LAST week, leaders of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, International Oil Companies, IOCs, and other companies operating in Nigeria over alleged unfair practices.

FOR over five weeks, medical services in public health institutions across the nation have been paralysed as a result of  industrial action by health sector workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU.

Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Prof. Stephen Ocheni has disclosed that the absence of Social Security data on the informal economy is an anomaly that contributes immensely to the exposure of workers to precarious and dangerous work conditions in the country.

Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc has announced the appointment of Mrs. Bashirat Odunewu as an Independent Director in compliance with the statutory requirement for good corporate governance

What is painful in my case is that some people came to meet me in this ministry and now are fully employed. Jobs are not easy to come by these days and I just have to continue to be patient, hoping that one day, God will remember me and it will be my turn

THE job losses in the country has continued unabated, worsening the already employment crisis confronting Nigeria. Among other challenges facing the sector, President of the National Union of Chemical Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, Comrade Olatunji Babatunde ‘Goke, in this interface with Labour Vanguard, said no fewer than 20,000 members have been lost in the last five years.

Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Prof. Stephen Ocheni has disclosed that the absence of Social Security data on the informal economy is an anomaly that contributes immensely to the exposure of workers to precarious and dangerous work conditions in the country.

Seafarers held captive as a result of an act of piracy or armed robbery against ships will continue to receive their wages and entitlements during their period of captivity under amendments  to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)  adopted by the Special Tripartite Committee  of the MLC, 2006 at a recent meeting at the International Labour Organisation, ILO, in Geneva.

Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc has announced the appointment of Mrs. Bashirat Odunewu as an Independent Director in compliance with the statutory requirement for good corporate governance.

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured workers in the state, that the construction of the Labour House Complex would be completed in record time.