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•Akpabio declares Umahi, Giadam’s seats vacant FORMER governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has been sworn in as Senator representing Plateau South senatorial district Lalong, who resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet on Tuesday as labour minister was administered the oath of allegiance by the Clerk of the Senate, Mr. …

FORMER Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has reportedly resigned as the Minister of Labour and Employment in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu. It is understood that the President has accepted his resignation letter and Lalong is set to go to the National Assembly as the Senator representing Plateau South …

THE Federal Government says it will sanction employers over indecent working conditions that contravene local and international labour laws. Mr Simon Lalong, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this during the inauguration of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) III, (2023-2027) on Friday in Abuja. The DWCP was inaugurated to …

MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong is set to resign. The Minister has collected his Certificate of Return from Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Court of Appeal had earlier sacked Peoples Democratic Party’s Bali Napoleon and declared Lalong as the Senator for Plateau South Senatorial Zone. Details shortly. …

THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong on Monday stated that the Federal Government will soon conclude the issue of wage award. Lalong stated this as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) plan to embark on an indefinite strike across the country. The Minister stated this when he received Alhaji Ibikunle Baruwa …

HOURS to the end of the 21-day ultimatum issued by the organized labour, the Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it has no fears about a potential economic shutdown. This is despite last Monday’s parley being deadlocked as both parties failed to see eye-to-eye on the labour unions’ demands over the …

THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday said that it is only the presidency and not the Ministry of Labour and Employment that can take decisions on some of the contentious issues that led to the warning strike such as wage award, the issue of CNG, refineries and others. This …

THE meeting between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock with another meeting scheduled for a later date. Newsextra24 reports. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, is also expected to meet with the representatives of the Trade Union Congress led by its national …

The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council, Governor Simon Lalong, on Friday, tendered an unreserved apology to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) over his ‘blasphemous’ remarks about the Holy Father, Pope Francis. The governor of Plateau state, who admitted that it was an error on his …

Simon Lalong, Plateau governor, says under no circumstances would his rejection as of his appointment as the director-general of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential campaign council be rational. Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, picked Kashim Shettima, the former governor of Borno, who is also a Muslim, as his …