•Counsels on how to motivate, retain employees for organizational growth By Victor Ahiuma-Young IN this interview with the Human Resource Director of Cadbury Nigeria PLC, Wole Odubayo, he speaks on among others, the increasing brain drain syndrome, the new ways of work relationship brought about by COVID-19, employees’ reward system and employees’ capacity- building. Excerpts […]

Over 15m children in Nigeria engage in child labour — ILO

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Workers in Nigeria’s Power Sector  have issued a 14-day strike notice to the management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company, DisCo, over unremitted deducted pension their Pension Fund Administrators, PFAs, among others. Under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, the workers threatened to cripple the operations of the distribution company should […]

lSays precarious employment bane of power sector By Victor Ahiuma-Young THE relative Industrial peace in the Nigerian Power Sector may be disrupted any moment from now as Organised Labour in the sector is planning assault on Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos and Generation companies, GenCos, over increasing casualisation of workers. Under the aegis of the National […]

Photos: Protests rock different states in Nigeria, as NLC fulfils promise

Breaking: NLC fulfils promise, protests against fuel hike, ASUU strike, bad governance

•To elect President, Secretary, others By Innocent Anaba & Henry Ojelu The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, will this weekend, elect a new president to lead the association for the next two years. The lawyers will also elect a general secretary and other national officers.The national officers to emerge will not assume office immediately, but will […]

•As NECA unveils code of conduct Stories by Victor Ahiuma-Young STAKEHOLDERS in the industrial relations practice in Nigeria, comprising the Federal Government, private sector employers and International Labour Organisation, ILO, have stepped up effort at fighting and eradicating child labour across Nigeria, as worrying concerns of upsurge in child labour stares the world on the […]

By Biodun Busari Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital city has ranked the worst state with the rate of unemployment having 1.85 million people without jobs in 2020, a report by Statisense has revealed. According to the report, two states from the oil-rich South-South region, Rivers and Akwa Ibom are the second and third most difficult places […]

Labour raises alarm over factory closures, casualisation of workers