FG, NLC reach agreement at conciliation meeting. The Federal Government and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress have reached far-reaching resolutions at the conciliation meetings convened by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. The meetings, held on 22nd and 27th October, 2026 at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja, were sequel to the communique issued at the end of the Joint meeting of the Central Working Committee and National Executive Council of the NLC. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, with representatives of the Federal Government in attendance, while the NLC delegation was led by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. After extensive deliberations, the meeting resolved as follows: 1. On National Minimum Wage, it was agreed that the Minimum Wage Negotiation Committee will be constituted and commence meeting immediately. However, there is disagreement on the effective date of implementation. 2. On reduction in petrol pump price and palliatives, the Federal Government will pay a transport intervention of Seventy Thousand Naira across all levels for a period of six months, commencing from November 2026. Also, Peculiar Allowance has been approved by the Federal Government with effect from 1st May, 2026. Payment of arrears will commence in November 2026 in three equal monthly instalments. In addition, nineteen months arrears of allowance for health workers will be redeemed within three months with effect from December 2026. 3. On tax relief for workers, it was agreed that as tax is a statutory matter, the issue will be taken to the National Executive Council. 4. On hazard allowance for agricultural workers, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has submitted the list of beneficiaries and cost implications to the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission for verification. Verification is expected to be completed within two weeks. 5. On CONHESS adjustment, the NSIWC promised to complete the update of the cost implication within three weeks to enable the Presidential Committee on Salaries to take a decision. The meeting also urged state and local governments to key into the intervention process, while unions were enjoined to push for its implementation at their respective levels. Both parties agreed to reconvene after one month to appraise the level of implementation. The meeting had in attendance the DG Budget, Mr. Tanimu Yakubu, Permanent Secretary Service Welfare Office, Dr. Garba Abdul, Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, NLC President Comrade Joe Ajaero and National Secretary, JNPSNC, Comrade Olowoyo Gbenga. The press release was signed by Annah Daniel, Head, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, on 27th October, 2026.

JUST IN: President Tinubu has approved a N70,000 monthly transport support for public service workers across all levels for six months, beginning in November 2026, to cushion the impact of rising living costs. The approval was one of the resolutions reached at a conciliation meeting between the Federal Government, led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, and the leadership of the NLC in Abuja on Tuesday, following renewed pressure from organised labour over the cost of living, workers' welfare and outstanding agreements. The government also approved the payment of peculiar allowance arrears, effective from May 1, 2026, in three equal monthly instalments beginning in November.

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NRC invites private firms to run own trains on its tracks. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), established for sole control of railways, is offering private operators access to its approximately 4,000. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), established for sole control of railways, is offering private operators access to its approximately 4,000 km rail network for a fee, provided they supply their own locomotives and rolling stock. Kayode Opeifa, managing director of the NRC, said the corporation grants what it calls track access, permitting private and private companies to operate on railway infrastructure built with public funds. “You can bring your train, bring your locomotive, bring your wagons, bring your everything. We will run it on it. You just pay us your money. We don’t want to run the trains alone,” Opeifa told stakeholders Tuesday

For Those Harassing Our Supporters, Innocent Nigerians Who Want Food, Humility and Civility are Not Weaknesses; They are Virtues. Nobody Has the Monopoly of Rascality - Obi Good behaviour is not weakness; it is a virtue. I am warning and pleading with everybody. Enough is Enough. Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate, NDC

TotalEnergies sells 10% stake in Renaissance oil licences for $800 million. TotalEnergies has completed the sale of its 10% non-operated interest in oil licences held by the Renaissance joint venture in Nigeria to Vaaris for $800 million. The French energy company disclosed the completion of the transaction in a press statement issued on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The development comes more than nine months after TotalEnergies announced that its subsidiary, TotalEnergies EP Nigeria, had signed a sale and purchase agreement with Vaaris for its interest in the joint venture’s licences. TotalEnergies completes $800 million oil divestment TotalEnergies said the transaction was carried out through its subsidiary, TotalEnergies EP Nigeria (TEPNG), transferring its 10% non-operated interest in the Renaissance joint venture’s oil licences to Vaaris.

VIDEO NEWS: 2027: "...Igbo's should join the mains stream of Nigerian politics... I have been in the opposition for more than Three years now and I can't see any platform formidable enough to get President Tinubu out of office... All the things that we critizise President Tinubu for, he is doing it today..." - Ikenna Azomchine, Member, Obidient Movement

FG panel says 37 miners died of suffocation in NSCDC custody A ten-member independent committee set up by the federal government to investigate the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger state, has identified the cause of their deaths. The committee found that the miners died from asphyxiation, a condition in which the body is deprived of adequate oxygen, potentially leading to unconsciousness, organ damage or death.

President Tinubu has done it again. Last month, I applied for the ATPP program. Yesterday, I received a mail congratulating me on my admission into the program and informing me that the program tuition will be fully covered by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Thank you President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Renewed Hope is here and it is real. @woye @seyilaw1 @DOlusegun

This bro is owing NELFUND 530k for 2 years education (4L and 5L). My entire education at Unilag didn’t cost up to half of that. He’s unaware the dangers the government he’s supporting has caused

They are actually at the doorstep of SW. They built sleeper cells in Kogi for years and infiltrated the SW