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Michael Imoudu
Michael Athokhamien Omnibus Imoudu was a Nigerian labour union leader. Early life and education Imoudu was born in 1902, in Afemai division of Edo State. His father was a soldier in the West African Frontier Force and had served in East Africa and in The Gambia. After the death of his parents in 1922, Imoudu lived and worked for a relative who was a linesman on the railways. Due to the job of the relative, he traveled to various cities in the Mid-West and in the East, during his sojourn, he learned the Igbo language. He attended several schools and finished his elementary education at Agbor Government School in 1927. He traveled to Lagos in 1928 and secured work a year later as a daily labourer, he also worked as a linesman in the Post and Telegraph Department before joining the railways as an apprentice turner. Career as labour leader Imoudu started labour union activities as a member of the Railway Workers Union (RWU), the union was to become one of the most militant unions i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence Regulations
During the Second World War Defence Regulations were a fundamental aspect of everyday life in the United Kingdom. They were emergency regulations passed on the outbreak of war and during it to give the government emergency powers to prosecute the war. Two Acts of Parliament were passed as enabling legislation to allow the Defence Regulations to be promulgated. The first was the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939, which was passed immediately before war was declared, and the second was the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1940, which was passed in the aftermath of the German attack on France in 1940. The 1940 Act allowed Defence Regulations to be made on matters such as industrial conscription. The main Defence Regulations were the Defence (General) Regulations 1939, which were amended at various points throughout the war. Other Defence Regulations covered narrower fields of life. These included Defence Regulation 18B, which provided a framework for internment. The Defence Regulati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Redemption Party
The People's Redemption Party is a social democratic political party in Nigeria. The Second Republic reincarnation of the Northern Elements Progressive Union and the Fourth Republican reincarnation of a similar namesake, the party was created by the supporters of Mallam Aminu Kano after his withdrawal from the National Party of Nigeria. The original party was banned after the 1983 military coup led by General Muhammadu Buhari. In the Fourth Republic, the party with the same name resurfaced under the leadership of Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa but could not gather the same level of support as its Second Republic namesake. History Following the formulation of a new constitution and an impending return to civil rule, Nigeria's top political elites organized a series of political conferences with a view to creating a political party that can transcend tribal boundaries, this culminated in the formation of the National Movement. In September 1978, however, a brawl in one of the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminu Kano
Aminu Kano (9 August 1920 — 17 April 1983) was a Muslim politician from Nigeria born at Sudawa, Gwale Local Government and resided at Gwammaja, Dala Local Government. In the 1940s he led a socialist movement in the northern part of the country in opposition to British rule. The Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, and the Aminu Kano College of Islamic Studies all in Kano, are named after him. He was a relative to the father of former Head of State Murtala Mohammed, former Minister of Defense Inuwa Wada and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Aminu Bashir Wali. Life and early career on Aminu Kano was born 9 August 1920 to the family of an Islamic scholar, Mallam Yusufu, a mufti at the Alkali court in Kano, and Rakiya. His father was of the Gyanawa fulani clan, a lineage known for producing judicial scholars while his mother was from the Fulata Borno family of Mamman Zara an Islamic Scholar, his paternal grandfather Hassan resided in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment is the Nigerian Federal Ministry concerned with relations between workers and employers. It is headed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, who is appointed by the President, and is assisted by a Permanent Secretary, who is a career civil servant. The Current Minister is Dr. Chris Ngige as Minister of Labour and Employment and Festus Keyamo as the Minister of State for Labour and Employment. Hassan Muhammed Lawal was appointed Minister of Labour in 2003, and was reappointed by President Umaru Yar'Adua in July 2007. He was moved to the Ministry of Works and Housing and replaced by Adetokunbo Kayode in December 2008. Kayode had previously been Minister for Tourism, Culture and National Orientation. Chief Emeka Wogu was then appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity in 2010. The Permanent Secretary in December 2009 was Dr. Haruna Usman Sanusi. History The Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity has been in existence (with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Unity Front
The Labour Unity Front (LUF) was a national trade union federation in Nigeria. The federation was established in 1963 by Michael Imoudu and Gogo Chu Nzeribe, who had recently been removed from the leadership of the Nigeria Trade Union Congress (NTUC). It brought together 22 non-affiliated trade unions, and had the stated purpose of bringing about a unification of the three existing trade union federations: the NTUC, United Labour Congress (ULC) and Nigeria Workers' Council (NWC). This proved impossible, but the LUF continued as an additional federation, unaligned with any political party or international bodies. In 1968, the LUF absorbed the small Northern States Federation of Labour. In 1978, it was finally able to merge with its three larger rivals, to form the Nigeria Labour Congress The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Nigeria. History The Nigerian Labour Congress was founded in December 1978, as a merger of four different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria Trade Union Congress
