International Labour Organisation
11 Feb
Targeted to address gaps in social health protection coverage and access for people with disabilities in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam the International Labour Organisation has called for a shift action to close social health protection gaps for persons with disabilities.
13 Aug 2024
As the world commemorated International Youth Day (IYD), yesterday, many young people in certain regions, including Nigeria, are not seeing the benefits of economic recovery.
8 Aug 2024
The African Union (AU) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have collaborated on a fair and ethical recruitment strategy for Africa.
6 Jun 2024
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned economies of the tension ahead that could jeopardise the recent advances in the world of work.
30 May 2024
Employers, critical stakeholders in the labour sector and job seekers, who gathered at this year’s job and employability fair recently,
27 May 2024
Children forced into child labour in Lagos and Nasarawa states work the longest hours, according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The report said that children between the ages of five to 17 years old work for an average of 25.6 and 24.3 hours weekly.…
4 Apr 2024
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has reviewed significant decisions relating to living wages and initiatives to strengthen social justice.
4 Apr 2024
The need for accelerated action towards supporting subnational governments in understanding the child labour indicators to eliminate the menace in Nigeria has been emphasised.
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The Nasara Women Development Foundation, in collaboration with the Association of Kebbi Women Entrepreneurs (AKWE), has launched the Nasara–AKWE Student Entrepreneurship Empowerment Programme (NASEEP) in Kebbi State.
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Academics and researchers from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), as well as government officials in the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Ministry of Innovation Science and Technology
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President Donald J. Trump’s executive order eliminating USAID has sent shockwaves across the globe, particularly in aid-dependent nations, most of which are in Africa. In line with the saying that “when America sneezes
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A recent report by the Nextier Group has exposed the dangerous connection between illicit drug trafficking and violent extremism in the Lake Chad Basin, a region comprising Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger.
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Amid the Federal Government's proposed tax reforms targeting Free Trade Zones (FTZs), the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has warned that the decision could drive away over $200 billion in foreign direct investments
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Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Ata, has threatened to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if Abdullahi Abba emerges as the party’s chairman in Kano State.
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has said for Nigeria to achieve the fundamental objectives of education as envisioned in the national education policy, the challenge militating against quality tertiary education must be tackled with a sense of urgency.
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The Centre for Waste Management and Sustainable Resources (CWMRS), Federal University of Petroleum Resources (UPRE), Delta State, has called on governments to enforce policies that will enable the country to achieve sustainable waste management.
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Youths from the Niger Delta region, under the leadership of Dennis Philip, 1st Phase General of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, have expressed disapproval of recent allegations levelled against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Burutu Otuaro.
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Stakeholders have raised the alarm that the country's biodiversity is in rapid decline due to land degradation, deforestation, climate change and fauna loss.
The world is facing a biodiversity crisis unprecedented in scale resulting in a ‘mass extinction event’.