ILO to launch reports on modern slavery, child labour today •To host high-level conference on youth employment
Two reports providing the latest global and regional estimates of the number of victims of modern slavery and child labour…
ILO, ITUC-Africa call for strong legislation on tax-justice, illicit financial flow
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Trade Union Congress (ITUC)-Africa, have advocated strong legislation on tax-justice and illicit…
NUP demands immediate disbursement of N78bn pension for ex-Nigeria Airways workers
THE Nigerian union of Pensioners (NUP), Airways branch has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Presidential Initiative on…
Nigeria can’t be out of recession with huge job losses —SEWUN
WORKERS, under the aegis of Steel and Engineering Workers’ Union of Nigeria (SEWUN), have doubted the claims by the Federal…
I’ll work towards industrial peace in labour sector —Labour Perm Sec
The new Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Bolaji Adebiyi has assured workers, employers and all other…
Strike: FG, ASUU parley continues today
THE negotiation between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will commence today. The meeting is…
NIMC crisis: FG losing N0.36bn to falsification of records —SSASCGOC
The Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), has cried out at the level of impunity…
Adebiyi resumes as Permanent Secretary in Labour Ministry
The new Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Bolaji Adebiyi has formally resumed with a promise to…
NLC asks Buhari to reshuffle cabinet, sack some ministers
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately reshuffle his cabinet and relieve some of…
TUC, NLC demand immediate constitution of 29-member minimum wage committee
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have condemned the delay in the constitution of the…
Trustfund cautions against late remittance of employees pension deductions … Says PFAs can’t sanction employers
Trustfund Pensions Limited has lamented late remittance of employees pension deductions by employers and declared that as a Pension Fund…
Ocheni to take charge of budgeting at Labour Ministry
The newly appointed Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Professor Stephen Ocheni, has assume office with a clear mandate…
NLC calls for dedicated courts for speedy disposal of corrupt cases
In the wake of recent attack on the office of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the Nigeria Labour…
Anti-corruption war: NAAT tasks FG to sustain probe of VCs
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has urged the Federal Government to sustain the extension of the war against…
Oche emerges chairman of LACAN
Comrade Michael Oche, a foremost Labour correspondent with Leadership Newspaper has been elected Chairman of Labour Correspondents Association of Nigeria…
ILO launches 2017 global media competition on labour migration
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is launching a global media competition to recognise exemplary media coverage on labour migration. The…
Why we want to recruit 10,000 youths for pipeline protection —Presidential Amnesty Office
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig Gen. Paul Boroh…
Constitution amendment/LG autonomy: NULGE, NUT, MHWUN to mobilise, protest across 36 states —NULGE President
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), will lead the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), the Nigeria Union of Teachers…
Edo govt to collaborate with NDE on job creation
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the Edo State government have agreed to collaborate in creating jobs for the…
Kogi crisis: Investigate disbursement of bailout funds, NLC tells FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on the Federal Government to immediately intervene in Kogi State crisis and as…
