Shettima tasks NPC on science, technology-based solutions to job creation, economic growth
Vice President Kashim Shettima has charged the National Productivity Centre (NPC) to provide science and technologically-based solutions to accelerate the…
How fuel subsidy removal instigated workers’ demand for living wage
CHRISTIAN APPOLOS writes on how the removal of fuel subsidy strengthens the agitation of workers for decent pay. The pronouncement “Fuel…
NDE’s programmes verification: Minister receives report, promises implementation of recommendations
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has pledged to verify the recommendations of the report by…
NURTW leadership expresses commitment to rule of law; constitutes caretaker committee
Following the recent judgment of the National Industrial Court, Abuja in favour of Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa and his team, the…
Fuel scarcity, worsening hardship recipe for industrial unrest, ASCSN president warns
The President Bola Tinubu-led government has been asked to take immediate action to end the suffering caused by the high…
NSITF reiterates commitment to social investment, extends social security service to SMEs
Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has reassured commitment and determination to drive President Bola Tinubu-led administration’s eight-point agenda through…
NLC’s newest affiliate, NUMTEN, vows to end illegal price fixing in markets
The newest affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), National Union of Market Traders Employers of Nigeria (NUMTEN), has expressed…
Minimum wage: FEPPPAN urges Tinubu to approve living payment for Nigerian pensioners
Following the demand of the organised labour for a living wage for Nigerian workers, the Federal Parastatals and Private Sector…
More budgetary allocation required to execute mass employment programmes —Labour Ministry’s Perm Sec
As ministries, departments and parastatals of the Federal Government strive to implement President Bola Tinubu’s eight-point agenda, which includes mass…
FG set to confer NPOM award to meritorious Nigerians, others
The Federal Government is preparing to confer the 2024 National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) awards to deserving Nigerians and…
OSH: Climate change complicating health risks, workplace hazards –FG, ILO
In commemoration of the 2024 World Day for Safety and Health Work, the Federal Government and International Labour Organisation (ILO)…
Empowering Women Workers: A Nigerian Perspective on May Day
As Nigeria commemorates May Day, a day dedicated to honoring the contributions of workers, the spotlight falls on a pressing…
NUP enjoins Federal Civil Service pensioners new leadership to galvanise, prioritise unity
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has charged the new caretaker committee of one its branch, the Federal Civil Service…
FG launches new programme, targets 2.5 million direct jobs
The Federal Government has said the Labour Employment and Empowerment Programme (LEEP), a flagship of the Federal Ministry of Labour…
Food crisis: NDE trains 50 unemployed on modern agric in Oyo
In line with the renewed efforts of the Federal Government to revamp the country’s agricultural sector, the National Directorate of…
May Day: ITUC-Africa charges workers to push for occupational health, safety policies, provision in workplaces
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has called on trade union leaders and workers across…
Govts must adopt budgeted-implementable national policy to tackle unemployment —ILO expert
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Employment Policy expert, Sher Verick, in this interview with CHRISTIAN APPOLOS, speaks about the reality…
NDE disburses loan to small scale businessowners in Ekiti
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed business loan of N100,000 each to owners of small-scale enterprises in Ekiti…
Just Transition Centre wins Gothenburg Sustainability Award
The International Trade Union Confederation’s Just Transition Centre (JTC) has won the 2024 WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award in recognition…
UN Research Institute signs MoU with CSCHEI on social, community empowerment
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in Geneva, Switzerland, signed a partnership agreement and Memorandum of Understanding…
