By Victor Ahiuma-Young African governments have launched a fresh push to remove barriers preventing refugees from accessing decent jobs, with five countries agreeing on a common policy direction to build more inclusive labour markets across the continent. The commitment was reached at the end of the PROSPECTS Africa Forum on Decent Work and Forced Displacement, convened […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS — The Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association (PERESSA) has honoured the retiring Lagos State Controller of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Eshomounu Itemoagbo, for his outstanding role in promoting industrial harmony, even as organised labour used the occasion to call for urgent measures to revive Nigeria’s struggling […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has intervened in the case of a 28-year-old widow, Tosin, who allegedly faced threats, intimidation and attempts to dispossess her of her late husband’s property eight days after his death. The intervention followed a viral video shared on Tuesday by activist Harrison Gwamnishu on his X handle, in […]

Newly employed local government workers in Cross River State have staged a peaceful protest in Calabar over 11 months of unpaid salaries, urging Governor Bassey Otu to approve their enrolment on the state payroll.

The magistrate said that the court was lenient with the convict because he did not waste the court’s time by his admission of guilt.