Ahead of the April polls, the National Conscience Party, NCP, gubernatorial candidate for Lagos state, Comrade Ayodele Akele has promised to increase the minimum wage of civil servants in Lagos state public service from its present N 18, 780 to N 25, 000, if elected into office.

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has congratulated Comrade Abdulwahed Omar over his re-election as the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress at thw recently concluded delegates’ conference.

NIGERIAN workers the 36 states and Abuja, as well as all the sectors of the nation’s economy, last week re-elected incumbent President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar and former Vanguard Newspapers’ Assistant Labour Editor, Comrade Joseph Ajaero, among others into the16 members National Administrative Council of the congress for the next four years.

A TOTAL of seventeen labour leaders are scheming to upstage incumbent leaders in six out of eight positions opened for grab as Nigerian workers today elect members of the National Administrative Council, NAC of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to round off the 10th quadrennial National Delegates Conference, NDC

Last week was one the management of Union Bank of Nigeria, UBN, which began business in Nigeria as Barclays Bank will not forget in a hurry. Why? It was a case of management overstepping its bounds. Somehow, some people in management think that they have unlimited, unquestionable powers. So, they try to ‘make a mark’ at all costs

Governor Adams Oshiomhole has assured members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) that his government will only formulate worker-friendly policies

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Friday in Abuja said that more than 200 million people were unemployed worldwide

Some notable events in the life of a nation often produce special leaders who leave an indelible landmark even when they are long gone. Those of us who were in Lagos and saw it all through the civil war attribute the construction of fly-overs in Lagos, begun during the war, to the foresightedness of Femi Okunu, then Commissioner of Works and Housing. The other monuments in Lagos – The National Stadium and the National Arts Theatre – are a tribute to the visionary and creative mind of late Chief Tony Enahoro, then Commissioner for Labour and Sports as well as Commissioner for Information

Workers in the nation’s construction and wood industry, have condemned the massive importation of finished furniture into the country and blamed the policy for the economic downturn in the furniture and wood work sector of the nation’s economy

NIGERIA Industrial Relations Association, NIRA, some days ago played to experts, professionals, practitioners , students , workers, government and others in the industrial relations practice across the globe . It was the 6th African Regional Congress of the International Labour Relations, ILERA which took place at the University of Lagos. With the theme “Emerging Trends in Employment Relations in Africa: National and International Perspectives”, delegates from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America, participants during the four days congress, examined over 50 employment related issues within and local and international arenas

NON-ACADEMIC Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has expressed worries over the ways and manners the West African Examination Council, W AEC, Management is going about the appointment of a new manager; for the Excellence Hotel, situated in Ogba, Lagos Stat

NATIONAL Industrial Court, NIC, will this morning in Lagos resumed hearing of a case brought before it by the management of Union Bank of Nigeria, UBN, to Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, its affiliates and agents from disrupting the operations of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc nationwide.

FORMER President of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Comrade Wariebi Kojo Agamene, will be buried this Saturday at his home town, Amasoma, Bayelsa State

It new scale shows that the least of the workers, a messenger or cleaner will be earning almost N19, 000 per month, higher than the federal governmentN18,00 minimum wage scale.

OVER two Million members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, have keyed-into the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, which is a fall-out of the Pension Reform Act, PRA, 2004.