Anxiety is mounting across Africa as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) — a landmark US trade programme that has fuelled jobs and exports for 25 years — is
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Human rights activist, Derrick Oritsematosan Agberen, has strongly criticised the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) over its call to be allowed to carry firearms, describing the demand as “a misplaced
By Aimee Picchi, CBN NEWS Employers across the U.S. added 22,000 jobs in August, falling short of economists’ muted expectations and signaling the labor market is facing sharp headwinds from mounting economic uncertainty
ABUJA — Scores of retired Nigerian soldiers on Thursday blocked the entrance to the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, protesting the alleged delay in releasing funds to the Military
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened a nationwide strike, accusing the Federal Government of failing to follow long-standing commitments to revitalise and properly support Nigeria’s public universities.
The United States has said Nigeria’s N70,000 minimum wage is lower than its poverty level income. The statement was made in its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to refund all allegedly diverted workers’ contributions from the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and to
By MARC LEVY, GENE PUSKAR, MICHAEL CASEY and PATRICK WHITTLE, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals
President Tinubu has approved a N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers with a promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. The Nation reports the leadership of
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the organised Labour at the State House, Abuja, over issues of the impending new national minimum wage. The ongoing meeting is a follow-up
