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Failure of the Federal Government negotiating team to present a fresh offer beyond the N60,000 it offered last week has stalled further negotiation. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday, given a marching order to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, to prepare cost implications of theContinueContinue reading “FG’s failure to make fresh offer stalls minimum wage talks By Victor AhiumaYoung, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Gift ChapiOdekina”

The Nigerian Senate has approved a bill granting the upward review of salaries of judicial officers at both state and federal levels by 300%. The bill was transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu for consideration and passage. This comes amid demands by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress for anContinueContinue reading “Amid Nigerian Workers’ Demand For Living Wage, Senate Passes Bill Approving 300% Salary Increase For Chief Justice, Other Judicial Officers”

ABUJA: President Bola Tinubu has named a major road in the Federal Capital Territory FCT after Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka “for bringing fame and pride” to the country. Tinubu announced this on Tuesday during the commission of the full scope development arterial road N 20 in the nation’s capital, Abuja. At the event, FCTContinueContinue reading “2027: You’ve no problem in FCT, Wike assures Tinubu By Omeiza Ajayi”

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on his victory in the nation’s parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Modi’s coalition – the National Democratic Alliance – won a majority of the parliamentary seats, paving the way for a third consecutive term, which is a rare feat and the second time anContinueContinue reading “Election: Tinubu congratulates Indian Prime Minister, Modi on victory”

Prominent economist Bismarck Rewane The Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company, FDC, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, has urged the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to reconsider its stance on benchmarking the minimum wage demand on dollar exchange rate, saying that it would result in massive job layoffs, especially among the private sector operators, who are the majorContinueContinue reading “Labor leaders must reconsider wage demand to avoid layoffs — Rewane By Nkiru Nnorom”

After a joint National Executive Council meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Tuesday, the Organised Labour insisted that President Bola Tinubu’s administration must take steps to reverse the recent electricity tariff hike and abolish the classification of customers into bands. This is contained in a communique issued at the endContinueContinue reading “Organised Labour Insists Tinubu Govt Must Take Steps To Reverse Electricity Tariff Hike, Abolish Classification Of Customers Into Bands”

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Tuesday gave a marching order to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, Mr Wale Edun, to come up with cost Implications on the new minimum wage and present an affordable, sustainable and realistic figure within two days. The President also directed the Minister of Finance to present the newContinueContinue reading “Minimum Wage: Compile figures, get back to me immediately, Tinubu orders Finance Minister. By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA”

The leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to relax the nationwide strike after they convened a joint extraordinary National Executive Council in Abuja, top officials confirmed to journalists. “The NLC and TUC are going to relax the strike and see what happens in the next oneContinueContinue reading “BREAKING: Organised Labour Resolves To ‘Relax’ Strike, To Release Communique After Tuesday’s Meeting With Nigerian Government”

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said there is no plan of calling off the ongoing nationwide strike until Tuesday’s meeting of organs of the union where all resolutions of Monday’s meeting are expected to be reviewed. This was revealed in a post on X on Tuesday despite having signed agreement with the Nigerian GovernmentContinueContinue reading “Organised Labour Says Strike Continues As Another Meeting With Nigerian Government Holds Tuesday”