Minster of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo says the Federal Government is yet to disburse N7.3 billion to the remaining beneficiaries of government’s 774, 000 Special Public Works Programme.

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been ordered to suspend its nationwide strike and return to work immediately.

Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige has assured of the Federal Government's readiness to implement law mandating allocation of five per cent of jobs at both private and public sectors to people living with disabilities.

The National Industrial Court, Abuja on Monday fixed Sept. 15, to hear an application brought by the Federal Government against striking resident doctors.

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday, expressed sadness over the alarming rate of casualization in the nation’s workforce and vowed to put a stop to it.

The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), has identified casualisation as a major challenge in the nation’s financial institutions.

The Federal Government has commended the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) for suspending its nationwide strike that had lasted for 63 days.

Corps members on Thursday replaced the striking doctors in the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa state.

The Organised Labour has urged the Federal Government not to flout the agreement entered with the FGN-Labour Committee on Electricity Tariff to freeze further increase of electricity tariff.

The Federal Government has received the interim report of the 10-man Bipartite Committee it constituted to resolve the dispute between the Kaduna State Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

The Federal Government and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) are to continue their negotiations next week, on the proposed new hazard allowance for doctors working in government owned hospitals.

The Bayelsa Government has appealed to labour unions in the state-owned tertiary institutions not to embark on their planned strike, saying efforts were underway to address their demands.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has directed all successful second batch Narcotic Assistant (NASS) candidates to report for training between Friday, Dec. 3 and Monday, Dec. 6.

The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has advised the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to negotiate with individual State government to end the ongoing strike.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday said only two of its eight demands have so far been met by the Federal Government in the last nine months.

Katsina state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has offered automatic employment to 33 first class graduates of the state-owned Umaru Musa Yar’adua University.