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Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose to 5.3% in Q1: Report
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---Nigeria’s unemployment rate increased marginally to per cent in Q1 2024 from per cent in Q3 2023, with females recording a higher unemployment rate of per cent compared…
Petrol price has rendered N70, 000 minimum wage useless — NLC
…To meet FG on how Nigerians, workers can cope …Insists Tinubu betrayed Labour Joe Ajaero, NLC President The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said Thursday it would meet with…
Minimum wage: Fed Govt to amend Budget, says minister
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has mandated the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning to come up with an amendment bill to the 2024 Budget, which will be presented to…
FG Offers N62,000 As New Minimum Wage, Labour Demands N250,000
The recommendations will be forwarded to President Tinubu, who is expected to send an executive bill to the National Assembly for legislative action. Following several hours of…
Salary cut: Labour dares FG
The Federal Government’s recent plan to slash workers’ salary as part of efforts to reduce cost of governance may not go without opposition from organised labour. Already, the Nigeria Labour…
Lagos govt set to revamp tourism infrastructure in Badagry
The Lagos State Government has said that it will rebuild tourism infrastructure in Badagry to attract more visitors to the Slave Trade relics and other historical spots in the coastal…
N414 Billion Second Niger Bridge To Be Completed In 2022…. FG
Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- The Federal Government has assured that the Second Niger Bridge project is on course and would be completed by…
Ngige accuses suspended NSITF management of N48bn misappropriation
Ngige The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has alleged that the suspended management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), misappropriated N48 billion. Speaking during an…
End Killings, Kidnapping, Insurgency To Save Nigeria From Collapse—Labour
Rising from its National Executive Council meeting during the week, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have cried out…
Minimum Wage: NLC Vows To Sue States That Violate Provisions …Talks Tough On Implementation
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Tuesday vowed to sue any state that will violate the provisions of the new minimum wage Act recently signed into law.…
