Academic activities are set to resume fully across three Lagos State-owned universities after lecturers under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off their industrial action. In a joint statement released on Friday, the…
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dismissed the ongoing strike by the FCT chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) as politically motivated, directing…
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 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),…
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has amended the state High Court Law to increase the number of judges from 25 to 50 and extend their years of service from 65 to 70 years, in…
