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- 13 Jan 2025
NLC Shuts Lagos TV, Radio Stations over non-Implementation of N85,000 Minimum Wage
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Lagos State chapter has shut down normal operations of Lagos Television, Eko FM/Radio Lagos and Lagos Traffic Radio in protest over the non-implementation of the…
- 3 Feb 2019
How to Legally Earn More Than the Minimum Wage Via Online
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, Nigeria's House of Assembly recently passed N30,000 as the minimum wage. This is good news for many Nigerians. However, do you know that as a Nigerian, you can earn much more…
- 4 Jun 2024
Tinubu Asks Edun, Finance Minister to Present New Minimum Wage Template in 48 Hours
President Bola Tinubu has directed Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to present a new minimum wage template in 48 hours following the agreement reached with organized labour. Mohammed Idris, Minister…
- 13 Aug 2026
ESUT Workers Get N82,000 Minimum Wage as Enugu Approves Fresh Salary Increase
Enugu State Government has approved an increase in the minimum wage for workers of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) from N32,000 to N82,000 monthly, effective Sept. 1,…
- 25 Apr 2024
Academic Technologists Propose N350,000 Minimum Wage
National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), has proposed N350,000 as the new minimum wage for Technologists in the tertiary institutions. Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma, national pesident of NAAT,…
- 19 Sept 2024
Private Employers Paying Below N70,000 Risk Jail - FG
Federal government has said that private employers who pay their workers less than the new minimum wage of N70,000 risk facing jail time. This warning was announced by Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar,…
- 18 Oct 2022
We Need to Calm the Chaos that Domestic Workers Endure
Luke Kannemeyer, SweepSouth Interim Managing Director Life feels like a high-wire act these days. Chances are that you and everyone you know has been dealing with a heightened sense of anxiety. The…
- 1 Nov 2019
NUJ Rejects FG’s Plan to Regulate Social Media
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has rejected the step by the federal government to regulate social media operators in the country. The union stated its position in a communique signed by…
- 11 Sept 2019
FEC Raises VAT to 7%, Seeks NASS Rubber Stamp
Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a two per cent increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) to move it from five to seven percent. Zainab Ahmed,…
- 5 Dec 2018
Nigeria’s Economy Still Tied to Oil’s Fortunes
By Lukman Otunuga The Nigerian economy was exposed to an array of risk factors during H2 ranging from severely depressed Oil prices, falling external reserves, geopolitical tensions, and…
- 7 Jan 2021
FG Slams N50 Levy on Electronic Money Transfer of up to N10,000
The Finance Act 2020 recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, imposes N50 levy on electronic transfer of money deposited in any bank or financial institution on any account on sums of…
- 1 Apr 2025
Africa’s Data Workers are Being Exploited by Foreign Tech Firms – Report
Data workers in Africa often have a hard time, according to a report published in theconversation.com, a nonprofit, independent news organization dedicated to unlocking the knowledge of experts for…
- 13 Jul 2018
MTN Seeks Amicable Resolution of Industrial Dispute
MTN Nigeria, telecommunication giant, the has reiterated its desire to pursuing amicable resolution of the industrial disputes with some members of staff. Mr Funso Aina, Public Relations…
- 23 Jan 2025
NLC Announces Nationwide Boycott over Telecom Hike
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), an umbrella group for trade unions, has announced that Nigerians are planning a statewide boycott of telecom services in protest of the Nigerian Communications…
- 12 Jan 2024
Africa’s Shared Mobility Market to Double by 2030
The size of Africa’s shared mobility market is forecast to double by 2030, to reach $8 billion (R147 billion), and create an additional 550 000 income-earning opportunities on the continent. This is…
- 17 Feb 2022
How a Tech Platform is Helping the Unemployed Find Jobs
By Aisha Pandor, CEO of SweepSouth With unemployment at an all-time high in Nigeria, it has never been more important than it is now to connect the country’s unemployed and underemployed with the…
- 8 Apr 2021
Zinox Set to Deploy Broadband Connectivity in South East
Zinox Technologies Ltd., Nigeria’s foremost indigenous Information Technology powerhouse, is set to connect the entire South East region to the information super-highway, with the rollout of…
- 26 Oct 2020
FG Moves to Stem $2.16Bn Annual Capital Flight in Telcoms Sector
As much as $2.16billion leaves the Nigeria’s telecommunications sector annually as capital flight and the federal government is worried about it, according to Isa Pantami, minister of Communications…
- 21 Dec 2021
Buhari Begs Senate to Urgently Approve Virement of N276.8Bn
The Senate on Tuesday received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking the Senate’s approval for the virement of N276,757,232,395 billion to fund expenditures in the 2021 budget.…
- 9 Jul 2020
Pantami Inaugurates Committee to Increase Broadband Penetration by 2025
Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated a Broadband Implementation Steering Committee (BISC), to accelerate the attainment of the country’s broadband penetration to 70 per cent by 2025. Dr Isa…
- 22 Sept 2020
Labour Plans Protest over Increase in Fuel Price, Electricity Tariff Hike Monday
Labour and civil society coalition under the umbrella of Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to embark on a nationwide protest against recent hike in prices of…
- 3 Nov 2020
Senate Asks Lai Mohammed to Account for N42m Spent on Travels
The Senate on Tuesday drilled Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, for some hours for spending N19 million on international travel and N23 million on local travel before the outbreak of…
- 2 May 2019
Tizeti Launches Voice Calling Service WifiCall.ng
Nigerian ISP leader Tizeti has launched an unlimited voice service app for Android and iOS mobile devices - WifiCall.ng, Targeted at both individuals and businesses, users will be able to make and…
- 16 Mar 2012
CNSSL Decries NLC’s Picketing MTN Call Centre in Jos
CNSSL, MTN call centre operator in Jos has decried the picketing of MTN Call Centre in Rayfield, Jos by officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) last week. Their stated mission was to protest…
- 15 Sept 2021
SweepSouth Connect, A Home Services Platform Launches in Nigeria
SweepSouth Connect, an online platform that connects people with reliable and vetted service professionals, has this month launched in Nigeria. SweepSouth was first founded seven years ago in South…
- 15 Oct 2021
EU Partners FIRS to Deepen CSOs Tax Knowledge, Compliance
Determined to ensure accountability and transparency as part of its good governance drive in Nigeria, the European Union has engaged with the Federal Inland Revenue Service to deepen the knowledge of…
- 20 Oct 2021
CBN Tightens Control of Identity Database to Check Fraud
Online payments reached record heights in Nigeria in the third quarter of 2020, when the value of transactions increased to $116 billion from $68.3 billion in the same period in 2019. But this…
- 22 Aug 2018
GDP Growth in Nigeria Still Remains in Diversification - Otunuga
Lukman Otunuga is a research analyst at FXTM. A keen follower of macroeconomic events, with a strong professional and academic background in finance, He is well versed in the various factors…
- 9 Jul 2018
MTN Reacts as NLC Pickets Firm over Anti-Labour Laws
MTN Nigeria, has berated Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), for picketing its corporate head office in Lagos and other operational offices across the country over alleged refusal to allow its employees…
- 20 Dec 2023
Pay TV Subscribers Ask FG to Break Monopoly of Multichoice
Association of Telephone, Cable Tv and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATCIS) has told the Federal Government, to break the monopoly of Multichoice in order to create a level playing field for…