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Electricity Unions Suspend Strike After Abuja Talks

Electricity Unions Suspend Strike After Abuja Talks

Electricity Workers Suspend Nationwide Strike After Government Intervention The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its nationwide strike following the intervention of the Federal Government in its dispute with the Transmission Company of…

Nationwide Blackout Looms as Electricity Workers Down Tools Over Non-Implementation of Minimum Wage

Nationwide Blackout Looms as Electricity Workers Down Tools Over Non-Implementation of Minimum Wage

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday embarked on a nationwide strike over unresolved disputes with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). In a circular signed by Acting General Secretary Dominic Igwebike, the…

Lagos Introduces Guidelines to Tackle Workplace Sexual Harassment

Lagos Introduces Guidelines to Tackle Workplace Sexual Harassment

The Lagos State Government, through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), has launched new guidelines aimed at preventing and addressing sexual harassment in the workplace. The Executive Secretary of DSVA, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, unveiled…

PenCom, TUC Unite to Enforce Pension Compliance, Protect Workers’ Savings

PenCom, TUC Unite to Enforce Pension Compliance, Protect Workers’ Savings

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have resolved to strengthen collaboration in order to enhance compliance with the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). The agreement was reached on Wednesday,…

Age Fraud Scandal: Five Ex-Senior Police Officers Shun Court Again Over Alleged Age Falsification

Age Fraud Scandal: Five Ex-Senior Police Officers Shun Court Again Over Alleged Age Falsification

Five former senior police officers charged with alleged age falsification on Thursday failed, for the third time, to appear for their arraignment before Justice Halilu Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory…

30 years after Beijing Declaration, gender equality still ‘unfinished business’ – UN report

30 years after Beijing Declaration, gender equality still ‘unfinished business’ – UN report

Gender equality remains the “unfinished business of our time”, with the private sector playing a vital role in closing the gap, according to a new UN Women report launched on Wednesday. The report, Unfinished Business:…

FG sets October deadline for nationwide academic credential verification

FG sets October deadline for nationwide academic credential verification

The Federal Government has directed the nationwide enforcement of the national policy for the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) on academic credential verification, effective from 6 October. The directive was contained in a circular…

Court Slams CAC, Orders N7m Payout to Former Staff Over Withheld Promotion

Court Slams CAC, Orders N7m Payout to Former Staff Over Withheld Promotion

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has ruled against the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and its Registrar-General in a labour dispute, declaring their refusal to pay Dr. Ogunlade his promotion entitlements an act of unfair…

ILO: Inequality undermining global gains in workers’ rights

ILO: Inequality undermining global gains in workers’ rights

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned that persistent inequality is undermining global progress on social justice, leaving millions of workers excluded from fair employment and decent livelihoods. This was contained in the ILO’s flagship…

Lagos App Drivers Threaten Strike Over Uber/Moove’s ‘Exploitative’ Drive-To-Own Scheme

Lagos App Drivers Threaten Strike Over Uber/Moove’s ‘Exploitative’ Drive-To-Own Scheme

App-based transport drivers in Lagos have threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over what they describe as exploitative policies by Uber/Moove. The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON) said on Monday that…