Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Nigeria as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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Nigeria: Pro-chancellors want labour removed from exclusive list
The frequency of strikes in Universities has led the Committee of Pro-Chancellors to ask the federal government to devolve pay, terms and conditions to individual institutions …
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Nigeria: New tax remittance requirement for residence permit renewals
Employers in Nigeria should be aware that, in addition to other requirements, evidence of a timely tax remittance to Nigerian tax authorities is now a prerequisite for renewal of their foreign national employees’ residence and work permit by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) …
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Nigeria: Industrial court faults pension law on retirement savings
The National Industrial Court has recently been struggling with a gap in the 2014 pensions law concerning the obligations of a former employer when pensions deductions have been made from an employee, but not paid into a Retirement Savings Account (RSA) …
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Nigeria: Unemployment rate increases to 33.3% in Q4 2020 – NBS
The latest survey of employment conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics reveals that 57 …
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Nigeria: Bill to prohibit casualisation of workers passes second reading in Senate
A Bill to ban the casualization of labour in the private and public sectors has now passed through the Nigerian Senate at second reading …
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Nigeria: Extended deadline for 2020 PAYE tax returns (Lagos State)
The Inland Revenue Service for Lagos State has extended until 14th February 2021 the deadline for employers to submit their 2020 payroll tax returns (H1) …
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Nigeria: US drops reciprocity fees for Nigerian visa applicants
The United States government has just eliminated visa reciprocity fees for Nigerian citizens seeking visas to the United States …
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Nigeria: 2020 Finance Bill to exempt minimum wage earners from tax
The Federal Government has proposed in the 2020 Finance Bill that minimum wage earners will be completely exempt from Personal Income Tax …
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