June 20, 2022
Nigeria: Peter Obi, Labour Party 'Ll Win 2023 General Election - Zamfara
Mrs Grace Zamfara, the Chairperson of Labour Party in Plateau has expressed optimism that the party will win the 2023 general elections in the country. Read more »
June 21, 2022
Nigeria: Child Labour Day - Fida Urges Kano Govt to Domesticate Child Right Act
As the world marks International Child Labour day, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Kano State branch, has called on the state government to expedite action at… Read more »
June 19, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 - Northern Youths, Women Vow to Support Peter Obi, Labour Party
No fewer than 15,000 youths and women from northern Nigerian state of Nasarawa have vowed to support the presidential ambition of Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in… Read more »
June 16, 2022
Nigeria: We Borrow to Pay Salaries - Acting AGF
Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has said Nigeria was currently borrowing money to pay salaries. Read more »
June 01, 2022
Nigeria: Food, Beverage Sector Bleed From Decaying Infrastructure, Others - Employers
Employers in the Food and Beverage sector of the nation's economy have warned that decaying infrastructure, excessive taxation, and insecurity among other challenges, have… Read more »
May 29, 2022
Nigeria: Electricity Workers Give TCN 14 Day Strike Notice Over Pending Issues
Electricity workers in the country have issued a 14-day strike notice to the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, over unresolved labour issues, threatening to… Read more »
May 23, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 - '3rd Force' Mega Party Adopts Labour Party
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential and general elections, the National Consultative Front, NCFront, the umbrella body of the '3rd Force' Movement has adopted the Labour party as its… Read more »
May 19, 2022
Nigeria: Unemployment - Cooperative Society Empowers 1,500 Kaduna Residents
In a bid to complement federal government's effort at taking 100 million Nigerians out of poverty, the National Agricultural Mechanization Cooperative of Nigeria, NAMCON, has… Read more »
May 18, 2022
Africa: Ngige Links Child Labour to Growing Poverty in Africa
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has linked the scourge of child labour to pervasive poverty in the African continent. Read more »
May 17, 2022
Nigeria: 2022 Vanguard Discourse - Nigeria Won't Make Progress If We Treat Our Workers As Slaves - - Ayuba Wabba
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress and One of the speakers at the Vanguard Economic Discourse, Mr Ayuba Wabba urged the employers of labour in Nigeria to treat the Nigerian… Read more »
May 02, 2022
Nigeria: May Day Amid Strike Fevers
May Day had its prehistoric roots in ancient Europe when it was a festival to mark the onset of summer. Its link to the workers movement had to do with the Haymarket riot on May 4,… Read more »
Nigeria: Workers Day - Obaseki Announces N40,000 New Minimum Wage
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, announced a new minimum wage of N40,000 for state civil servants and called on the Federal Government to declare an emergency on… Read more »
May 01, 2022
Nigeria: Workers Day - Kaduna NLC Mourns 36 Workers Killed By Bandits
In Kaduna State,36 workers lost their lives as a result of banditry, Chairperson of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna State Council, Comrade Ayuba Magaji has said. Read more »
April 30, 2022
Nigeria: Eid-Il-Fitr - End Insecurity, Inflation, ASUU Strike Now, Sultan Tells FG
The Sultan of Sokoto and the President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, have urged the Federal Government to find an amicable… Read more »
April 28, 2022
Nigeria: NLC Fumes Over Govt's Silence On Prolonged Varsity Workers' Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, expressed expressed anger over the Federal Government's perpetual silence while public universities remained shut down for over two months. Read more »
April 26, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Stops Striking Varsity Workers' Salary
INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may have implemented the 'no work, no pay' policy for the striking university-based unions. Read more »