LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government’s planned implementation of six percent stamp duty charge on tenancy agreements nationwide effective from August 10, 2020, has elicited bitter reactions from the organised labour, estate agents and tenants, with all describing the fiscal measure as insensitive. Daily Trust investigations on the charge, which was announced by the Federal…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress Has kicked against the new fuel price of N143.8 announced by the Petroleum Product Price Regulatory Agency on Wednesday, saying “this might just be the last straw that would break the camel’s back.” The congress demanded a reversal of the pump price to the old price, arguing that…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS) -The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government not to extend the lockdown order on COVID-19, warning that doing so might cause social unrest in the affected states and the Federal Capital Territory. In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has threatened to proscribe the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) if the members do not conduct themselves well. The governor said this yesterday on a television programme, where he maintained that his administration was committed to delivering his Greater Lagos vision. Sanwo-olu said, “The NURTW…
EPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-LAGOS Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, has confirmed that the Federal Governemnt has resumed the payment of minimum wage to workers since last month. He, however stated that the government with started with juniors workers from levels 1 to 6. Ngige stated this while speaking in Enugu over the weekend. The Minister’s claim…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The crisis rocking the labour sector, following the refusal of Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, to inaugurate the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) assumed a new dimension on Wednesday when thugs allegedly hired by the minister came hard on some labour leaders, beating them black and…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, has raised the alarm over increased state of insecurity in the country. Wabba, who raised the alarm in a message to state Delegates Conference of the Congress on Thursday, said the current security system has failed the country. “There is hardly…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour leaders have criticised the federal government for the planned increase of the fee to be paid by Nigerians to secure travelling passports. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) had announced that new e-passports, to be valid for a duration of 10 years will cost…