FG Gets $800m for Mass Transit, Cash Transfers The Federal Government has borrowed $800m from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) to provide post-petroleum subsidy palliatives for over 50 million Nigerians ahead of June 2023. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,...

Subsidy Removal: Incoming Administration to Continue Palliative Struggle - FG The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has observed that the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu will bear the brunt of providing palliative measures for millions of Nigerians ahead of the discontinuance of...

FG Stops NLC’s Planned Nationwide Strike - Ngige The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has revealed that he was positive that the planned nationwide strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress would not hold. This, he explained, was because the Federal Government had intervened...

Inflation: FG to Review Minimum Wage - Ngige The Federal Government has revealed it's plan to increase the N30,000 minimum wage in the light of worldwide inflation raving the global economy. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this in Abuja at the...

Marketers Kick Against N5 Reduction In Petrol Pump Price         Against the backdrop of the N5 reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) announced by the Federal Government, fuel marketers have said it is not possible to sell the product at N162 per litre...

FG, Electricity Workers Meet To Avert Impending Strike   The Minister of Labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Monday met leaders of the National Union of Electricity Employees in Abuja in a conciliation meeting over the 14-day ultimatum issued by the union. The union had on...