Unemployed graduates with disabilities in Kogi State have appealed to Governor Ahmed Ododo to enforce the state’s Disability Law, which reserves six per cent of public sector recruitments for persons with disabilities. The group, operating…
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has challenged the Federal Government to immediately increase workers’ salaries without waiting for a new Minimum Wage Act. Speaking at the union’s National Administrative Council meeting, TUC President…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to reduce petrol prices and commence the renegotiation of the national minimum wage. The ultimatum was contained in a communiqué signed by…
The National Union of Food, Beverage, and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) has urged the House of Representatives to withhold concurrence on the Customs, Excise Tariffs, Etc. (Consolidation) Amendment Bill, 2025, warning that the proposed tax could…
The Lagos State Government has directed the 57 Secretaries to Local Governments (SLGs) to mobilise 5,700 eligible youths for the ongoing military recruitment exercise as the state intensifies efforts to meet its recruitment allocation. The…
Dr Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi, Chief Executive Officer of Wellington Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Abuja, has urged the government to improve working conditions to retain trained doctors and other health professionals in Nigeria. Ugwuanyi made the…
The Federal Government has paid eight months’ salary arrears owed members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, halting a planned nationwide indefinite strike. SSANU had issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government…
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court nullified the National Lottery Act, about 1,500 National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) workers are awaiting redeployment by the Federal Government, with the commission remaining largely inactive. A News…
The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chapter, has rejected the indefinite strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), directing secondary school teachers and education officers to report for…
The labour movement must reconnect with workers, adopt new strategies and embrace technology, including artificial intelligence, to effectively defend workers’ interests, the National President of the Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association (PERESSA),…
