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October 17, 2024 No Responses

FG Meets Labour Leaders Over Petrol Price Hike

The Federal Government on Wednesday met with the leadership of the Organised Labour at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, Abuja. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, led the Federal Government’s...

September 30, 2024 No Responses

FG Hands Over 64 CNG Buses To Labour, NANS

The Federal Government has handed over 64 100-capacity Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to the Organised Labour and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, led the gov...

September 9, 2024 No Responses

NLC Reacts To AJaero’s Arrest

THE Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has confirmed that the Nigerian government has detained Joe Ajaero, its president.Benson Upah, head of Information and Public Affairs, NLC, in a statement on Monday, September 9, explained that Ajaero was picked up by agents....

August 29, 2024 No Responses

NPA MD Pledges Improved Staff Development, Higher Productivity, Revenue

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has reaffirmed his commitment to staff development as part of measures to boost productivity and revenue generation.Dr. Dantsoho gave this assurance when he received the leaders of t...

July 19, 2024 No Responses

Minimum Wage: Why Labour Accepted ₦70,000, By NLC, TUC

The Organised Labour agreed to ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers because the wage reviews in the country will no longer be every five years but once in three years, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress...

June 13, 2024 No Responses

NLC Insists On ₦250k Minimum Wage

Apparently reacting to the 2024 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted on N250,000 as minimum wage. The committee on the new minimum wage had submitted its report to the Federal Government, pegging....

June 4, 2024 No Responses

Minimum Wage: FG, Labour Reach Agreement

The Federal Government and representatives of organised labour have agreed on a new minimum wage that is above N60,000. The agreement was reached at the end of a meeting held on Monday between leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Cong...

June 3, 2024 No Responses

Labour Insists On Nationwide Strike

After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday, June 3,...

June 2, 2024 No Responses

FG T0 Labour: Return To Negotiating Table

The Federal Government has appealed to organised labour to shelve its planned strike and return to the negotiating table. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had on Friday declared an indefinite strike beginning from Monday...

June 1, 2024 No Responses

Labour Declares Strike Over Minimum Wage, Electricity Tariff Hike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike beginning from Monday, June 3rd, 2024 over the tripartite committee’s inability to agree on a new minimum wage and hike in electricity tariff. The Presid...

February 9, 2024 No Responses

NLC, TUC Issue 14-Day Ultimatum

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over the non-implementation of the 16-point agreement both parties reached after the removal of the petrol subsidy. In a statement...

November 14, 2023 No Responses

Nationwide strike: Presidency Faults NLC, TUC

The nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) an abuse of privilege, the presidency has said. The Presidency in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and...

November 4, 2023 No Responses

Maersk To Sack 10,000 Workers

Danish container shipping giant, A.P. Moller-Maersk has revealed further downturn in both profit and revenue, resulting in a decision to cut 10,000 jobs as a response to the ongoing challenges of declining freight rates and lackluster demand within the contain...

October 3, 2023 No Responses

NLC, TUC Suspend Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Monday suspended the planned indefinite nationwide strike, which was scheduled to commence on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. This followed the meeting between the leaders of organized labour a...