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In a bid to stop the scheduled October 3 strike by workers across the country, the federal government is currently holding a last-minute meeting with organized labour at the Chief of Staff’s Conference Room, State House, Abuja.   The meeting began at 3:25pm after the arrival of a labour delegation …

The Ministry of Labour has described as false and misleading reports claiming President Bola Tinubu would announce a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers on Independence Day October 1. A statement released by Olajide Oshundun, Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour on Wednesday, September 28, …

The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal has struck out the Labour Party and its candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, from the petition of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor, against the recent governorship election.    Jandor in his petition before the tribunal challenged the return of …

A Nigerian lady has advised single people to ensure they get married to a kind partner.    In a post shared on her X handle, the lady said that last night, she received a call from a female friend who was pregnant and was already in labour.    She said …

The Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the February 25th presidential election, Peter Obi, has filed an appeal against the September 6, 2023 ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) at the Supreme Court. Labour Party’s lawyers led by Livy Uzokwu (SAN) approached the Supreme court on 51 …

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has claimed that the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) knows that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate, lost the February 25 election,  but are hell bent on forcing “lies” on Nigerians that Obi won the election.   Soyinka said this on Wednesday, September 13, while speaking …

The Plateau state Election Tribunal Court has declared the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, winner of the February 25 Parliamentary election.   The former Plateau State governor, who was Director-General of Tinubu/Shettima Campaign, was among the seven governors declared as losers of senatorial elections. He was later appointed …

Comrade Alagoa Morris, the State coordinator of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has dumped the Labour Party for the Peoples Democratic Party.    Morris, an environmental rights activist and Environmental Right Action and Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), made the announcement on Wednesday, August 30, ahead of the …

UK growth will be the slowest in the G7 in 2024, Labour analysis of the latest economic forecasts shows, as Keir Starmer said that the economic climate would prevent him from going to university today. The opposition said the economy was “stuck in a low-growth trap” that had led to …

The Labour party added that improving the supply of electricity in both urban and rural areas would further reduce the hardship encountered due to the removal of fuel subsidy in the country. The party’s Chairman in the state, Olumide Adesoyin, gave the advice in a statement issued in Lagos on …