The Bonny, Opobo/Nkoro, Andoni and Eastern Obolo Host Communities Development Trust (BOPANE HCDT) has launched a skills acquisition programme for 261 young people from Rivers and Akwa Ibom states as part of efforts to address…
Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Gilbert F. Houngbo, has called for workers and human welfare to remain at the centre of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, warning that decisions taken today by governments,…
The Sub-Saharan Africa Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network (SASASNET) has renewed calls for increased investment in skills development and apprenticeship programmes to build the workforce required to drive Africa’s infrastructure and economic transformation. Speaking on…
Members of Nigeria’s organised private sector have cautioned against expecting private sector employers to automatically adopt the ₦100,000 minimum wage recently introduced by some state governments, warning that many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping jobs across Africa at a pace that is outstripping the continent’s ability to prepare workers for the changes ahead, experts warned on Tuesday at the 3rd International Academic Conference of…
The Federal Government has directed all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to immediately discontinue the practice of placing civil servants on a mandatory three-month pre-retirement leave, clarifying that no such provision exists in the Public…
Operations at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) resumed on Tuesday after workers suspended an indefinite strike that had disrupted regulatory activities across the country. The industrial action, led by the Petroleum and Natural…
Nigeria has called for urgent investment in lifelong learning and workforce development as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) opened its 2026 International Labour Conference in Geneva on Monday, 1 June 2026. The conference has brought…
Workers of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) have commenced an indefinite strike over welfare and administrative issues, disrupting activities at the commission’s offices across the country. The industrial action, which began on Monday,…
