By Abdulfatah Babatunde The least-paid Nigerian workers will now take home N70,000 monthly as approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While approving the new minimum wage, Tinubu also pledged to review the national minimum wage law every three years. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, announced this in […]
By Muhammed Opeyemi A socio-political group, The Collective Movement (TCM) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu’s administration to commit to workers’ welfare by approving a living wage for civil servants. The appeal is contained in a statement issued by Ndubuisi Nwachukwu, TCM’s Director of Media, on Tuesday in Lagos. TheNewsZenith reports that TCM issued the statement […]
The death toll from a building collapse in South Africa’s coastal city of George has increased to 27, with 25 construction workers still missing, authorities reported on Monday. The multi-story building under construction collapsed at 2:09 p.m. last Monday in the coastal city of George. George City is located about 400 kilometres east of Cape […]
From Our Correspondent As Nigerians celebrate May Day, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised workers better days ahead, saying “days of worrying are over”. Tinubu appealed to trade unions to keep using the power of labour movement for the greater good of the nation. And to foster harmony and cooperation. TheNewsZenith reports that Vice-President Kashim […]
Rescuers have pulled out all 41 construction workers, trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India on Tuesday. The collapsed tunnel had trapped the workers in the last 17 days. The successful operation bring an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country’s attention for days. A crowd of local residents […]