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SubscribeNSITF sets tough targets, demands transparency, results
NSITF has set ambitious performance targets for 2026, with its top management demanding greater transparency, accountability, and measurable results
Health Record workers urge digital shift, elect new executives
Health record professionals have called for an urgent transition from manual documentation to digital systems
Employers face sanctions as FG toughens workplace safety laws
By Victor Ahiuma-Young For decades, workplace safety in many Nigerian industries has been treated as an afterthought—addressed only when accidents occur and compensation becomes inevitable. From construction sites and factories, to mines and agro-processing facilities, lapses in safety have often been excused in the name of productivity. The Federal Government says that era is coming to […]
NSITF reawakens SWIP, spotlights safety gaps in S-East
By Nwachukwu Godson The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) is delivering visible and distinct progress across the nation’s world of work. This transformation is not episodic but linear, marked by measurable and sustained improvement. An era of institutional awakening aptly describes current developments within the nation’s apex social security agency. A clear example is the […]
ILO urges adoption of rights-based policies
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for coordinated, human-centred, and rights-based policies to address the profound transformations reshaping labour markets globally. Speaking at the third edition of the Global Labour Market Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the ILO Director-General, Gilbert Houngbo, highlighted how rapid technological change, demographic shifts, migration, climate shocks, and […]
Anger spreads as new tax laws slash workers’ pay amid rising inflation
From ministries to factories and offices, January pay slips have become a symbol of hardship, anxiety, and deepening poverty
Total shutdown looms as labour threatens to escalate health workers’ strike
Indications have emerged that the ongoing industrial action by workers in Nigeria’s federal health sector under JOHESU may escalate
Unsafe workplaces threaten jobs, lives, economy – NSITF, NECA, FG
“We will work harder to upscale employer on-boarding and compliance enforcement across the three tiers of government and the informal sector”
Injured workers suffer despite compensation law— NLC
By Victor Ahiuma-Young – LAGOS The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has lamented that thousands of Nigerian workers who suffer injuries, disabilities and occupational diseases are still denied timely support and compensation, despite the existence of the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) 2010. This position was articulated by National Treasurer of the NLC, Aliyu Haruna, during a presentation […]
Shrinking wages, pacts in ruins: Labour implosion looms in 2026
By the close of 2025, the labour landscape was on the brink – mounting tension, deepening distrust, and a trail of unfinished business
Our plans for workers’ welfare in 2026 —Maritime Workers Union
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The President-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Francis Bunu, has outlined ambitious plans for 2026, promising improved workers’ welfare, extensive training, manpower development programs, and the signing of more Collective Bargaining Agreements, CBAs, to boost remuneration across the maritime sector. Speaking during the union’s 2025 end-of-year celebration, Bunu said 2025 […]
Strikes, shutdowns, truces: How Labour rocked Nigeria’s industrial space in 2025
With energy security and investor confidence at stake, federal mediation became unavoidable
Celebrating Comrade Hassan Sunmonu @ 85
Happy 85th birthday to HA, his twin brother, Hussein Sunmonu, and providentially his wife, Alhaja Wasilat Titilayo Sunmonu
Heavy taxes, low wages, rising debt, threats to nation’s stability — NLC
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned that the combination of heavy taxation, low wages and rising national debt posed a serious threat to Nigeria’s economic and democratic stability.
2026: Employers warn against by-passing labour institutions
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Today marks the first day of the new year, 2026, and as Nigeria steps into another economic cycle, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has outlined its priorities for the year, with a strong focus on industrial relations and labour harmony. Less than 48 hours to the New Year, the umbrella body for […]
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