The Ministry of Aviation, yesterday, issued a disclaimer denouncing recruiting agencies and online platforms scheduling interviews for the new national carrier, Nigeria Air. The ministry issued the caveat emptor after receiving over 20,000 applications for various categories of positions that [...]
The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, yesterday, insisted that the company will not take law into its hand by sacking staff. There were indications that thousands of staff at the newly transited company were being sacked, especially those who [...]
The National Commercial Motorcycle and Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria has faulted the federal government’s plan to ban operation of commercial motorcycles popularly known as okada riding across the country. Speaking on a programme on Monday on Nigeria [...]
It is an hour before sunrise in downtown Mogadishu. The Somali capital is fast asleep with eerie silence hanging in the warm salty air blowing from the Indian Ocean. Apart from a small group of women wearing dark-coloured clothes and [...]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will embark on a two-day protest on July 26 to demonstrate against an eight-month shutdown of public universities across the country due to pay disagreements between the government and teachers, the body has said. The [...]
Organised Labour in Ogun State has declared an indefinite strike over what they termed the “pathetic plight” of workers across the state. The strike which takes effect from midnight Tuesday would affect ministries, agencies, hospitals and public schools and other government agencies [...]
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has released N1.1 billion for the payment of pensions of retired civil servants in the state. A statement by the Head of Service, Dr Festus Olowogboyega, on Monday in Osogbo, said that N 600 million [...]
Global employment will not recover to pre-pandemic levels until at least 2023, with a projected shortfall in hours worked this year equivalent to 52 million full-time jobs, according to a report by the International Labour Organization (ILO). While an improvement [...]
The Kaduna State will begin a transition to a four-day working week from December 1, the state government has announced. The government said, in the interim, it will permit public servants to work from home on Fridays. Eventually, the new measure will [...]
The Federal Government has expressed sadness over the alarming rate of casualisation in the nation’s workforce and vowed to put a stop to it . The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige said this at a one -day Public [...]
Recent prosecution and conviction of 33 youth members involved in cybercrimes, coupled with grave statistics of youth unemployment in the country point emphatically to the dangers, unless the concerned authorities purge themselves of the lethargy that has been their bane [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday has called on health workers to return to their duty posts. He also urged others contemplating strikes to opt for settlement of issues by negotiation, no matter how long it takes. The president made the appeal [...]
South Africa’s unemployment rate surged to the highest on a global list of 82 countries monitored by Bloomberg. The jobless rate rose to 34.4% in the second quarter from 32.6% in the three months through March, Statistics South Africa said [...]
For many residents of Lagos, traffic robbery is so common that news of it hardly seizes attention. This is a pity, for the real and potential victims; a shame on the three levels of government that are constitutionally required to [...]
Women make up a measly 6.8 per cent of Nigeria’s extractive industry, leaving the sector overwhelmingly in the hands of men, a report by a government watchdog says. The figure is a blow to the country’s effort to improve gender [...]
The Federal Government has approved the payment of some critical aspects of the outstanding pension liabilities of its retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme. The beneficiaries are retirees of treasury-funded Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs), whose names were submitted [...]
The Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said that Nigeria’s 33 per cent unemployment figure is indefensible and that the situation has been compounded by the COVID-19 scourge. He said the government-run special public works that targets paying [...]
A seasoned career recruiter who has interviewed close to 10,000 job candidates shares the most common mistakes that trip up job seekers. There are no shortage of tips on how to have a successful job search. But when you fail [...]
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says all is now set for the training of indigent Niger Delta youths on technical skills at Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company. This is contained in a statement issued by the commission’s Director of Corporate [...]
Members of the Ondo State Chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) have kicked against the refusal of the state government to pay their salary two months’ arrears. The nurses alleged that the state government had [...]
Retired soldiers who fought in the Nigerian Civil War on Wednesday gathered in front of the Federal Ministry of Finance building in Abuja to protest against the nonpayment of the minimum wage arrears of their pension by the Nigerian government [...]
At least 270 Indian citizens are on their way home from Nigeria, The PUNCH reports. This is not unconnected to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It was gathered that the aircraft conveying the nationals departed the Murtala Muhammed International [...]
Power Mech Staff Complain Of Being Forced To Work Despite Lockdown Staff of Power Mech company working on the Dangote Refinery have complained to the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Damodardas Modi of the actions of their employers. They claim that [...]
New Minumum wage: The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Dr. Ayuba Wabba, has described as mere speculation, reports of agreement to a 20 per cent and 13.5 per cent consequential adjustments for workers on Grade Levels 7-14 and 15-17 respectively. [...]
Despite the threat by the organised labour that it could not guarantee industrial peace if the Federal Government failed to meet its demand on the implementation of the new minimum wage by the close of work on October 16, 2019, [...]
The Kaduna State government has announced that it will commence the implementation of the New National Minimum wage from September 1, 2019. The Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, disclosed this to Channels Television [...]
Osun State governor, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, on Monday in Osogbo said he would pay all the salary arrears owed workers by the immediate past administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Igbere TV reports. He made this disclosure when civil servants hosted [...]
Rivers State University Job Vacancies 2019 Rivers state University has advertised massive job vacancies for qualified candidates into the academic and non-academic cadre of the University’s workforce. Applications are invited for the position below: Job Title: Graduate AssistantLocation: Port Harcourt, [...]
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, South West Zone has vowed to sue state governors in the country over non-payment of gratuities. NUP said the gratuity was for their members across the country from 2008 till date. Ayo Kumapayi and Olusegun [...]
Chris Ngige, Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment who spoke yesterday at the opening of a two-day workshop on Breaking the Resilience of High Unemployment Rate in the Country in Abuja, revealed that Nigeria’s unemployment rate is expected to reach [...]
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