WHILE a strike by municipal workers is set to continue for at least another day, gold and coal producers are more sanguine after last night signing a deal with unions on pay increases.

President Jacob Zuma has once again sent a stern warning to striking workers who are unruly, saying their actions will not be tolerated.

A Pension Fund Administrator, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, says it has paid over N16 billion to retirees since its inception, with close to 700,000 Retirement Savings Accounts in its kitty and Retirement

Lecturers in Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), have vowed to continue with the current industrial action until a negotiated agreement is reached and signed between the union and the Federal Government.

SOCIAL welfare bodies are to march countrywide next month to protest against discrepancies in salaries between the state and nongovernmental organisations, which they say causes high staff turnover and affects service delivery.

Hotel workers have been advised to collectively bargain for their rights instead of opting for strikes.

One worrying feature of the now seasonal confrontations between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and successive education authorities is a certain disturbing stasis in both the positions and the arguments adduced to advance them. There is a theoretical

The Federal Government yesterday gave indication of its desire to implement an employment generation programme aimed at addressing unemployment .

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Conference of the Northern Chamber of Commerce, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar Babura, has disclosed that the business communities in the country cannot create jobs because of poor government policies, saying there is need for government to partner

Pupils studying under the Universal Primary Education programme in Kabarole district are missing classes due to lack of teachers.

SPOUSES of leaders at the just-concluded Smart Partnership dialogue have vowed to lobby their governments to put safe motherhood high among their priorities to check maternal mortality rate.

UGANDAN doctors seeking to specialise in brain surgery will for the first time be able to do so without travelling abroad starting next month.

Benue State's 274 councillors yesterday protested the proposal to slash their remuneration as captured in the executive bill presented to the State House of Assembly by the federal government through the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) said its strike will continue until the Federal Government meets its own part of the agreement.

Minister of Labour and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode has called on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to assist in ensuring that a National Employment Trust Fund is provided and maintained in Nigeria as it is practiced in developed countries.

The Senate of the University of Ilorin said at its 201st meeting that the university has produced a total of 75 PhD holders within the just concluded 2008/2009 academic session.

The crisis that led to doctors downing their stethoscopes recently was not created in the last two months. This calamity was created over at least 18 months after almost a decade of neglect by former health Minister Manto Tshabalala Msimang.

THE issue of remuneration has been a contentious one for long as year in and year out employees and employers bargain over new salary or wage thresholds.

The Air Force of Zimbabwe has expressed satisfaction with the response from rural areas to the service's drive to enlist more men and women from traditionally marginalised communities.

Contrary to allegations of wrongful application of the Federal Character principle especially prior to the appointment of the Governor of Central Bank (CBN) Sanusi Lamido, the 19 northern states and the FCT have been found to fall far short of