November 15, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Labour Congress Lists Six Conditions to Call Off Strike
"Our demands are simple. We want justice," the NLC wrote. Read more »
November 14, 2023
Nigeria: Blackout Looms As Nigerian Electricity Workers Join Labour Unions' Strike
The NUEE members' strike could throw the country into darkness, given the workers' critical roles in electricity distribution in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Unions Call for Nationwide Strike
The NLC had on Monday announced the commencement of the industrial action from midnight of Monday, 13 November, in defiance of a restraining order issued by the National Industrial… Read more »
November 13, 2023
Nigeria: AGF Reacts As Labour Insists On Strike
The AGF office advised the labour unions against the strike, saying it would amount to disobedience to a court order issued on Friday stopping the planned strike. Read more »
November 11, 2023
Nigeria: Police Chief Orders Probe Into Labour President's Assault
The NLC accused the police and Governor Uzodinma of Imo of being responsible for the assault on its president. Read more »
November 09, 2023
Nigeria: Staff of Consulting Firm Allegedly Caught Demanding Bribe From Civil Servant
The Prime Gate Consultant was contracted by the Jigawa State government to capture the Bio-data of civil servants. Read more »
November 03, 2023
Nigeria: Apologise to Nigerian Workers Within Three Days or Risk Mass Action, Group Tells Tinubu
The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, was allegedly arrested and beaten up by the police in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Wednesday. Read more »
October 29, 2023
Nigeria: In Jigawa, There's Only One Doctor to 21,000 Residents
"The ratio (of doctors) is similar to that of nurses and other health workers in the state. This is one of the worst ratios in the country," the NMA official says. Read more »
October 26, 2023
Nigeria: Some Govt Workers Falsify Age Till They're Above 70 Years - Nigerian Governor
The governor explained why age falsification was rampant. Read more »
Nigeria: PDP, Labour Party, INEC Lawyers React to Supreme Court Judgement
A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed the separate appeals filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar,… Read more »
October 25, 2023
Nigeria: Labour, Cross River Govt Disagree On Pension Scheme
The workers staged a walkout on a government delegation. Read more »
October 23, 2023
Nigeria: Only 1,300 Doctors Attending to Kano's 15 Million Residents
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends one doctor to 600 patients. Read more »
October 20, 2023
Nigeria: Rowdiness, Stampede As 17,000 Nigerian Workers Struggle to Enrol in IPPIS
When PREMIUM TIMES visited the Public Service Institute where the exercise took place on Thursday, many of them were seen struggling to complete the verification about a week… Read more »
October 17, 2023
Nigeria: Law Reform Commission Workers Protest Sacking of 12 Colleagues
The protesting workers shut offices and grounded operations at the law reform commission's headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Read more »
Nigeria: FEC Approves Implementation of Agreement With Labour Unions
The unions will now suspend their strike by 30 days, with parties to the agreement committing "to henceforth abide by the dictates of Social dialogue in all our future… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Nigeria: Govt to Rehire Retired Healthcare Workers to Combat Brain Drain
This is part of efforts to mitigate the mass exodus of health workers to developed countries, which has led to an acute shortage of health professionals in the nation's health… Read more »
October 06, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Marks World Teachers' Day As Ministers Emphasise Continuous Training of Educators
Mr Mamman said the travail of educating young minds goes beyond the confines of the classroom. Read more »
October 05, 2023
Nigeria: Teachers Will Get Due Reward Under My Watch - Tinubu
Mr Tinubu orders revision of guidelines to prioritise IT, AI, others as teaching technologies. Read more »
October 03, 2023
Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy Removal - Labour Suspends Planned Strike
The organised labour rescinded the decision to go on with its planned strike in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the representatives of the labour unions and the… Read more »
October 01, 2023
Nigeria: Planned Strike - What We Discussed With Labour Unions - Gbajabiamila
After a four-hour closed door meeting, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said that the president agreed to the new formula after an observation by the labour… Read more »
Nigeria: OVH Acquisition - NNPC Retail Workers Reveal Alleged Gaps in Reps Committee's Probe
The NNPC workers urged the House of Representatives committee probing the NNPC-OVH deal to carry out a thorough investigation and ensure justice. Read more »
October 02, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Increases Six Months Allowance for Federal Civil Servants
PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Tinubu Sunday morning announced the monthly payment of N25,000 allowance to junior civil servants. Read more »
October 01, 2023
Nigeria: NLC, TUC Meet Govt Delegation, May Suspend Strike
The meeting was held a few hours after President Bola Tinubu addressed Nigerians on the occasion of Nigeria's 63rd Independence Anniversary. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Announces Wage Increase for Junior Federal Workers
"For the next six months, the average low-grade worker shall receive an additional Twenty-Five Thousand naira per month," Mr Tinubu said. Read more »
September 29, 2023
Nigeria: Protests At Works Ministry in Abuja As Umahi Locks Out Workers for Lateness
Some of the civil servants, who were heard chanting "Umahi Must Go," accused the minister of being insensitive to the hardship they face due to the removal of the fuel subsidy. Read more »