As Nigeria embarks on the crucial zonal public hearings for the establishment of a new minimum wage, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) chapters in Ogun and...
As Nigeria grapples with soaring inflation and escalating costs of living, organised Labour, led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has proposed a bold N500,000 minimum...
Nigeria’s federal government has set up zonal public hearings across the six geopolitical zones of the country for the review of the National Minimum Wage. The...
The federal government is set to conduct a nationwide public hearing as part of the process towards the implementation of a new minimum wage for Nigerian...
The Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage has called for the participation of stakeholders in proposing and implementing a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers....
The Tripartite Committee constituted by the Jigawa State Government to develop a position paper on the new national minimum wage has submitted its report to the...
The Cross River branch of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has charged the state governor, Senator Bassey Otu, to commence implementation of 2013 retirees’ gratuities and without...
Anthony Adefuye, a member of the governance advisory council (GAC) in the Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerians to...
Joe Ajaero, national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the country is experiencing increased hunger due to the federal government’s refusal to meet agreements...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the two-day nationwide protest by its members is about hunger and the economic hardship in the nation. The National...
Former presidential adviser, Laolu Akande, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to fulfil his promise to ensure that the Minimum Wage in Nigeria is indeed...
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has said that the 35 per cent pay rise of the federal government civil servants is mischievous...
President Bola Tinubu has stated that hardworking Nigerians are entitled to fair wages and improved welfare, emphasizing that his administration is committed to enhancing the conditions...
President Bola Tinubu says he is open to the idea of a “living wage” for Nigerian workers. In a message to mark International Workers Day...
The House of Representatives Minority Caucus has called for a living wage for Nigerian workers and better condition of service as labour marks this year’s May...
President Bola Tinubu has heartily congratulated Nigerian workers on the auspicious occasion of Workers’ Day held annually on May 1 to celebrate the lifeblood of the...
Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the federal government’s announcement of a pay rise for civil servants is mischievous. On Tuesday,...
The National President of the National Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has described the federal government increase of civil servants by 35% as mischievous, insisting that...
In Canada, over one million foreign students are primarily restricted to low-wage, part-time jobs. This is due to youth unemployment figures in Canada currently hovering near...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Thursday, warned the Federal Government not to test the patience of workers over delay in the payment of N35,000 wage...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced on Thursday that workers in the state have been receiving an additional ₦35,000 wage allowance since January. Naija News reports...
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has decried the delay by federal and state governments in paying the workers’ wage award for March and April 2024. TUC...
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has decried the delay by federal and state governments in paying the workers’ wage award for March and April 2024. TUC...
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said his administration has been paying an additional N35,000 wage allowance to workers in the state since the...
Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has promised continuous payment of wage awards to state workers until the committee on new minimum wage concludes its work....
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has officially debunked claims circulating about a planned protest by pensioners regarding the non-payment of a N25,000 wage award. Naija...
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, has denounced reports making the rounds that pensioners want to protest over non-payment of the N25,000 wage award to them....
Staff of the Defence Industries of Nigeria, DICON, in Kaduna State, have threatened to protest over the failure of the President Bola Tinubu-led government to pay...
The Niger State Government has initiated the disbursement of wage awards to its employees. This decision comes in response to a directive issued by President Bola...
A Report has indicated that only ten states are paying wage awards to their workers. Naija News reports that following the withdrawal of petrol subsidy and...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday appealed to the governors of the various states to ensure they pay the wage awards to workers in their respective states....
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to 36 State governors of the Federation to begin paying the wage awards to workers pending the determination of the new...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Adewole Adebayo, has asserted that increasing wages may not significantly enhance the economic conditions...
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the last elections, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said increasing the wage of workers would have little...
The South West Geopolitical Zone Governors emphasised that most Sub-National governments need major adjustments to sustain enhanced employee wages and salaries in various aspects of the...
The Federal Government has announced that the processing of the N35,000 wage award for January and February 2024 is underway, responding to recent criticisms from the...
Benue State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the 2024 Workers’ Day celebration as the first of its kind in three years.It said...
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday 3rd May 2024. The PUNCH: As Nigerians...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 3rd May 2024 Vice-President Kashim Shettima has stated that...
A new report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has highlighted a significant rise in the cost of a healthy diet across Nigeria. Naija News...
Amid rising costs of living and growing insecurity, an increasing number of Nigerians are exploring opportunities to relocate abroad, a phenomenon popularly known as ‘Japa’. Countries...
Some Governors have taken the initiative to increase the salary of workers in their respective states pending the outcome of negotiations between the government and organized...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has increased the maximum deposit insurance coverage levels for Deposit Money Banks from N500,000 to N5 million with immediate effect. The...
A section of Ilepo Market at Oke Odo, Lagos State, has been set on fire as hoodlums clashed with traders in the market over bet money....
The ongoing negotiations between the Federal Government and organised labour for a new minimum wage have ended in a deadlock. It will be recalled that President...
As Nigerian workers nationwide clamour for a new minimum wage, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticized the Zamfara State government for maintaining a minimum wage...
Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru has approved the increment of civil servants’ salaries by N10,000. He also approved the recruitment of 1,700 teachers to...
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Thursday 2nd May 2024. The PUNCH: The ongoing...
Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru has approved the increment of civil servants’ salaries by N10,000. He also approved the recruitment of 1,700 teachers to...
