September 19, 2022
Nigeria: NLC At 40 - Govt Pledges to Adjust Workers' Salaries in Line With Economic Realities
The federal government has said that it will soon embark on the re-adustment of salaries and allowances of civil servants, so as to bring it in line with the economic realities in… Read more »
August 30, 2022
Nigeria: State Varsity Pro-Chancellors Descend On ASUU Over Osodeke's Comment
The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-owned Universities (COPSUN) yesterday frowned at a recent remark by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),… Read more »
July 26, 2022
Nigeria: Ngige and the ASUU Strike
The problem with Ngige is not that of hijacking the ASUU negotiation, but largely his search for perfection. Read more »
July 25, 2022
Nigeria: Sanwo-Olu Approves Four Work-Free Days for Lagos Workers to Get PVCs
As the July 31 deadline for the procurement of Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) draws closer Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Monday approved a four work free days for… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Set for Nationwide Protest Over Closure of Universities
Barring any last minute intervention by the federal government, members of the organised labour under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Nigeria: Court Orders NASS, RMAFC, AGF to Review Judicial Officers' Salaries
The National Assembly, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), have been ordered to urgently initiate… Read more »
July 18, 2022
Nigeria: Labour Union Vows to Go Ahead With Nationwide Protest Over Closure of Universities
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed its resolve to hold a two-day national protest to demand the immediate reopening of the country's public-owned tertiary institutions… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Opens Job Creation Portal for Unemployed
The rising wave of unemployment in the country has caught the attention of the federal government as it has announced the opening of employment and job creation portals for… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari Tasks Organised Private Sector On Job Creation
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged members of the organised private sector to do more in the area of creation as well as to ensure retention of jobs. Read more »
June 19, 2022
Nigeria: Borrowing to Pay Salaries Violates Fiscal Responsibility Act, Teriba, Others Tell FG
-Canvass debt issuance tied to assets, not revenue Read more »
June 17, 2022
Nigeria: Only 6 Percent of Global Domestic Workers Have Comprehensive Social Protection - ILO
Only six per cent of domestic workers worldwide have access to comprehensive social protection, according to a new report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Read more »
June 14, 2022
Nigeria: Unpaid Allowance - National Assembly Workers Call Off Strike
The National Assembly workers on Tuesday called off their one-week strike over the non-payment of outstanding national minimum wage and implementation of revised conditions of… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Targets 920 Jobs As Local Production of Military, Paramilitary Uniforms Begins Next Year
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) yesterday hinted that the country would start local production of uniforms for its military and paramilitary personnel… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Nigeria: NLC Backs Peter Obi As Labour Party's Presidential Candidate
Organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has thrown its weight behind the emergence of former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as the… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - Labour Party Disowns Factional Presidential Candidate As Ezenwafor Emerges
The Labour Party (LP) yesterday disowned a former aspirant of the party, Samson Uchenna, who a group claimed to be a presidential candidate of the party. Read more »
June 02, 2022
Nigeria: Labour Party Crisis Worsens As Court Okays Factional Leader's Fresh Suit
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the Labour Party and some of its officials be served with a fresh suit pertaining to its leadership crisis through a substituted… Read more »
May 30, 2022
Nigeria: Peter Obi Is Labour Party's Presidential Flagbearer
Peter Obi, former governor of Abambra State, on Monday, emerged the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) after winning the party's presidential primary election held at… Read more »
May 25, 2022
Nigeria: Court Bars Lagos Govt, MC Oluomo, Others From Collecting Union Levies
A Federal High Court, in Lagos yesterday ordered the Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Management Committee, Alhaji Musilu Akinsanya, a.k.a. MC Oluomo and other transport unions… Read more »
Nigeria: College of Education Union Warms Up for Industrial Action
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has lamented the lackadaisical attitude of both federal and state governments in the country towards addressing the plights… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Approves N34bn Minimum Wage Adjustment Arrears for Varsity Workers, Others
The federal government yesterday said it would spend about N34 billion on the ongoing payment of minimum wage consequential adjustments to education sector workers with effect from… Read more »