The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has launched Pension Boost 1.0, an initiative under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) aimed at increasing monthly pension payouts to retirees. Announcing the development during PenCom’s second-quarter media briefing in…
The Federal Government, in collaboration with Mastercard Foundation and Jobberman, has pledged to tackle unemployment among marginalised Nigerians by leveraging digital technologies. This commitment was reaffirmed at a roundtable in Abuja on Thursday, themed “Technology…
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has announced that organisations failing to meet their pension remittance obligations will be blacklisted from 30 November 2025. PenCom Director-General, Omolola Oloworaran, issued the warning during the commission’s second-quarter media…
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is set to collaborate with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) to reintroduce a gratuity scheme for civil servants in treasury-funded Ministries, Departments,…
Academic staff at the National Mathematical Centre (NMC) have protested their exclusion from the N50 billion Earned Academic Allowances (EAAs) recently approved by the Federal Government for university workers. The protest, held at the NMC…
The Federal Government has disbursed N8.6 billion as part of ongoing payments to pensioners under the N32,000 pension increment approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024. The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) confirmed the latest…
Nigeria has made notable strides in women’s participation in the labour force, according to the 2025 Global Gender Gap Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The report highlights a rise in economic participation…
President Bola Tinubu has received commendation for his administration’s focus on job creation, employment retention, and labour-centric economic reforms over the past two years. Issa Aremu, Director-General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour…
Nigeria has been ranked among the 10 worst countries in the world for workers in 2025, according to the latest Global Rights Index by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The report was unveiled in…
Organised Labour has urged media owners, particularly in the private sector, to begin implementing the new ₦70,000 national minimum wage for their employees ahead of the September deadline. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),…
