BY SYLVA EMEKA-OKEREKE Like partners in progress, Google NewsLab has partnered Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, on digital fundamentals as well as news verification modules. Tagged, “Fundamentals and Verification for News.” the 4 hours daily training, expected to sharpen the reporting skills of 600 practicing journalists in Lagos state, would be in batches of 150 journalists for each session, as a result of Covid 19 protocols. This all-important media training would span from September 30 to October 28, with journalists drawn from print and electronic media. According to the schedule, the training would include an ...

BY SYLVA EMEKA-OKEREKE A gathering of sort, the 40th anniversary celebrations of Labour Writers Association of Nigeria, LAWAN, promises to be colorful. Some members of the National and State Assemblies, as well as state governors, are expected to grace the all-important occasion. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, expected as the Guest Speaker, would deliver a lecture tagged, “Growing Insecurity and Unemployment: The Way Forward”, at the one-day event, slated for Thursday, October 21, at Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Lagos. While the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chief Chris Ngige is invited as the Special Guest of ...

BY SYLVA EMEKA-OKEREKE Prior to May 2021, the newly-elected President of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association, FOBTOB, Comrade Jimoh Oyibo never knew the tasks ahead were daunting. On assumption of office on Friday, May 29, he was confronted with plethora of challenges. But like a man with a mission, Oyibo faced the challenges with masculine gusto, calling on authorities concerned, especially state and federal governments to intervene, to avoid a backlash that may not be palatable. One of those challenges, SylvaNews gathered was the influx of expatriates holding sway in virtually all the industries and companies in the ...

BY SYLVA EMEKA-OKEREKE The stage is set. Rules have been made and political horse-trading has started. Two contenders – the incumbent President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chief Chris Isiguzo and his only challenger, Mr. Yusuf Idris are in the battle for the soul of the Union. As the 7th triennial delegates conference of the Union draws closer, the battle for the occupation of the national secretariat of our great Union continues to gather momentum. Scheduled from Tuesday, October 5 to Wednesday October 6, the conference billed to hold in Abia state, would see over three thousand practicing ...

BY SYLVA EMEKA-OKEREKE Like a broken record, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has once again, sounded a note of warning to the Federal `Government over its planned hike in electricity tariff. “We find it prudent to put you on notice that should government make true the swirling speculation by approving an increase in electricity tariff, the organized labour would be left with no option, than to deploy the industrial mechanism granted in our laws for the defense of workers right”, NLC threatens. But surprisingly, while the NLC appears to be threatening fire and brimstone over the planned increment, SylvaNews checks ...

BY SYLVA EMEKA-OKEREKE Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers state has been urged to quickly intervene to stem the tide of the looming chieftaincy crisis, tearing the Opobo community apart. The ancient community of Opobo in Opobo/Nkoro local government area of Rivers state has been thrown into serious disarray over the royal and ancient stool of Cookey-Gam War Canoe House, a royal title said to have been reserved mainly for the biological descendants of the founder of the royal house. While the biological descendants of the founder are solely laying claim to the royal stool, another member of the House and ...