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Some Muslim Parents of International School, Ibadan, (ISI) have dragged the Management of the College to the Court demanding for the fundamental human rights of their wards in using Hijab. The suit, No: M/706/2018 filed on behalf of the 14 applicants by Messrs Abdulkareem, Fajimite and Co. at Oyo state High Court was on Monday served on the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka. Others who received their services were the Deputy Vice Chancellor, (Academic), Prof. Adeyinka Aderinto, Chairman, Board of Governors of ISI and Mrs Phebean Olowe, Principal, ISI, University of Ibadan. The suit is asking for a declaration of the Court that the continuous denial of the 1st to 11 th  applicants right to use Hijab on their school uniform within the premises of the ISI, Ibadan is wrongful and unconstitutional. “It constitutes a violation of the applicants rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom from discrimination and right to dignity of

President Muhammadu Buhari as well as Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar will on Sunday Nov. 18, lead prominent Islamic leaders to Ibadan for the fund raising of N5bn International Islamic Centre for the Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN). In a statement, Alhaji Yisa Abdulkareem, Chairman, MUSWEN 10th year anniversary, said that the Oyo state Governor Ishaq Ajimobi will host his colleagues from Osun, Ogun, Lagos, Ekiti and Ondo states. Speaking on the long list of Special Guests of Honour, Abdulkareem said the Chairman of the occasion is Dr Wale Babalakin SAN while Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President Dangote Group of Companies will be the Chief Launcher. He said that the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, will deliver a key note speech on the theme of the 10th year anniversary “Stronger Ummah, Greater Nation” while Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo will be the Royal father of the Day. He said other highlights of the day include presentation of a bo

The organized labour has suspended planned strike After prolonged  argument, Vanguard gathered that the Tripartite Committee set up by the Federal Government agreed on N30,000 new minimum wage. Nigeria Labour Congress President, Ayuba Waba (m) addressing a rally on Good Governance before a delegation took a list of Labour demands to Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 09/02/2017 At the end of the first meeting of the tripartite committee set up to arrive at an agreeable minimum wage template, Chairperson of the committee and former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Ms Ama People had said while the federal government insisted on N24,000, organized labour maintained its earlier stance of N30, 000. She however said the government pleaded with labour to call off its planned strike “We have concluded and we have a little challenge with what we call Chapter 5 of our report, that is where we have the numbers a

Fuel supply threatened as oil workers join strike The supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country are under threat as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association have joined the strike ordered by the Nigeria Labour Congress. The NLC on Wednesday directed all its members and affiliate unions to commence a nationwide strike on Thursday, following the failure of a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment , Chris Ngige, in Abuja on Wednesday , to produce the expected outcome. The NLC President , Ayuba Wabba , said the industrial action would commence due to the refusal of the Federal Government to reconvene the meeting of the Tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee to enable it to conclude its work. A NUPENG spokesperson, Mr Adamson Momoh, told one of our correspondents on Thursday, “ We are part of the United Labour Congress; so , any decision that they take, we will abide by it. ”

APC NWC disqualifies Shittu over NYSC scandal, postpones primary The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has disqualified the Minister of Communications , Adebayo Shittu, from contesting Saturday’ s Oyo State APC governorship primary. Shittu was disqualified for failing to participate in the mandatory one year National Youth Service scheme at the time he graduated from the university. He was 25 years old at the time and was eligible to participate . The party, however , cleared Lagos State Governor , Akinwumi Ambode , and his two challengers, Obafemi Hamzat and Jide Sanwo -Olu. This was contained in a report of the screening committee released in Abuja on Thursday night. The list, which had a state by state breakdown of those cleared, also listed Chief Christopher Alao Akala , as one of those cleared to contest in Oyo State . Prof. Pat Utomi and Cairo Ojugbo were among those cleared for the contest in Delta State . Senator Magnus Abe was also clear

Strike: NLC declares total shutdown; asks banks, schools, others to join September 26, 2018 Agunbiade Ibrahim The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on all its members and affiliate unions to join its nationwide strike. The NLC said the strike was called due to the refusal of the federal government to reconvene the meeting of the tripartite national minimum wage committee to enable it conclude its work. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, the strike will commence from midnight of September 26. “In compliance with this mandate, all workers and private sector at all levels across the country have been directed to comply. “All public and private institutions, offices, banks, schools, public and private business premises including filling station are to remain shut till further noticed,” he said. Journalists  reported how the second largest labour union, TUC, had also asked its members to commence th

New Minimum Wage: Strike begins Sept 26, start preparing – Labour tells Nigerians The organised labour on Monday began preparations for its nationwide strike over Federal Government’s delay in the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage. Labour reminded Nigerians that the 14-day ultimatum issued to the federal government expires September 26 and urged them to be prepared. Mr. Joe Ajaero, President, United Labour Congress (ULC), said this in a communiqué issued after its meeting on Monday in Lagos. Ajaero said that if the government failed to meet their demand on the expiration of the ultimatum, it would collaborate with other labour centres and Civil Society Organisations to embark on a nation-wide strike. “We shall no longer be obliged by this time to give any further notice to the government before embarking on the action. “By this communiqué, we order all our affiliates and state councils nationwide to move to the final level of alert in their preparation for the propo

COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF AN EMERGENCY CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE (CWC) MEETING OF THE UNITED LABOUR CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (ULC) HELD ON MONDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2018 AT EBUTTE METTA, LAGOS We have invited you here today gentlemen of the Press to inform you that after the deliberations of the CWC-in-session on the unfortunate protracted and belated national minimum wage negotiation with the Government within the context of the joint Press Conference addressed by the  Organised Labour in Nigeria on the 12th of September and the events that ensued, we have painfully come to the following conclusions: 1. That on this 12th day of the 14 day ultimatum we issued Government, that the federal government has not responded sensibly and positively to our demands neither have we seen any sign that suggests otherwise. 2. That the federal government of Nigeria through the Federal Minister of Labour has instead chosen to trivialize a life and death matter concerning the Nigerian workers

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In what looked like a movie, the minister of health Professor Isaac Adewole while fielding questions from journalists about the welfare of the practice in the country and the fate of medical doctors that just graduated made a statement that has got the country talking. The minister said in a video that definitely not all the medical students will be accommodated in the practice as some of them can go into farming or tailoring.