The Organised Labour in Lagos State on Thursday endorsed the re-election of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, for another four years in office. Speaking during the rally, organised by the unions, tagged “Labour4Sanwo-Olu”, held at the Police College Parade…
2022 World Safety Day: NSITF tasks FG, NLC, TUC, NECA on workers’ safety
Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has called on its social partners to ensure that workers’ safety was prioritized at work places to save lives. The Managing Director of the Fund, Dr. Micheal Akabogu made the call at a press…
Blockade: Beef scarcity, rising cost of food items hit southern states
The strike action embarked upon by the cattle and foodstuff dealers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has driven up prices of beef, food and vegetables in the South. AUFCDN, an…
NSITF: FG dumps Kokori
The Presidency has reacted to the disagreement between the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over the appointment of the Chairman of the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund…
NLC strike won’t cause fuel scarcity, NNPC insists (Vanguard)
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Sunday, insisted that there is no impending petroleum products scarcity in the country, arising from the threat of strike action by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC. In a statement in Abuja, Group General Manager,…
Workers’ strike paralyses Lagos judiciary (Nation)
The court rooms of the Lagos State Judiciary were shut to adjudication of cases as workers stayed away to observe the nationwide strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to press home their…
FG, NLC, others meet over planned strike
The Nigeria government is currently holding a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and other stakeholders over the planned nationwide 7-day warning strike expected to commence midnight Wednesday, September 26, according to Punch report,…
‘How NLC’s picketing of MTN violated global ILO rule’
The violence that characterised the three-day picketing of MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) attracted condemnation from several quarters, especially from industry watchers, Nigerian workers, and affected MTN staff. Now, it has emerged that the destruction of MTN…
Minimum wage: We’re prepared to fight for better working condition—Wabba (Vanguard)
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, declared yesterday that it was ready to battle the Federal Government to increase the living conditions of the nation’s workers through increment of their wages. This is even as Nigerian workers today mark the 2018 Workers’…