May Day: It’s time to prioritise social justice, ILO DG charges govts, employers
THE Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Gilbert Houngbo, has charged governments and employers of labour across the world…
Workers’ Day: ITUC-Africa charges governments on participatory democracy to promote peace
THE African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa), in a workers’ day commemoration message to African governments,…
SSANU lists strike-triggering issues, tasks FG on immediate action
THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has used the occasion of 2023 Workers’ Day to charge the Federal…
Safety at workplace, paramount, NSITF tells employers, workers in Abuja
THE Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has said that safety at workplaces is a fundamental principle and right of…
Health workers, Solidarity Centre task FG on 15% budgetary allocation for healthcare
AMIDST complaints of failing healthcare system in West Africa, trade unions in the sub-region, with support from Solidarity Centre, have…
Why NDE should be more relevant in FG’s fight against unemployment
Recently at the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) lunch time seminar, the Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mallam…
NDE begins training of 20 women on shoe, bag making in Imo
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced a five-day training of 20 women on shoe and bag making with…
Tommy Etim Okon is our national president, Bola Audu remains expelled, ASCSN reiterates
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has…
PTAD’s ‘I Am Alive’ Confirmation: What DBS pensioners need to know
As the Pensions Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) commences full operation of its web-based verification platform, ‘I Am Alive’ Confirmation for…
Social justice indispensable to overcome global challenges, ILO tells World Bank/IMF
The Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Gilbert F. Houngbo, has called for coherent multilateral action to strengthen the…
Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation empowers Permanent Secretaries to drive progress in Nigerian civil service
The Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation is a public sector-focused philanthropic organisation founded to improve the lives of Africans through transformed public service…
How NDE’s Special Public Works Programme is creating job opportunities for unemployed Nigerians
The Special Public Works department of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) was created in an effort to combat the…
Why planned cash crunch strike was suspended —NLC
Stories by Christian Appolos | Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given reasons it suspended its planned nationwide…
ASUP tells Buhari, minister to respect court order sacking rectors
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu and…
NLC President seeks to collaborate with NUJ to fight against poor remuneration of journalists
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has expressed his readiness to collaborate with the leadership of…
Solidarity Centre, OTUWA kick off new strategy to promote affordable healthcare
By Christian Appolos | Abuja With Support from the Solidarity Centre, trade unions in West Africa under the umbrella…
Our interventions in Nigeria focus on ending unemployment, child labour, improving labour migration, others —ILO Country Director
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Director for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Liaison Office for ECOWAS, Vanessa Phala,…
ILO extols Nigeria as Ngige bows out from Governing Board
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has eulogised Nigeria for its unprecedented commitment to tripartism, social dialogue and decent work. The…
PTAD to launch pensioners’ I Am Alive confirmation platform on April 14
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) says it has concluded plans to launch its innovative and solution-driving confirmation internet-based platform…
NDE, Nigeria’s hub of blue collar jobs — Keyamo
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said that the National Directorate of Employment (NDE)…
