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September 14, 2024 No Responses

Edo 2024: NLC, TUC Endorse PDP Guber Candidate, Ighodalo

Members and leaders of the Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Friday, threw their weight behind the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo, promising to come...

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....

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 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...

May 9, 2024 No Responses

TUC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened shut down the Nigerian economy should the Federal Government fail to cancel the controversial cybersecurity levy recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The TUC in a statement signed by its President,.....

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...

July 31, 2023 No Responses

After Darkness Comes The Glorious Dawn: Being Text Of President Tinubu’s Address To Nigerians

My fellow citizens, I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you understand the reasons for the policy measures I have taken to combat the serious economic challenges this nation has long faced. 2. I...

July 18, 2023 No Responses

Petrol Pump Price Climbs to 617, 700 Naira in Lagos, Abuja

June 6, 2023 No Responses

NLC, TUC Suspend Planned Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended the planned strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday, May 7, 2023 over the removal of petrol subsidy. The organised labour announced the suspension of the proposed nationwid...

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...

June 28, 2020 No Responses

TUC, NULGE, NUT Dissociate Selves From NLC-Planned Strike

Three labour unions in Cross River have dissociated themselves from the strike being planned by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to commence on June 29.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions are Trade...