The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing over 10,000 Air Canada cabin crew, has given the airline a 72-hour deadline to reach a pay agreement or face a strike, hours after the carrier sought federal government intervention. According to Reuters, the strike is scheduled to begin at about 1 a.m. ET on Saturday. Earlier…
Lawyers in Niger have declared a two-day strike for Thursday and Friday in protest against the military government’s dissolution of the country’s justice unions, a move they say undermines judicial independence. The junta, which seized power in a July 2023 coup in the jihadist-hit Sahel nation, last week dissolved five judicial unions. Interior Minister General…
By Ayomide Otitoju The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has announced that it has secured new investment deals with industry operators and is calling on members of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and other potential investors to explore opportunities in the nation’s sugar sector. NSDC Executive Secretary, Kamar Bakrin, made the appeal on…
U.S. consumer inflation was unchanged in July, but underlying price growth quickened as President Donald Trump’s broad tariff measures continued to influence the world’s largest economy, government data showed Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent year-on-year, matching June’s pace, according to the Department of Labor. The figure came in slightly below the…
Global electric vehicle (EV) sales rose 21 percent year-on-year in July, the slowest growth since January and down from 25 percent in June, as China’s plug-in hybrid market lost steam, according to market research firm Rho Motion. China, the world’s largest car market, accounts for more than half of global EV sales—covering both battery-electric vehicles…
Fingerprints, facial recognition, and access keys are increasingly replacing traditional passwords as tech companies seek more secure login methods — though public reluctance remains a barrier. “The password era is ending,” two senior Microsoft executives wrote in a July blog post. The company has been developing alternative sign-in systems for years and, since May, has…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is ramping up collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the National Single Window (NSW) Secretariat to accelerate the Federal Government’s trade facilitation reforms. On 12 August 2025, Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi (MFR), hosted FIRS Executive Chairman, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, and NSW Project…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly criticised Ibom Air and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) for their handling of an incident involving passenger Comfort Emmanson on an Ibom Air flight on August 10, 2025, describing the actions taken against her — including a lifetime flight ban — as “reckless,” “unlawful,”…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Federal Government has reduced the indefinite no-fly ban placed on Fuji legend Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as Kwam 1, to one month and ordered the restoration of the licenses of ValueJet pilots suspended over an August 5 incident at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo announced the…
