Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has denied inviting thugs to attack protesting members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and National Union of Petroleum...
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has dubbed President Muhammadu Buhari “the most labour-friendly president.” In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ngige said Buhari deserves...
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, on Monday took a swipe at Labour leadership for insisting on a particular individual as the chairman...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, a May 1 deadline to inaugurate Chief Frank Kokori as...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has vowed that it would ensure that the new national minimum wage is implemented to the letter. It would be recalled...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned the Federal Government against the removal of subsidy on petroleum products in the country, rather, it advised that efforts...
Cuba is currently testing a drug in Nigeria which it says would ensure that diabetic patients do not have their limp amputated due to complication. This...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has promised to surpass his first term achievements in his second tenure as the governor of the state. The governor...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to explain to Nigerians how it wasted the nation’s resources in 16 years that it...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on dealing “ruthlessly” with ballot snatchers in the upcoming elections is not a license to kill....
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on the Federal Government to declare public holiday to enable Nigerian workers to travel to vote in the rescheduled...
Workers in Adamawa State workers have accused the governor, Mohammed Bindow, of deducting over N300 million from their January salary for reasons they describe as political....
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) politicians have devised a new strategy to hide stolen loots ahead of the elections. Chairman of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with Nigerian workers to show understanding as the federal government seeks to address issues around the new minimum wage. Represented by...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will hold its national delegates conference today at the International Conference Centre in Abuja to review the state of workers in...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has concluded plans to protest at the National Assembly on Monday against the N27,000 new minimum wage bill sent to the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the new national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly following its approval by the National Council of State. Ita Enang,Senior...
A Prof. of Economics, Prof. Peter Emeka Arinze of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) has said that in as much as Nigerian workers have the fundamental...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, says the proposed new National Minimum Wage will be presented to the National Council of State on...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said it is awaiting the transmission of an executive bill on the new minimum wage from the Presidency to the National...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that the Federal Government’s Advisory Committee has no relevance to the new National Minimum Wage agreement. Mr. Ayuba Wabba,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday attacked the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for saying that there would be economic crisis in Nigeria if President Muhammadu Buhari went...
Ayuba Wabba, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the union wrongly criticised the idea of the federal government advisory committee on minimum wage based...
NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC) President Ayuba Wabba has explained why Labour is not involved in the Technical Committee on the Implementation of the national minimum wage...
The controversy surrounding the new minimum wage may soon be a thing of the past, as President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to transmit a bill to...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it is not embarking on strike from Tuesday, the 8th of January over the lingering agitation for a new...
Ahead of its scheduled Monday meeting with the federal government, the Nigeria Labour Congress said the demand for N30,000 national minimum wage for workers was not...
Nigerian workers have been asked to be ready for a prolonged strike action in the new year by organized labour over the failure of government to...
The hope of Nigerian workers to have a new minimum wage of N30,000 may be hanging in the balance as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, has...
The General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Peter Ozo-Eson, said governors who claimed to lack the financial capacity to pay the N30,000 minimum wage should...
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday said Nigerians should not blame the union for the looming industrial chaos in January owing to what it perceived as...
The Federal Government may have been tacitly telling its workers that they are “on their own” as it delays in renewing the Group Life Insurance Policy...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has fixed January 8 as a national day of protest to show anger over the delay in implementing the new minimum...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s suggestion during the 2019 budget presentation that there would be a review of the N30,000...
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) yesterday said Zamfara State Governor Abdulaziz Yari was fighting against the actualisation of a new national minimum wage...
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Sunday described the Federal Government’s silence on the N30,000 minimum wage proposal as provocative, stressing that it expected President Muhammadu Buhari...
The organised labour on Thursday responded strongly to a threat by governors to sack workers in the employ of state governments if they are to implement...
In an apparent move to meet up with the deadline given by organised labour over the new minimum wage, governors have schedule an emergency meeting to...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said the organised labour expects President Muhammadu Buhari to submit the new national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly...
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, in Abuja, on Thursday ordered both the Federal Government and the organised labour to submit a report of their negotiations...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be trusted to implement the minimum wage of...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari will soon review the report of the minimum wage tripartite committee that was submitted...
A new national minimum wage law is possible within two weeks if the presidency submits the bill this week to the National Assembly for passage, the...
The New Initiative for Credible Leadership (NICL) has endorsed the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the new minimum wage of N30,000. The group also...
The meeting the federal government called to discuss new minimum wage with organised labour was deadlocked on Monday. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Chris Ngige, minister of labour,...
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, has argued that N30,000 minimum wage for civil servants, as advocated for by the organised labour, is not practicable. Labour, insisting on...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has assured organised labour in the country that the Federal Government will not restrict their activities but...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has met with organised labour over the minimum wage imbroglio. The Guardian learnt yesterday in...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the implementation of the no-work-no-pay principle when workers go on strike in the federal public service. Minister of Labour...
The Federal government on Wednesday said it only proposed to pay N24,000 as the new minim wage and not N30,000 as being reported in the media....
