Human Rights activist and lawyer to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chief Femi Falana, has replied to the Nigeria Police on why the President of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, cannot honour the invitation to him to appear at the force…
LP BoT takes over party
The alleged takeover of the Labour Party (LP) by its Board of Trustees (BoT) may have pushed the party into deeper crisis. A statement by the party’s BoT Chairman, Sylvester Ejiofor, said the takeover following the “expiration of the tenure…
Bauchi gov commends Tinubu’s minimum wage initiative
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has commended President Bola Tinubu over the setting up of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. Bala Mohammed who was in Yola on Thursday, March 7, for the north-east zonal public hearing of…
FG, Labour meet over ongoing nationwide strike
The Federal Government has invited leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, for a meeting this afternoon to end the ongoing nationwide strike by Organised Labour. Meanwhile, Vanguard gathered that the meeting…
Bank, medical staff unions, others comply with nationwide strike order
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have begun the nationwide strike they first announced a week ago, with affiliate unions joining the industrial action. In a Facebook post on Tuesday morning, the NLC…
Strike: NLC, TUC will consider N35,000 extra pay, other offers – FG
The Federal Government is hopeful of the organised labour suspending its planned indefinite strike, saying the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) will consider the government’s offers, including a N35,000 pay increase for all “treasury-paid”…
Why you can’t go on your planned strike, FG tells NLC, TUC
The Federal Government yesterday asked the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, to shelve their planned nationwide indefinite strike from October 3, saying going ahead with the proposed industrial action will amount to…
Labour walks out of meeting with FG
The resumed meeting of the Presidential Steering Committee on Subsidy Palliatives, which was scheduled to hold Friday ended badly as the Labour team walked out over alleged lack of readiness of government’s team. The committee at the end of its…
*NNPC price increase: NLC calls for immediate withdrawal (Sun)*Pastor laments as mob beat mentally ill son to death (Punch)
NNPC price increase: NLC calls for immediate withdrawal (Sun) The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said the new price increase template announced by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) was unacceptable and should be withdraw immediately. Describing it as…
Electricity restored in Abia, as NLC leader intervenes
The sustained power blackout in Abia State which began last Monday as a result of the dispute between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the outgoing Governor Okezie Ikpeazu administration ended last night following the intervention of the NLC president,…