ILO tasks FG on National Policy on Labour Migration approval
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on the approval of the revised…
NDE to unveil new job creation schemes, engages 5,332 Nigerians across states
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says it has concluded plans to create additional 5,332 new jobs across the nation.…
Expert urges FG to design structured, viable, sustainable job creation programmes
A public employment programme expert, Dr Simon Desmond, has urged Nigeria and other African governments to design structured, viable and…
NSITF clears air on alleged probe of management
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has assured Nigerians that the 2018 Audit Report by the Office of the…
Job creation: FG trains, disburses start-up kits to 60 unemployed youths
No fewer than 60 unemployed Nigerian youths have benefited from the just concluded collaborative training and start-up tools empowerment programme…
TUC appoints Nuhu Toro as Secretary General
Following the death of its Secretary General in the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train attack by bandits, the Trade Union Congress of…
Recovery in youth empowerment is still lagging —ILO report
The International Labour Organisation (ILO), in its recent report titled, ‘The Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming…
Ngige explains why voluntary conciliation was adopted for ASUU strike negotiations
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has hinted that his ministry adopted voluntary conciliation for the resolution…
Federal Civil Service Pensioners postpone National Delegates Conference
The Federal Civil Service Pensioners Branch (FCSPB) under the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) says its 2nd National Delegates Conference…
ILO director canvasses for structural approaches to resolving incessant strike in Nigeria
The Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country office in Abuja, Ms Vanessa Phala, has favoured structural approaches in…
PTAD quest to collaborate with graft agencies to end issues with monthly pension payment
Despite the vision efforts of the current management of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) towards sanitising and enthroning an…
Child labour: ILO tasks FG on increased investment in social protection
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called on the Nigerian government to increase investment in social protection through improved fiscal…
Strike: TUC condemns FG’s approach, calls for action to end, reopen schools
The newly elected president of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, has called on the Federal…
NLC launches information guide for reintegration of migrant workers in Nigeria
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has launched an information guide on returning and reintegration of migrants and migrant workers in…
FG’s social protection programmes reducing child labour, poverty —Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has attributed the prevalence of child labour in Nigeria and Africa…
NAAT vows to resist salary disparity among varsity workers, rejects Briggs Committee’s report
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has reiterated its resolve to resist any attempt to institute and implement further…
PTAD collaborates with anti-graft agencies to halt pension payment challenges
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with relevant stakeholders, including anti-graft agencies in the…
Banning mining activities in Nigeria will worsen insecurity — Association
The Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) says banning mining activities in the country will be counterproductive and capable of worsening…
ASUU, SSANU, NASU strike: NLC to commence three-day warning strike after nationwide protest
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reiterated their readiness to gather its members across Nigeria for a…
NLC tells Nigerians to stand against ethnic, religious division
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on workers and Nigerians across the federation to resist all the tactics used…
