The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for a renewed commitment from all actors in Nigeria for the elimination...

The Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder has called on countries to ratify Occupational Safety and Health Conventions.   The ILO Chief said the convention is at the heart of the ILO from the outset. Addressing the strategic plenary session of the ‘All-Russia Occupational Safety and Health Week’ in the Russian town…

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for a deliberate action aimed at turning toxic flood of electric and electronic waste (e-waste) produced around the world into a valuable source of decent work. Representatives of governments, workers’ and employers’ organisations agreed at a meeting at the ILO in Geneva that governments should increase and promote…

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said the growing technological advancement poses a fresh threat to its quest of achieving industrial harmony worldwide. ILO Country Director for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Dennis Zulu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja that technology was fast replacing workers in most parts of…

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), has nominated Nigeria for titular position on its governing board to represent West Africa.

Equal rights for women’ is perhaps one phrase that is most misunderstood in many parts of the world. The misunderstanding of this concept transcends peoples, race, religion, gender, creed or level of education.  ‘Equal rights, not equality with men’, is how this concept has constantly been explained to those who believed that the promoters of…

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), have decried the lack of access to social protection initiatives by children in most parts of the world.

The International Labour Oraganisation (ILO) and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) are working...

It was a pleasant report the other day that a vigilant Air Peace Airline’s all-female crew uncovered and foiled an attempt to traffic a three-day-old baby boy from Port Harcourt to Lagos.

Seven United Nations (UN) entities have come together, supported by the World Economic Forum (WEF), and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), to call for an overhaul of the current electronics system, with the aim of supporting international efforts to address e-waste challenges.    The entities called for a systematic collaboration with major…

In putting people first and embracing the future, world leaders have called for coordinated policy responses and international cooperation to ensure that all get the benefits of technological advancement. 

A kid might claim ignorance of the ongoing ‘tour’ recently embarked upon by the Nigeria’s government and labour as regards minimum wage but if a full-fledged adult displays such an attitude, he may be regarded as an imbecile.