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has pledged to align state civil service wages with forthcoming federal resolutions concerning the national minimum wage. Naija News...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has announced his administration’s commitment to rigorously tackling the issue of workers receiving multiple salaries in the state’s civil service. Naija...
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The ongoing negotiations for a new minimum wage have deadlocked following the inability of the Federal...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Thursday, 2nd May 2024 The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government...
Nigerians who think they bade farewell to fuel queues long ago have been proven wrong following the recent return of long queues occasioned by scarcity of...
Nigerian workers have presented another set of demands to the federal government towards improving their living condition. The demands were unveiled yesterday in Abuja by the...
As workers marked May Day yesterday, governors across the states of the federation promised to prioritise staff welfare without commitment to paying the new minimum wage...
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has pledged to decisively deal with workers receiving multiple salaries in the state civil service. The governor made the disclosure on...
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has reassured civil servants that the state government will key into whatever resolutions are taken by the federal government...
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has assured Imo workers that they will always be at the top of the priority list of his administration. Governor...
The Bauchi State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has expressed concern over the economic hardships occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy. The Congress...
The Bauchi State Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the introduction of harsh economic policies and removal of subsidies on fuel, electricity, fertilizer and...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Borno State chapter, has said that some retirees in the state were still being paid N4,000 monthly as pension. The NLC...
Solidarity in Action: Collaborative Governance, Empowered WorkersBy President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFRBeing a speech by His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the...
President Bola Tinubu has assured the Nigerian workers that their days of worrying are over. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, gave the assurance while delivering...
Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that no amount of intimidation, provocation, harassment or sabotage will change the focus of his administration in working...
Vice President Kashim Shetimma, on Wednesday, attended the celebration to mark the 2024 International Workers’ Day. Shettima represented President Bola Tinubu at the event organised by...
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has flagged off the implementation of N500million revolving loans for civil servants. The governor who symbolically presented the loans dummy...
Major General Aniedi Edet, Director General of the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), Kaduna, says workers protesting non-enrolment into the Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assured the Organised Labour that their understanding, patience, commitment and support in the course of implementing his administration’s policies and programmes...
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero has reacted to the Federal Government’s announced 25% to 35% salary increase for civil servants as “mischievous.”...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Borno State has said that some retirees in the state were still being paid N4,000 monthly as pension. The NLC...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian workers on the auspicious occasion of Workers’ Day held annually to celebrate the lifeblood of the country. The President, in...
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says the President Bola Tinubu administration is the worst violator of workers’ rights in the nation’s history. Abubakar said this in...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has demanded a living wage of ₦615,000 from the federal government for Nigerian workers. The NLC...
The Borno State Government has refused to sack the 10,566 teachers said to be unqualified to remain in the classrooms, because the government did not want...
Nigeria’s federal government has approved a pay increase of between 25 per cent and 35 per cent for civil servants on the remaining six consolidated salary...
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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has not given workers breathing space since assuming office. It said the government has...
Labour Day, observed annually on May 1, pays tribute to the unwavering spirit and contributions of workers worldwide. This day recognizes the struggles, sacrifices, and achievements...
Today, May 1, is observed as May Day, Workers’ Day or International Workers’ Day, a day that commemorates the struggles and gains made by workers and...
Food is significant to Nigerians, with households spending nearly 60% of their income on it, the highest globally, according to official reports. This strong affinity for...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Tuesday, 30th April 2024 A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic...
Chief Economist and Senior Partner at SPM Professionals, Paul Alaje has stated that according to research, Nigeria as a nation is still paying fuel subsidy, contrary...
Ahead of Workers Day celebrations on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, the organised labour and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led-administration have been commended for maintaining relative industrial...
Former Governor of Benue State and Senator who represented Benue North-East Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly, Gabriel Suswam, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s...
Former Governor of Benue State and Senator who represented Benue North-East Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly, Gabriel Suswam, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s...
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Sunday 28th April 2024. The PUNCH: Governors of...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Saturday, 27th April 2024. A High Court sitting in...
In a welcome development for consumers across Nigeria, the price of rice and other essential food commodities has significantly decreased this week. The price drop brings...
Amid the resurgence of long queues at petrol stations in the Federal Capital, Abuja and neighbouring states, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the federal...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Friday, 26th April 2024 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday,...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said he had fulfilled his promise to stand by the vulnerable amid the global economic hardship. A statement on Wednesday, quoted...
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has launched the Ekiti Agro Marshals, a local security outfit tasked with safeguarding farmlands, schools, and palaces across the state. Speaking...
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, in Ogun State have suspended their indefinite strike which began on April 8. The union announced this...
The rising price of malaria, antibiotics, anti-diabetes, hypertension drugs and other pharmaceutical products have heightened the fears of increased mortality and reduced life expectancy among Nigerians....
Transporters, business owners, and passengers in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State and its environs, are facing increased hardships due to the recent surge in petrol...
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Sunday 21st April 2024. The PUNCH: The Nigeria...
Recent weeks have seen a welcome decrease in the prices of various foodstuffs across Nigeria, a trend analysts attribute to the strengthening of the Nigerian naira...
The new Electricity Act 2023 (EA) has prescribed more punishments for Nigerians who steal power, illegally connect electricity, tamper with metering devices, or embark on destruction...