•Tinubu and Atiku Former vice president and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has backed the demand by Organised Labour for a substantial increase in the minimum wage. Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu of allegedly presiding over a “ruthless economic squeeze in which workers are paid more on paper and...
•Nigerian workers A single worker in any of Nigeria’s urban centres would need to earn a minimum of N372,300 monthly to reasonably survive what has become the new normal across cities, data analysis has revealed. The amount falls below what could be regarded as a living wage as it is stripped of social life spending, […]
•Workers The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers nationwide to mark the 2026 May Day with street rallies over the non-implementation of the 2024 National Minimum Wage Act in some states. The directive is contained in a statement signed by the NLC General Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, today in Abuja. The statement is titled: [&...
•Japa New Zealand will increase its adult minimum wage from April 1, 2026, lifting hourly pay for workers nationwide following the government’s annual minimum wage review. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment announced the decision, saying the adjustment is intended to support low-income earners while limiting additional cost pr...
•Taiwo Oyedele Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, said that no fewer than 98 per cent of Nigerian workers would be exempted from paying personal income tax when the new tax regime takes effect in January 2026. Speaking at the First Bank SME Connect webinar themed, ‘Strategies for […]...
This week’s increase in the salary of public servants in Imo and Ebonyi States may have ignited a fresh wave of agitation for more pay in other states, according to feelers, yesterday. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, during a meeting with labour leaders in the state, on Tuesday, announced the approval of a new minimum […]
•NLC Civil Servants in Lagos State under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Lagos State Chapter, have demanded a new minimum wage of N150,000 for workers in the state, citing rising costs of living and recent wage increases in Imo and Ebonyi States. Lagos NLC Chairperson Funmi Sesi made the call yesterday in […]
•Protesting lecturers The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos Zone, has urged the Tinubu-led federal government to pay its members a living wage rather than a minimum wage. Lagos Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Adeola Nassir, made the demand during a press conference at the union’s secretariat, University of Lagos. The call came two ...
•Governor Uzodimma Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has approved a new minimum wage of N104,000 for civil servants in the state. Uzodimma made this known during a meeting with various labour union leaders last night at the Government House in Owerri, reports NAN. The governor increased the minimum wage from N76,000 to N104,000. Similarly, [&hel...
•Tinubu and Trump The United States government has expressed concern over the sustainability of Nigeria’s new national minimum wage, warning that the recently approved N70,000 benchmark is inadequate to lift citizens out of poverty due to the country’s worsening economic conditions. In its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, releas...
The Frontier is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. It is published by Okims Media Links Limited headed by Sunny Okim, a veteran journalist who is widely known as The Grandmaster, fondly called so by colleagues and friends for being Nigeria’s pioneer movie journalist.
© 2026 The Frontier, Published by Okims Media Links Limited.
designed by winnet services
