Minimum Wage: Government set to negotiate minimum wage with Labour, says minister

The latest news update revealed that negotiations that will lead to increased minimum wage will commence this month, Labour Minister Chris Ngige has said.


It is reported that the minister’s assurance followed the announcement of the members of the national minimum wage negotiation committee.

Ngige also allayed the fears of the Labour movement over the move by the National assembly to repeal the law on minimum wage by taking it away from the exclusive list to

Boss Catches His Own Employee Sleeping on Duty, See What He Did

 

 

Fresh news as A Virgin Airline employee got the shock of his life when he was woken from a nap at work by none other than the company's founder Richard Branson.

 

It is gathered that the staff member, who was on standby at the time, was discovered by the company founder curled up asleep on a couch in Virgin Australia's Sydney office.

 

However Richard Branson took a careful look at the sleeping man and proceeded to

You Need Job then Read 'N Power Job Creation Initiative' - FG

President Muhammadu Buhari

 

Report reveal that the Federal Government has introduced a job creation initiative called the 'N-Power job creation and empowerment initiative of the Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria'.

 

Base on the report gathered these are details about the job creation initiative and how Nigerians can benefit released on the official Aso Rock Villa Facebook Page: 

 

"N-Power is a job creation and empowerment initiative of the Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria. N-Power is designed to help young Nigerians acquire and develop life-long skills to become solution providers in their communities and to become players in the domestic and global markets. Through N-Power, young Nigerians will be empowered with the

Buhari Said Employment Creation Is Our Top Priority

I think with massive job creation and youth empowerment this country called Nigeria will start counting less daily crime report. As the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari declared Saturday in Kaduna that job creation will remain one of the topmost priorities of his administration’s economic agenda because it was vital for the attainment of the Federal Government’s other objectives of improved security and poverty reduction.

Speaking at the 2nd Convocation ceremony of the Kaduna State University which had ‘Entrepreneurship for Development’ as its theme, President Buhari pledged that his administration will give the fullest possible support to all efforts to create more jobs through the

Banker Arrested For Forging WASSCE, University Results, NYSC Certificate To Secure Employment

 Current news reaching us has it that the Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old banker, Daniel Makanjuola, for using a cloned West African Senior School Certificate and Lagos State University’s statement of result to secure employment at the Wema Bank Plc, Marina branch, on the Lagos Island.

The police said Makanjuola had paraded himself as a degree holder in marketing with Second Class, Upper Division, before his arrest.


He was also said to have tendered a forged National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate and a reference letter to the bank. He claimed to have obtained the letter from United Bank for Africa, his purported former workplace.

NE learnt that the suspect, who hails from Ijero Local Government Area in Ekiti State, had joined the bank in 2013, before he was sacked in July 2015 after the documents were confirmed to be fake.

It was gathered that the fraudulent act was discovered after the management sent a

100 Job Seekers March To Alausa In Protest

The best way for us is to be self reliance while waiting for the interest job. Yesterday unemployed graduates numbering up to 100 in Lagos, marched peacefully to the Government’s office in Alausa, Ikeja where they had gone to express their displeasure of no job to the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The protesters said they had no form of jobs and are ready to

President Jonathan Offers Jobs, Gives Money To Families Who Lost Their Lives During NIS Recruitment

The President Jonathan today welcomed 33 members of 15 families who lost their lives during the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise which took place last year, were a lot of job seekers died including a pregnant woman due to a stampede that occurred at the venue. The president who announced shortly after that, that the families of the bereaved will be offered jobs has fulfilled his promises.

Yesterday in Abuja he welcomes 33 of them from 15 families. They ought to have been 45, 3 from each family, but some families are yet to present their candidates who have the required qualification for the job.

The 33 were all presented with employment letters and given an undisclosed amount of money. More photos below.

Immigration Recruitment Tragedy: Why I Won’t Resign – Abba Moro

The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, on Monday explained why he is yet to leave office seven months after he masterminded a poorly organised recruitment exercise that killed no fewer than 20 applicants in stampedes at overcrowded venues across the country.

After the March 15 tragedy, several Nigerians demanded the resignation or dismissal of Mr. Moro and the Comptroller-General of Immigration, David Parradang, as well as their criminal prosecution for involuntary homicide.

The duo, with Mr. Moro more culpable, had put in place a sham recruitment process that enabled the interior ministry to extort at least N520 million in compulsory levy imposed on applicants.

The minister, who initially blamed impatience and refusal by applicants to abide by instructions for the tragedy, has since accepted responsibility for the incident.

Made-in-Nigeria Vehicles To Sell For N1.2m - FG

The Federal Government, in a bid to ensure the successful implementation of its recently approved National Automotive Industry Development Plan, said it would encourage local auto manufacturers to produce less expensive models with price range of between N1.2m and N1.5m.

It also said it would collaborate with auto manufacturers, franchise holders, reputable motor dealers and selected banks to put in place an all-inclusive domestic dealership network through which a user-friendly vehicle purchase scheme could be funded by the National Automotive Council.

These are contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the NAC in Abuja.


The statement said, “Under market development, the NAIDP anticipated that higher-end expensive models will still be imported into the country in the initial stage, but the new strategy is to encourage local auto manufacturers to focus primarily on lower-end less expensive models with price range of between N1.2m and N1.5m; which is affordable to the middle class, coupled with other finance options.”

The statement added that the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, had constituted two committees to ensure seamless implementation of the recently approved automotive plan.

The first is the Automotive Industry Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee, with

Report: 54 per cent of Nigerian youth unemployed

Despite the various programmes put in place by the Jonathan administration since 2010, and that by previous administrations, over 50 per cent of Nigerian youth were unemployed in 2012. The data was provided by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday.

The official data was contained in the “2012 National Baseline Youth Survey Report’’ issued in Abuja by the NBS in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Youths Development. The data is the most current on Nigerian youth by the government statistics agency.

The federal government has put in place programmes such as YouWin, Sure-P and others to create employment for millions of unemployed Nigerians, particularly the youth; with the government announcing the programmes as successful.

The NBS report, however, said “More than half, about 54 per cent of youth population were

How Access Bank’s Aig Imokhuede Sacks 200 Staff, Squanders N200m On Mariah Carey

The managing director of Access Bank, Aig Imokhuede is sure in a party mood, the banking whizkid who just laid off about 200 top staff for no reasons has just lavished close to a N200m (Two hundred million Naira) to bring one of the hottest R &B/ Soul songstress, Mariah Carey from the U.S. This much National Enquirer can reveal.

According to sources, the bank’s management yesterday had a weird end of the year bash at the 3rd floor of the prestigious Intercontinental hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos and those who attended confided in us that, the fun was unlimited as bottles of