The Nigeria Trade Union Congress (NTUC) was a national trade union federation in Nigeria. History The union was founded in 1960, as a split from the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUCN) by members who wished to align with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). It was led by former TUCN president Michael Imoudu. In 1962, the federation merged with the TUCN, to form the United Labour Congress (ULC), but after the new organisation voted to affiliate to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the NTUC withdrew. It formed Independent United Labour Congress (IULC), with Imoudu as president and Amaefulo Ikoro as general secretary. The government chose to only recognise the ULC, and the IULC found itself in disputes over the use of funds. Ibrahim Nock and his supporters split away at the end of 1962 to form the Northern Federation of Labour, while early in 1963, Wahab Goodluck and S. U. Bassey took over the leadership of the IULC, which they renamed as the NTUC. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was an international trade union. It came into being on 7 December 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), and was dissolved on 31 October 2006 when it merged with the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) to form the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Prior to being dissolved, the ICFTU had a membership of 157 million members in 225 affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories. History In 1949, early in the Cold War, alleging Communist domination of the WFTU's central institutions, a large number of non-communist national trade union federations (including the U.S. AFL–CIO, the British TUC, the French FO, the Italian CISL and the Spanish UGT) seceded and created the rival ICFTU at a conference in London attended by representatives of nearly 48 million members in 53 countries. From the 1950s the ICFTU actively recruited new members from the developing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union Congress Of Nigeria
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUCN) was a national trade union federation in Nigeria. History The federation was established in 1942, as the Federated Trade Union, becoming the TUCN the following year. It was the first federation to receive government approval or to operate on a national basis. In 1949, a group led by Michael Imoudu split away to form the Nigerian National Federation of Labour, but the two reunited in 1950 as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The NLC soon ceased to operate, but was re-established in 1953 by Imoudu, as the All Nigeria Trade Union Federation. The National Council of Trade Unions split away in 1957, but rejoined in 1959, with the merged union re-adopting the TUCN name. In 1960, Imoudu travelled to the Soviet Union and to China without the approval of the federation, and was suspended. The federation split over the question of whether to affiliate to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) or to the World Federation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gogo Chu Nzeribe
Gogo Chu Nzeribe was a Nigerian trade unionist and a leader of the nation's communist movement during the drive towards independence in the 1950s. He was the secretary general of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, which at the time was led by president Michael Imoudu. Nzeribe was murdered in 1967 by troops loyal to the federal side during the crisis of the 1960s. Prior to his death, he was arrested and detained at Dodan Barracks by the Yakubu Gowon regime. He had a daughter with Nigerian novelist, Flora Nwapa. Early life Nzeribe was born into a well-to-do family and attended King's College, Lagos. He turned to trade unionism as a result his interest in Nigeria's struggle for independence. He started out organizing student and workers rallies against the colonial Colonial or The Colonial may refer to: * Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colony (biology) Architecture * American colonial architecture * French Colonial * Spanish Colonial architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of Nigeria
The Constitution of Nigeria is the written supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria has had many constitutions. Its current form was enacted on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated the Fourth Nigerian Republic. History Nigeria's structure and composition are a legacy of British colonial rule. It has over 374 multilingual groups with different cultures and traditions. This diversity contributes to Nigeria being "one of the world's most deeply divided countries" with rampant political corruption. As a result, Nigeria has undergone many attempts to form an effective constitution. These efforts include civilian and military rule, centrifugal and centralized federalism, presidential and parliamentary systems, and other political institutions. An Order in Council enacted Nigeria's first constitutions during the colonial era when the country was administered as a Crown Colony. These constitutions include the Clifford Constitution of 1922, the Richards Constitution of 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Macaulay
Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay (14 November 1864 – 7 May 1946) was a Nigerian nationalist, politician, surveyor, engineer, architect, journalist, and musician and is considered by many Nigerians as the founder of Nigerian nationalism. Early years Herbert Macaulay was born in Broad Street, Lagos, on 14 November 1864 to the family of Thomas Babington Macaulay and Abigail Crowther. His parents were children of people captured from what is now Nigeria, resettled in Sierra Leone by the British West Africa Squadron, and eventual returnees to present day Nigeria. Thomas Babington Macaulay was one of the sons of Ojo Oriare while Abigail Crowther was the daughter of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, a descendant of King Abiodun. Thomas Babington Macaulay was the founder of the first secondary school in Nigeria, the CMS Grammar School, Lagos. Education Macaulay started primary school in 1869 and from 1869 to 1877, he was educated at St Paul's Breadfruit Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
