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
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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 »
May 18, 2022
Nigeria: Tackling Unemployment in Kogi Communities
Precious Ugwuzor writes that to tackle unemployment and youth restiveness, Abayomi Bello, the Chief Executive Officer of SOLGIC Group and Omoboja Farms Nigeria Limited - a modern… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - Saraki Vows to Tackle Poverty, Unemployment If Elected President
Former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, yesterday assured that if given the opportunity to lead the country in 2023, his administration would hit the ground running from… Read more »
May 13, 2022
Nigeria: NANS Protest - ASUU Slams Senate President As Irresponsible Over Comments
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has berated Senate President Ahmad Lawan for asking protesting students not to use their protest to disrupt political activities. Read more »
Nigeria: 117,000 Jobs Lost in Nigeria's Textile Industry in 26 Years - Textile Association
The Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA) has revealed that over 117,000 jobs in the nation's textile industry have been lost in the past 26 years. According to the… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Appeals to ASUU, Others to Call Off Strike, University Workers Reject Plea
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday pleaded with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other industrial unions in government-owned universities that are… Read more »
May 06, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 - Ask Amaechi, Ngige, Malami Others to Resign Now, Zenith Labour Party Tells Buhari
The Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) yesterday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to direct his cabinet and other appointees contesting elective positions in the 2023 to immediately resign. Read more »
May 04, 2022
Nigeria: Provost Tasks Govt On Minimum Teaching Qualification
The Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Dr. Wahab Azeez, has called on the federal government to enact a policy on minimum qualification for teaching to… Read more »
Nigeria: Before ASUU Is Crucified
A WhatsApp post that has been circulating for some weeks now vividly captures the travails of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the struggle to save public… Read more »