A UK Conservative Party candidate has won a by-election in Hartlepool, upstaging Labour for the first time since the seat was created nearly five decades ago. Tory candidate Jill Mortimer came in first with 51.88%, beating her Labour opponent, Paul…
*Lagos begins minimum wage payment this month (Punch) *Man arraigned for ‘beating’ wife (Nation)
Lagos begins minimum wage payment this month (Punch) The Lagos State Government said it will commence the payment of the new minimum wage to the workers in the state with effect from November. The Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in…
Election debate: Johnson and Corbyn clash over Brexit (BBC)
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have clashed over Brexit in the first TV election debate of the campaign. Mr Johnson promised to “end this national misery” and said Labour offered “only division and deadlock”. Mr Corbyn said Labour would “get…
Labour braces for strike as talks with FG collapse (ThisDay)
The threat by the organised labour to embark on a strike tomorrow gathered momentum yesterday as the meeting between the federal government and workers failed to agree on the terms for the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage signed into…
Minimum wage: Labour gives FG Oct 16 ultimatum (Nation)
Labour on Wednesday gave the federal government an October 16 ultimatum to resolve all issues surrounding the consequential adjustment of salaries for the implementation of the minimum wage. Its leadership, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union…
Minimum Wage: Labour Gives President Two Weeks to Submit Bill to N’Assembly (ThisDay)
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said the organised labour expects President Muhammadu Buhari to submit the new national minimum wage bill to the National Assembly for passage into law within the next two weeks, explaining that it was prepared…
Strike: Organised Labour Adopts Strategy to Beat Court Order (ThisDay)
Members of the organised labour have responded swiftly to alleged government’s move to arm-twist them into abandoning Tuesday’s nationwide industrial action. THISDAY gathered that since the National Industrial Court barred the Nigeria Labour Congress, United Labour Congress and Trade Union…
Minimum wage: Identities of anti-N30,000 states unveiled (Vanguard)
The country is at present sitting on industrial powder keg over the N30, 000 new national minimum wage recommended by the Tripartite members of the National Minimum Wage Committee. No sooner had information leaked out that the committee had concluded…
Minimum Wage Dispute Deepens as Labour Rejects Govs’ N22,500 Offer (ThisDay)
The dispute over workers’ quest for an upward review of the minimum wage in the country became protracted yesterday as the nation’s 36 governors emerged from their meeting in Abuja and said they had agreed to N22,500 as the lowest…
Governors to take position on minimum wage today (Leadership)
State governors will today meet to take a final position on the new minimum wage demanded by organized labour in the country. The federal government’s Economic Management Team (EMT) chaired by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had yesterday met with…