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Employee Fraud Costing Nigerian MSMEs Up to N10 Trillion Annually, CPPE Warns

Employee Fraud Costing Nigerian MSMEs Up to N10 Trillion Annually, CPPE Warns

Employee corruption and occupational fraud are posing a grave threat to Nigeria’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), draining between N5 trillion and N10 trillion from the sector each year, the Centre for the Promotion…

Market Concentration Deepens as Pension Assets Hit N26.09tn, 11 States Yet to Adopt CPS

Market Concentration Deepens as Pension Assets Hit N26.09tn, 11 States Yet to Adopt CPS

Nigeria’s pension industry expanded further in the third quarter of 2025, with total assets under management rising to N26.09 trillion, even as market concentration among Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) intensified and 11 states remained outside…

NUT Threatens to Shut Schools in States Yet to Implement Teachers’ Minimum Wage

NUT Threatens to Shut Schools in States Yet to Implement Teachers’ Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has warned that it will shut down schools in states that fail to implement the new minimum wage for teachers. The NUT President, Comrade Audu Amba, issued the warning…

Electricity Workers Issue 21-Day Strike Notice Over Wage and Pension Breaches

Electricity Workers Issue 21-Day Strike Notice Over Wage and Pension Breaches

Electricity workers under the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have issued a 21-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government of Nigeria, citing widespread anti-labour practices, wage violations, and worsening job insecurity across the…

Employers Push Overhaul of Labour Courts to Match Changing World of Work

Employers Push Overhaul of Labour Courts to Match Changing World of Work

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called for comprehensive reforms to make Nigeria’s labour justice system faster, more accessible, and responsive to the realities of a rapidly evolving world of work. NECA President, Mr.…

JOHESU Warns of Fresh Strike if Federal Government Fails to Implement Salary Review by April

JOHESU Warns of Fresh Strike if Federal Government Fails to Implement Salary Review by April

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has warned that it may resume industrial action if the Federal Government fails to implement agreed salary adjustments by April. The warning follows the recent suspension of the union’s…

FG Implements ASUU Salary Increase, Approves 40% Rise in Academic Allowances

FG Implements ASUU Salary Increase, Approves 40% Rise in Academic Allowances

The Federal Government has begun implementing improved salaries and allowances for members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), in line with its renewed agreement with the union, with payments backdated to January 1,…

Appeal Court Orders CBN to Release N2.5bn Judgment Debt to Sacked ABU Workers

Appeal Court Orders CBN to Release N2.5bn Judgment Debt to Sacked ABU Workers

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed fresh attempts by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) to stall the enforcement of a N2.5 billion judgment debt awarded to 110…

JOHESU Suspends 84-Day Strike After Federal Government Agrees to Pay Arrears

JOHESU Suspends 84-Day Strike After Federal Government Agrees to Pay Arrears

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its 84-day nationwide strike after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government during talks held on February 5, 2026, at the Ministry of Labour and Employment in…

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