Labour

The federal government says the planned nationwide strike by organised labour on the demand for the minimum wage is illegal. Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, said in a letter…

The Organised Labour has agreed to attend the “negotiation” meeting of the Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage slated for Tuesday. The Vice President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr Etim Okon, confirmed this in an interview on…

The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Wednesday night suspended the ongoing strike. The unions said the suspension followed the intervention of the National Security Adviser,…

Federal Government has expressed hope that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would be called off soon. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this during a chat with…

Labour on Wednesday said it would demand for two years arrears payment of the proposed new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers from the federal and state governments. Ayuba Wabba, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress…

The organised labour has suspended its planned strike after the Tripartite Committee came up with a report to by submitted to the President Buhari later today. The nationwide industrial action was initially scheduled to commence on…