The National Industrial Court, yesterday, in Abuja, ordered the reinstatement of 170 workers of the Kogi State Government. The claimants/workers had joined the state governor and attorney general as co-respondents in the suit. The presiding Judge, Justice Edith Agbakoba, held that provisions of the law guiding and regulating the termination of employment in the civil…

The Organised Labour has insisted on embarking on a nationwide strike over the non-implementation of N30, 000 as the new National Minimum Wage, in spite of the National Industrial Court ruling in Abuja. Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…

Prospects of a quick fix to the impasse over a new minimum wage dimmed yesterday as the Federal Government headed to court to stop the planned strike by organised labour.

Eighteen former area managers of Visionscape Sanitation Solutions have sued the company at the National Industrial Court, Lagos over alleged wrongful termination of appointments and refusal to pay their entitlement after a year in its employment. The foreign waste management firm is partnering Lagos State Government on waste management in the state. In the suit…

The National Industrial Court Lagos, has refused and dismissed the preliminary objection filed by ENL Consortium Ltd against the suit of over 600 of its former employees who are pressing for the implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties.   The over 600 former Dockworkers approached the court in a representative capacity. Counsel…

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to reinstate its embattled bursar, Mr. Olu Ibirogba, who was sacked in 2015 for allegedly exposing corrupt practices in the institution.

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has dismissed a suit filed by incorporated trustees of Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria against Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN).   The Incorporate Trustee Tricycle Owners and operators instituted the suit against the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Minister for Labour and Employment, Registrar of Trade Unions, Tricycle…

A former resourcing specialist at Tetra Pak West Africa Ltd, Elo Ogodo, has sued her former employers at the National Industrial Court, Lagos accusing them of sacking her on racial grounds. Ogodo is praying the court to hold that her sack was due to racial discrimination, as she was never accused of any gross misconduct…

Following the recent discharge of a judge of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Justice James Agbadu-Fishim by a Lagos High Court and a serving Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Ngwuta by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), the question on whether a Nigerian judge can in all honesty convict a colleague has been thrown up. Assistant…

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday struck out a suit filed against the Senate President and National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), for lack of jurisdiction. The claimant, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, NHIS chapter, instituted the suit challenging the employment exercise carried out in 2013 and 2014 by NHIS. The claimant had…

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Some former top management staff of Odu’a Investment Company Limited have dragged the company before the National Industrial Court (NIC), Ibadan division over non-payment of entitlements worth over N50 million.