Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Nigeria as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Nigeria: Supreme Court temporarily halts ban on use of old naira notes
The government’s currency redesign and replacement policy has led to a dire situation across the country, with mass protests over the unavailability of paper currency …
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Nigeria: Economic growth rate contracts as instability and population rises
The World Bank has forecast that growth in Nigeria’s economy will fall from 3 …
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Nigeria: New mental health law introduces greater protection from discrimination
After several failed attempts to pass a Mental Health Bill in 2003 and 2013, it was finally adopted last year and has just been signed by President Buhari into law …
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Nigeria: Court rejects bank claim that leave was not authorized.
The employee, in this case, had claimed that they had sought and verbally obtained three days casual leave from their Supervisor at Unity Bank …
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Nigeria: State clamping down on false employment offers
The southern State government of Akwa Ibom is struggling to tackle an upsurge in fake recruitment activity in which non-existent jobs are advertised in order to attract candidates who not only freely provide their personal data, but are asked to pay a fee to obtain work …
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Nigeria: Government to spend N6.72trn on fuel subsidy in 2023
The cost of retaining the fuel subsidy into 2023 may overwhelm the state budget …
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Nigeria: NLC calls for upward review of workers’ salaries
A growing crisis is emerging in the public sector as real salaries begin to fall towards subsistence …
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Nigeria: NLC gives Kogi govt 14 days ultimatum over non-implementation of minimum wage
State and national public sector workers in middle-belt Kogi State will soon be in receipt of a new minimum wage …
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Nigeria: Government seeks to extend fuel subsidy program
The government has probably averted a major increase in retail prices this June by retaining its subsidy on premium motor spirit …
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Nigeria: Again, gender equality bill suffers setback at Senate
The Nigerian Senate has set aside, for the second time, a Bill that would have guaranteed women equal rights to men …
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Nigeria: Reps propose compulsory crèches in public, private offices
An amendment to the Labour Act requiring public and private sector workplaces to establish creches has now passed a second reading in the national Parliament …
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Nigeria: 5% Disability quota
The government has established a national 5% disability quota across all federal States and Abuja …
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Nigeria: FG vows to end casualisation of workers
Reform of labour laws is planned to end casualization of the national workforce …
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Nigeria: FG begins review of 2004 Factories Act
The Federal government is currently reviewing the obsolete subsidiary regulations of the Factories Act 2004 …
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Nigeria: Taraba government under fire over sale of employment forms
Controversy has arisen recently concerning the practice of the Taraba State’s Civil Service Commission charging job applicants for an application form to fill a vacant position …
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