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The factional wing of the Nigerian Labour congress, the United Labour Congress, ULC, has suspended the ongoing strike it recently embarked upon. The president of congress, Joe Ajaero, made this pronouncement in an interaction with journalists on Wednesday. He said the suspension is just for...

The Federal Government is holding another reconciliation meeting with officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Abuja. According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the meeting started 1:00 pm. ASUU has been on strike since August 14, over unpaid arrears and demands...

President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Executive Council will, at its meeting on Wednesday (today) decide on the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who gave this indication in an interview with journalists on Tuesday...

In a bid the resolved the strike which has crippled most Nigerian tiertairy institutions, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, had a crucial meeting in Abuja. While there were some agreed steps to be taken on the issues at...

he Federal Government says it will come up with security plans that will guarantee the safety of lives and property in worship centres across the country. Chris Ngige, Minister for Labour and Employment, said this in Amakwa, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo council when he led a delegation to commiserate...

Ahead of the 2019 Presidential election, politicking has already begun. 2019 seems even more uncertain than 2015 was. Who will be President, where will the next president come from? Although political parties will eventually zone the office of the President, for now there seems to be a free...

Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige said he is following the late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu’s footsteps. According to THE NATION, speaking with newsmen over the weekend Ngige who has been criticized severally for joining the All Progressives Congress, APC said, “I am only practising what the late...

Chris Ngige, Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Productivity, has asked Igbos to stop complaining about marginalization by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Ngige said that Igbos didn't invest in Buhari's election in 2015 and so have no reason to complain. “I went to our Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo...

A mild drama and confusion ensued at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Monday as workers disallowed the Acting Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mrs Biola Bawa, from standing in for the minister, Dr Chris Ngige. Ngige had declined to address the workers in his...

Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Investment, Chris Ngige has urged Nigerians to patronize Made-in-Nigeria goods. He spoke on Monday at the Federal Government’s town hall meeting in Umahia and the launch of the national reorientation campaign, “Change Begins With Me’’ He said he used to buy...

Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has urged labour unions to engage in dialogue with the government whenever they need something from the federal government. According to him, the frequent mobilisation of union members for protests and strikes had become antiquated; a...

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has disclosed that three governors from the South-East are preparing to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okorocha made the disclosure at a meeting of all APC leaders in the zone held at the Imo International Convention Centre (IICC) on Saturday...

After years of uncertainty, work has finally begun for the construction of the controversial 2nd Niger Bridge that would link the South –South and the South East geo political zones to support the existing one. The minister of labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige Saturday in a television...

Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has stated that the federal government cannot meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Speaking on Wednesday, Ngige said while FG has met most of the demands tabled by the lecturers, it can't meet the...

According to Minister for Employment and Labour, Chris Ngige, President Muhammadu Buhari is currently restructuring Nigeria. Speaking in Anambra state, Ngige said the Buhari administration had already begun the restructuring process with the nation’s economy. The impact might not be felt...

Chris Ngige, Nigeria's Minister of Labor and Employment, has explained how unemployed Nigerians can benefit from the social intervention scheme of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Speaking while flagging off the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) School-to-Work Programme in...

Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has issued a statement warning state governors from reducing the salary and hours of work of their workers. He was reacting to the recent crisis involving labour unions and the Nasarawa state government. He said all parties had...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has warned commercial banks in the country against the violation of labour laws in the ongoing retrenchment of workers in the banking sector. Ngige said the Federal Government would not tolerate flagrant disobedience of labour laws by...

The people from the South-East region on Monday, in Enugu, booed the Minister of Labour ‎and Productivity, Chris Ngige, after he tried to defend appointments so far made by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Ngige was in the Enugu State capital to speak at the Town Hall session for the South-East...

Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige was on Monday booed off the stage by Nigerians in Enugu for defending the appointments of President Muhammadu Buhari. Shouts of ‘No! No!’ rented the hall as he attempted to justify the appointments, which are generally believed to be...