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Sep

2024

Minimum Wage: Private Employers Paying Below N70,000 Risk Jail – FGN

Private Employers Paying Below N70,000 Risk Jail – FG The Federal Government has called on agencies recruiting for the private sector to adhere to the N70,000 minimum wage, warning that any deviation would not be tolerated. According to the FG, the new minimum wage is necessary to address the current economic reality, emphasising that no Nigerian worker, whether in government or private employment, should be paid less than the minimum wage. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar, stated this on Wednesday while speaking at the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Employers Association for…

Sep

2024

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Gov. Otti Pays First Tranche Of The Arrears Of Workers Salaries Owed By The Immediate Past Administration

Abia State, Good Governance, Labour, News Flash

Governor Alex Otti has paid the first tranche of the arrears of workers salaries owed by the immediate past administration. The People’s Governor earmarked N1.5 Billion monthly to offset the N18 Billion arrears of salaries in instalment within 12 Month Ironically, those who looted and plundered salaries of State workers will still shamelessly criticise the Governor for cleaning their mess in the name of opposition politics. Governor Otti feels fulfilled with the thunderous jubilation and excitement of Abia Workers than the bitterness of those denied access to Statutory Workers and Retirees Entitlements. Forward Canaan!Backward Egypt! Ctz. UKOHA NJOKU UKOHAChief Press…

Sep

2024

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NLC President, Joe Ajaero Released On Bail By DSS

Human Rights, Labour, News Flash

DSS Releases NLC President, Joe Ajaero, On Bail The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been released from custody on bail. The development was confirmed by the Omoyele Sowore, the .presidential candidate of the African Action Congress party in a post on social media platform X. It can be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while en-route to the United Kingdom to attend a conference on workers’ rights and social justice. Reacting to the arrest, the NLC…

Aug

2024

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Police Invite NLC President Ajero And Secretary A Second Time

Labour, News Flash, Security

Again, Police Invite NLC President Ajaero, Secretary The Police have summoned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), President, Joe Ajaero, and the General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja, to appear at the Force Headquarters on September 5, 2024 The fresh summons is coming less than 24 hours after Ajaero honoured the police’s invitation over alleged criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime. According to an invitation letter signed by the Commissioner of Police, Operations, Ibitoye Alajide, on behalf of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Force Intelligence Department, FID, Abuja, dated August 28, 2024, entitled “Investigation activities. Invitation letter”, this time,…

Aug

2024

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We Can’t Be Intimidated. Allegations Against Us Are Baseless – Ajero Blows Hot

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

Ajaero blows hot after police questioning, says allegations are baseless, NLC won’t be intimidated The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has declared that the union will not be intimidated by external pressures, following his appearance at the Intelligence Response Team headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. Ajaero, who was invited by the police to address allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony, arrived at the IRT office at 10:17 a.m. and left shortly after 11:15 a.m. “We can’t be intimidated,” Ajaero stated emphatically. “The allegations against us are baseless, and we have nothing to…

Aug

2024

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Why We Issued 21-Day Strike Notice To FGN – ASUU

Economy, FGN, Labour, News Flash

Why We Issued 21-Day Strike Notice To FG – ASUU The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the federal government has consistently failed on its promises to address the lingering issues hindering the development of Nigeria’s universities. ASUU earlier issued a 21-day notice to the federal government for a nationwide strike. Emmanuel Osodeke, the union’s president, was at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture in Abia where he disclosed the outcome of ASUU’s national executive council (NEC) meeting. The meeting was held between August 17 and August 18 at the University of Ibadan. The union is to reconvene at…

Aug

2024

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NLC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown If Ajaero Is Arrested, Detained

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

NLC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown If Ajaero Is Arrested, Detained The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to down tools nationwide in the event that the Nigeria Police detains its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. The union handed down the threat on Tuesday morning at its headquarters, shortly after holding an emergency National Executive Council meeting to discuss the invitation of the NLC President by the police over allegations of terrorism financing. The NEC resolved that Ajaero should honor the police invitation but noted that their legal adviser should seek more time for the NLC President to appear before…

Aug

2024

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President Tinubu Okays 300% Salary Increase For Judicial Officers

FGN, Judiciary, Labour, News Flash

Tinubu Okays 300% Salary Rise For Judicial Officers President Bola Tinubu has signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The National Assembly had in June approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at the federal and state levels. This followed the consideration and adoption of an executive bill transmitted by the President which sought to prescribe improved salaries and allowances as well as other fringe benefits for judicial…

Aug

2024

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Details Emerge On How Top Nigeria Labour Congress Leader Was Abducted

Crime, Labour, News Flash

Top Nigeria Labour Congress Leader Abducted (Details Emerged) The Vice chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Kogi State, Eleojo Opaluwa has been allegedly abducted by the police. According to Vanguard, Opaluwa, an official of the National Union of Electricity Employees was whisked away by operatives of NPF’s Intelligence Response Team, IRT, in Mararaba, Nasarawa State on August 4, 2024 and has been kept incommunicado since. Eyewitnesses said they saw Opaluwa being transported in police vehicles, including a Hilux and a Gulf, after he left his family to meet an unidentified caller. Later that day, around 5 p.m., security personnel…

Aug

2024

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DSS Raids NLC Headquarters Over EndBadGovernance Protest

FGN, Labour, News Flash, Politics

DSS Raids NLC Headquarters Over #EndBadGovernance Protest Security operatives suspected to be from the Department of State Services, DSS, have raided headquarters of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over allegations that members of the organised labour sponsored the #EndBadGovernance protest. Some labour leaders who spoke to Daily Trust on Wednesday night, said everyone in the building had left for their various residence when the operatives stormed the building. One of the labour leaders said he spoke to one of the private security guards attached to building on phone and confirmed that the masked operatives with assorted rifles stormed there at about…