff, Mrs. Bisi Oyelayo, all her salaries and emoluments from the date of termination