Workers’ insurance systems in Africa are set for a significant overhaul as Nigeria’s Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and South Africa’s Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) explore closer collaboration on workers’ compensation, rehabilitation, and occupational…
Resident doctors at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun State, have commenced a 10-day warning strike, citing years of unpaid allowances and severe staffing shortages that they say have pushed healthcare workers to…
Steel workers at WEMPCO Group in Magboro, Ogun State, say their jobs and decades of service are under threat after armed security personnel reportedly forced employees out of the factory premises. The Steel and Engineering…
Workers’ rights are coming under increasing pressure as technological disruption, climate-related shocks, and the expansion of informal work continue to reshape labour markets across the world, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Bureau for Workers’ Activities…
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has urged African governments to accelerate the ratification of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 190 to strengthen protection for workers against violence and…
The National Industrial Court sitting in Jos has ordered the Plateau State Government to reinstate 31 workers whose appointments had been suspended, declaring the refusal to implement the governor’s recall directive unlawful, wrongful, and illegal.…
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, has commenced an indefinite strike over unresolved welfare and working-condition issues affecting its members. The industrial action took effect…
Healthcare workers at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, have appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to urgently address unpaid minimum wage arrears and release the Medical Residency Training Fund (MRTF), warning that the issues are undermining morale…
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has announced the expansion of automatic employment opportunities to all indigenes of the state who graduate with first-class degrees from higher institutions across Nigeria. The governor made the announcement…
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has warned job seekers to disregard a purported recruitment advertisement circulating online, describing it as fraudulent and unauthorised. The commission said the fake recruitment notice, which has been shared across…
