The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage from ₦60,000 to N62,000. The organised labour, on the other hand, has also reduced its demand from ₦494,000 to ₦250,000. Already the Tripartite Committee on New National Read more…
POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT PRESS RELEASE The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of AIG Yahaya Sahabo ABUBAKAR as Deputy Inspector General of Police. He was until his appointment the AIG in charge of Zone Read more…
Concerned about the escalating insecurity in the country’s North West and North Central zones, the Senate has called on President Bola Tinubu to set up a task force to evaluate the effectiveness and implications of negotiating with bandits. This task force Read more…
The Presidency has debunked the report making the rounds that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has proposed N105,000 as the new minimum wage. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, Bayo Read more…
The 2023 Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday, took to Twitter (X) to affirm his commitment to the Labour Party. “For the avoidance of doubt, I remain a committed, loyal Labour Party member,” Obi posted, addressing any uncertainties Read more…
The Senate, on Wednesday, approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at the federal and state levels. The Red Chamber approved the report presented by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Read more…
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 Read more…
Why we relaxed indefinite strike — Labour by Christian AppolosJune 4, 2024 Reading Time: 3 mins readA Ahttps://779ecb9f27df8dabdf359a1304fb5da6.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html In a meeting held earlier on Thursday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) gave further details about why their Read more…
The Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has appointed Prof. Chidi Odinkalu as Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the state-owned university, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Igbariam. In a statement on Tuesday, Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, said the new Council, assembled with Read more…
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, advised the organised labour not to settle for nothing less than N120,000 as a minimum, saying the Federal Government had no excuse not to pay as much. But the ruling All Progressives Congress, whose Read more…
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen by $1.8bn in 10 weeks, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria. As of May 29, 2024, the country’s FX reserves stood at $32.69bn, down from $34.44bn as of March 18. This Read more…
In a surprising turn of events, the Federal Government of Nigeria has agreed to increase the minimum wage beyond the initially proposed N60,000. This decision, TRIBUNE ONLINE gathered, was reached during a meeting between government officials and labour leaders on Read more…