MINIMUM WAGE

Remember the days when a measly 200 grand was enough to get by? Well, brace yourselves, folks, because Nigeria's union boss, Joe Ajaero, just dropped a wage bomb that'll leave your jaw hanging lower than a politician's after-election…

Nigeria's labour unions have reignited the national conversation about the minimum wage, demanding a staggering increase from N30,000 to N400,000 per month. This audacious claim, nearly 13 times the current amount, has sent shockwaves…

The Federal Government will inaugurate the Minimum Wage Committee on January 30. The committee is to recommend a new national minimum wage for the country. After President Bola Tinubu removed the fuel subsidy on May 29, 2023, the…

The Federal Government will start paying the anticipated minimum wage increase for government servants by the end of this month (April), barring any unforeseen changes. Any minute now, President Muhammadu Buhari is anticipated to…

Over refusal of the Federal Government to release the reviewed condition of service negotiated over seven years ago, the Aviation workers' unions plan to embark on a strike. The aviation workers' Union grievances also include the…

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that the incoming administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, should review of the current minimum wage of N30,000 currently obtainable in Nigeria. Ngige, who was a…

Nigerian government on Tuesday said it was in the process of kick-starting a review of the current minimum wage of N30,000. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who addressed workers at the 13th quadrennial delegates…

Leadership of Organised Labour in Nigeria has on Wednesday led hundreds of Nigerian workers in protest march to National Assembly complex in Abuja. The organised labour, which comprises workers from the public and private sector were led…

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its allied unions are set to embark on a nationwide protest today over the minimum wage. The organised labour has alleged that some members of the National Assembly are trying to remove the Minimum Wage…

The Nigeria Labour Congress yesterday directed its state councils to prepare for strike on October 16 if negotiation fails again with Federal Government. In a circular to state councils signed by its General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja,…

The Senate on Tuesday approved N30,000 as the new national minimum wage, it has emerged. This decision was reached after the upper chamber’s ad-hoc committee on new minimum wage headed by Senator Francis Alimikhena submitted its…

British workers had their biggest pay rise in a decade in the three months to October as the country’s strong labour market showed no sign of weakening ahead of Brexit, official figures showed on Tuesday. Average weekly earnings,…

As the Federal government continues to debate whether or not to increase the miniumum wage from N18, 000 to N30, 000, the South African government has gone ahead to increase that of it's civil servants from N97, 495 to N126,480 per month.…

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed not to go back on the already negotiated new minimum wage of N30,000. The labour unions position came after the Nigerian Governors Forum stated that paying 30,000 naira is not feasible in the…

Nigerian governors have told organised labour that the only way through which the N30,000 minimum wage can be achieved is by sacking of its members, The Punchreports. Apart from this, the governors at their emergency meeting in Abuja on…