LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has expressed great displeasure over the condition of roads in the country. Obi said his heart kept bleeding, wondering how the nation allowed itself to descend so low to a situation where the people and the leaders no longer care. Obi, who…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany has agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal. Kenya is struggling with increasing difficulties in providing work and sufficient income for its young professionals, while Germany is facing a shortage of skilled labour. Five Kenyan bus drivers…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has declined an invitation from the Nigeria Police Force, citing prior engagements. The rejection was contained in a letter from Ajaero’s lawyers, Falana and Falana Chambers, addressed to the Inspector General of Police. The letter stated that the police invitation, which was…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the N60,000 minimum wage proposed by the Federal Government. This contradicts the federal government’s commitment to a minimum wage exceeding N60,000. According to the governors, N60,000 as minimum wage is not sustainable and can not fly. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has increased its offer of a new national minimum wage to N62,000, while organised labour has reduced its demand from N494,000 to N250,000. This comes after the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, submitted the cost implication of minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu. A source confirmed this to our…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi have been given three weeks’ ultimatum to present their petitions against the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The Presidential Tribunal made this known on Tuesday in a declaration made…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oko-Afo Outpost of Lagos State Sector Command on Thursday rendered an assistance to a woman in labour while on transit in the state. The Sector Commander Coprs Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide in a statement by the FRSC Public Education Officer in Lagos, Route Commander…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the state will pay its workers above the N30,000 new national Minimum Wage. Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council paid him a courtesy…