June 17
Nigeria: Labour, Tripartite Committee Chair Trade Words Over Minimum Wage
Chairman of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, Bukar Goni Aji, has asked Labour to reconsider the amount it demanded as minimum wage, citing the prevailing economic… Read more »
June 16
Nigeria: Accept Govt Offer Above N60,000 As New Minimum Wage, Senate Leader to NLC, TUC
The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central has pleaded with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC to accept whatever the federal… Read more »
June 14
Nigeria: FG, States Can Pay Minimum Wage With Recovered Loot - - Falana
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana said both the federal and state governments have the capacity to pay the national minimum wage if looted monies are… Read more »
June 13
Nigeria: 2024 ILO Conference - Nigeria's Delegation of 289 Is Highest
Nigeria, with 289 delegates, tops the list with the highest number of registered delegates at the ongoing 112th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more »
June 14
Nigeria: Labour Kicks As 20 States Deny Workers Wage Award
Eight months after the Federal Government commenced payment of N35,000, a wage award in addition to N30,000 minimum wage to workers, and urged state governments to replicate it, 15… Read more »
June 13
Nigeria: Soludo Warns Tinubu Against Approving 'Unsustainable' Minimum Wage
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra state has warned President Bola Tinubu against approving "unsustainable" minimum wage for workers in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - We'll Pay What We Can Afford - Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night said that he will approve what is affordable as new minimum wage, alerting the National Assembly to expect his memorandum on the final… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Rejects Tinubu's Claims of Agreement On Minimum Wage
·Relief will not come only from increase in wages, FG tells Labour Read more »
June 12
Nigeria: Democracy Day - Labour Insists On N250, 000 Minimum Wage
As Nigeria marks Democracy Day, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says its demand for the new National Minimum Wage remains N250,000. Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Demands Probe Into Causes of Heritage Bank's Collapse
Organised Labour has demanded thorough investigation into the transactions and activities that caused the collapse of Heritage Bank PLC. Read more »
June 10
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - SGF Receives Tripartite Committee Report
Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Sen. George Akume has received the report of the 37-member Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, assuring that the… Read more »
Nigeria: We Await Outcome of Govt, Labour Negotiation - South-West Governors
The governors of the South-West geopolitical zone have said that they are waiting for the outcome of negotiations between the Federal Government and Organised Labour on minimum… Read more »
Nigeria: Mimimum Wage - Some Governors Throwing Spanner in the Works - Organised Labour
The Organized Labour has accused some governors of 'throwing spanner in the works' over an agreement on a new minimum wage. Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - President, NASS to Determine Our Next Action - Labour
Organised Labour weekend said President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly, NASS, will determine its next line of action, following last Friday's stalemated negotiations on a… Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Increment Must Reflect Inflation Rate, CSOs Tell Tinubu
A group of civil society organisations has urged President Bola Tinubu to increase workers' minimum wage to reflect the inflation rate. Read more »
June 05
Nigeria: Labour Leaders Must Reconsider Wage Demand to Avoid Layoffs - - Rewane
... Naira will continue to depreciate without export Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians Need All-Inclusive Government, Not Secret Society - NLC's Ndubuaku
The Head, Nigeria Labour Congress Political Wing, Theophilus Ndubuaku said Nigerians need an all-inclusive government, not secret society. Read more »
Nigeria: Address Workers' Demands Within 7-Day Window, Labour Party Urges Govt
The Labour Party (LP) has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite actions to address the request of Nigerian workers within the seven-day window for renegotiation of the new… Read more »
June 04
Nigeria: Our Operations Significantly Hampered By Strike - - Domestic Airlines
Domestic airlines in the country said yesterday that the strike declared by Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has significantly hampered their… Read more »
June 03
Nigeria: Strike - Organised Labour Has Not Committed Any Offence, Falana Tells AGF
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has reacted to the statement credited to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, where he… Read more »
June 04
Nigeria: Strike - FG Offers 'Above' N60,000 Minimum Wage As NLC/Tuc Revert to Organs
The Federal Government has said it is ready to pay higher than N60,000 as minimum wage, urging organized labour to take the offer. Read more »
Nigeria: Preventing Prolonged Labour Impasse
The "doomsday" was long expected because the two parties to the labour dispute did not approach it with enough spirit of compromise. Organised Labour - the Nigeria Labour Congress,… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Raises Alarm Over Influx of Foreigners Into Food, Beverage Industry
...warns against expatriate quota abuse Read more »
June 05
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Give Costs to Govt Today, Tinubu Orders Finance Minister
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday gave marching orders to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, to prepare the cost implications of a new… Read more »
June 04
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Compile Figures, Get Back to Me Immediately, Tinubu Orders Finance Minister
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday gave a marching order to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, Mr Wale Edun, to come up with cost Implications on the… Read more »