Employment

No fewer than 200 youths would be trained by the Anambra state government in various skills as part of this year’s “One Youth, One Skill’’ empowerment programme. The skills include Cosmetology, Barbing, Shoe Making/Leather works, Confectioneries and Solar/CCTV Installation. Flagging-off the 4th batch of the programme in Awka, Anambra Commissioner …

It is a the collective responsibility of every Nigeria to promote Nigerian food culture in order to ensure that everybody is living a good, healthy life and create employment opportunities to control and minimize the high level of unemployment in the country. In a press statement in Abuja yesterday, Otunba …

Workers, under the aegis of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), yesterday, came hard on federal lawmakers and threatened to shut down the economy if the House of Representatives passes a bill intended to move the minimum wage legislation from Exclusive List to Concurrent List.   The …

The Leadership of the Organized Labour in Nigeria on Wednesday led thousands of Nigerian workers to protest at the National Assembly. The protesters chanting solidarity songs and carrying placards with various inscriptions arrived the forecourt of the National Assembly at 11am. They had earlier converged at the Unity Fountain in …

On Tuesday in Calabar, the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade, through his deputy, Professor Ivara Esu, who was present in a one-day summit with the aim of Promoting Agricultural Value Chain to boost Economic Development, Food Sufficiency and in a Youth Restiveness. He said farming in the …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ebonyi chapter has scheduled to embark on a nationwide protest on Wednesday. The NLC said the protest is against the National Assembly’s moves to remove the Minimum Wage from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List. Ikechukwu Nwafor, the Chairman of the NLC in Ebonyi …

The Senate Tuesday said that the National Assembly is not in any way broke as no lawmaker and any staff is owed any salary, just it said that the salaries of February have been paid.   According to the Senate, it does not rely on the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a nationwide protest as from March 10 over alleged attempt by the National Assembly to remove the minimum wage from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent List. The umbrella labour union said the protest will hold in the 36 states’ …

Workers of the Shoprite in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday, staged a protest at its Dugbe branch to show their grievances over the nonpayment of their entitlements by its management.   SaharaReporters learnt that the original owners of the Shoprite who are South Africans have sold the company …

No fewer than 71 persons have been recruited into the Anambra State Civil Service. They were offered employment by the State’s Civil Service Commission in line with a directive of Governor Willie Obiano. The issuing of letters of offer of appointment to the newly employed was currently ongoing in commission …