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August 17, 2022 No Responses

Blackout In Lagos As Electricity Workers Begin Strike

There was blackout across Lagos State on Wednesday following the nationwide strike by electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). Ikeja Electric Plc and Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) confirmed the development in...

July 26, 2022 No Responses

NLC Protest: LASG Urges Motorists To Remain Calm, Receives Letter From Protesters

The Lagos State Government has urged motorists to remain calm despite the protest rally of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ikeja and its environs. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde made this known in a statement issued in...

July 23, 2022 No Responses

2023: 15 Parties Jostle For Lagos Governorship Seat

Fifteen out of 18 political parties in Nigeria are jostling for the governorship seat of Lagos State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that this is contained in details of candidates and political parties contesting the number...

May 1, 2022 No Responses

Workers Day: TUC Urges FG ,ASUU To Resolve Difference

Trade Union Congress (TUC), Kaduna State Council has called on the Federal Government, as a matter of urgency, to resume negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over its prolonged strike. Comrade Abdullahi Danfulani, state...

May 1, 2022 No Responses

NLC Urges C/River Govt To Implement Promotion, Minimum Wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River State on Sunday called on Gov. Ben Ayade to implement workers’ promotion from 2016 till date. Chairman of NLC in the state, Mr Ben Ukpepi, made the call in Calabar during...

May 1, 2022 No Responses

May Day: NLC Seeks Security, Good Governance, Peace

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for peace, stability, security and good governance as workers mark this year’s International Workers Day on May 1. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, told Journalists on Saturday in Abuja, that peace, stabil...

February 11, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Tasks ILO On Poverty, Social Disruptions In Africa

Nigeria has called for radical changes in the development programmes of the International Labour Organisation ((ILO) to enable it tackle the rising poverty and social disruptions in Africa. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said t...

October 1, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria@61: NLC Implores Nigerians On March To Greatness

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has called on Nigerians to resume their match to greatness as the country marks its 61 years of Independence. In a statement on Thursday, NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said:”On this commemoration of another independenc...

May 6, 2021 No Responses

Labour Rejects Plans By FG To Slash Salaries

The Organised Labour (NLC) has condemned and rejected the plan by the Federal Government to slash the salaries of workers in the country.The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Waba, who said this in a statement on Wednesday...

September 28, 2020 No Responses

Labour Suspends Nationwide Strike

Following agreement reached with the Federal Government, the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) and Trade Union Congress, TUC have suspended planned nationwide strike earlier scheduled to commence on Monday. Part of the agreement ...

July 24, 2020 No Responses

NLC Condemns 6% Stamp Duty On Tenancy, Lease Agreements

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday condemned six per cent stamp duty fee introduced by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for every tenancy and lease agreement in Nigeria. NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, in a statement on...

July 21, 2020 No Responses

NLC Seeks Downward Review Of Petroleum Pump Price

The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Waba, has called for the downward review of the current price of petroleum products in Nigeria. Waba made the call on Tuesday while responding to questions from Journalists in Jalingo,...

July 21, 2020 No Responses

Labour Commends FIRS Over Increase In Revenue Generation

Organised Labour under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has commended the management team of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for considerably boosting Federal Government revenue via stamp duty collection just as it...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

NUPENG Pickets Variant Energy Over Alleged Anti-Labour Practices

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Thursday picketed the Victoria Island, Lagos office of Variant Energy Services over anti labour practices. NUPENG Lagos Zonal Chairman, Tayo Aboyeji, explained that the patience and understandi...