Child labour an “extreme risk” in one in 10 manufacturing hubs globally
Child labour is an “extreme risk” in one in 10 countries globally, found an index on Thursday, urging businesses to be more vigilant about abuses in their global supply chains….
ILO begins £28m project in Nigeria, 4 other African countries to fight child labour
children hawking on the street The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has begun a 28-million-euro project, sponsored by the Netherlands, to accelerate the fight against child labour in Nigeria and four…
Nigeria eager to work with the Bank to develop SAPZs – Agric Minister
Audu Ogbeh at the investment forum in Abuja Senior Nigerian government officials and key investors have endorsed the African Development Bank’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative, describing it as…
ILO Says New Technologies Threat to Ensuring Industrial Harmony
The International Labour Organisation (ILO), says the growing level of technological advancement is a threat to the organisation’s efforts at ensuring industrial harmony in the world. Mr Dennis Zulu, ILO…
Lufthansa Moves Operations to Abuja New Terminal, Others to Join Soon
Lufthansa Airlines has relocated its flight operations to the new terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. It is the first European airline to do so since the inauguration…
ILO Tasks Member Countries to Tackle Challenges of Poor Working Condition
The International Labour Organisation (ILO), has advised member countries to tackle challenges of poor working condition that would hinder them from attaining the Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8). Ms…
U.N. Sees Poverty Hope in African Uptake of Child Welfare Payments
The spread of state welfare for children around Africa has the potential to make a major dent in global poverty, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Children account for the…
ILO, NAPTIP Working to Reduce Child Labour, Trafficking in Persons in W’Africa
The International Labour Oraganisation (ILO) and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) are working together to reduce the rate of child labour and trafficking in persons…
Recommendation of The TCNMW is Not Cast in Stone, Resisters Should Go To NASS- FG
The Federal Government says that the report and the recommendation of the Tripartite Committee on the new National Minimum Wage (TCNMW) is not binding on what the new…
UN Warns of Widespread Impunity, As Human Trafficking Worsens in Conflict Zones
Human trafficking is becoming more “horrific” in conflict zones, where armed groups keep women as sex slaves and use child soldiers to spread fear, the United Nations said on…