The Federal Government and leadership of the organised labour are currently meeting at the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja over the new minimum wage of N30,000. Concise News learned that the purpose of the meeting is to find…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set January 8 as the date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike over federal government’s failure to urgently transmit the new national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly. NLC president, Comrade…
Following the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has set Jan. 8 as date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said that further meeting with the Federal Government over the proposed N30, 000 new minimum wage is no longer necessary. NLC, through its General Secretary, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson confirmed receipt of invitation for a…
The organized labour has asked workers to fully mobilize for a prolonged national strike. The labour Union came to this conclusion due to the inability of the government to commence the process of implementing the N30,000 new minimum wage. The…
Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it has begun output at its Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas facility in Australia, the world’s largest floating production structure. It is also the last of a wave of eight LNG projects built in…
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Tunde Lemo, has said most Nigerian graduates are incompetent. Lemo noted this on Wednesday as he lamented that many graduates in the country go to school and come out…
Barely 24 hours to the Yuletide, prices of goods and services have soared in major markets across the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). A market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, revealed that prices of perishable…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will galvanise Nigerian workers to protest the non-implementation of the proposed N30,000 new minimum wage. Concise News had reported that the Federal Government and the labour union agreed on the N30,000 minimum…
Nigeria’s unemployment rate now stands at 23.1 per cent, up from the previous rate of 18.8 per cent released in the third quarter of 2017, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. Partime employment/underemployment slowed to 20.1 per…
A study researched by the World Bank has found that Nigerians were the top receiver of cash from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017. In the report, Nigeria was ranked the largest remittance recipient in sub-Subharan Africa and the sixth…
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will do everything within the ambit of the law to ensure that oil and gas resources producing communities receive the 13 per cent derivation fund. The president made the pledge when he received the…
The Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the African Development Bank and Busan Techno Park has trained the first batch of drone pilots. The training which focused on handling, maintenance and the security aspects of flying drones, took place…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that the migration of the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) has led to positive growth in the value and volume of transactions recorded in end to…
The Oyo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has admonished the Federal Government to pay the new minimum wage before the 2019 elections. Waheed Olojede, the Chairman of NLC in Oyo, made the remark during the 2018 Pension…
Oil prices fell along with weak stock markets on Thursday, but trading was tepid ahead of a meeting by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The meeting is expected to result in a supply cut aimed at draining…
At last, the dispute between Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHIN) over the multi-billion dollar 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day-capacity Egina Deepwater oilfield project has been resolved out-of-court. The two companies had been flexing…
The Zamfara State Government has directed animal sellers to take pictures with their animals to confirm that they are the real owners. The directive was issued by the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Bello Dankande, on…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to urgently transmit the Tripartite Agreement on National Minimum Wage to the National Assembly for legislation, “to avert looming industrial action and its attendant consequences.” This is just as…
“Unless Africa uses modern technologies, our farmers output will remain low and we will remain dependent on others to feed us.” These were the words of Akinwunmi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank, underscoring the importance and potential…