Tag: Nigeria Labour Congress
Fuel Scarcity Bites Hard In Lagos
Long queues were observed at filling stations in several parts of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria today as fuel scarcity bites harder.…
Remove Soldiers From Our Streets
The recent deployment of soldiers on the streets of Lagos by the Federal Government came as a shock to both…
Niger Delta Coalition, NLC Calls On Nigerians To Support Ongoing Strike
As the nationwide fuel subsidy strike entered the fifth day today, the Rivers State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress,…
Occupy Nigeria Rally Day 5: Protests Continue Monday If FG, Labour Talks Fail
The nationwide protests against the fuel price hike announced by the Federal Government on 1 January will continue on Monday…
Strike Continues As Meeting Between Labour, FG, Govs’ Forum Ends In Deadlock
The meeting between 17 labour leaders, the Federal Government and the Governors’ Forum in Aso Rock ended in a deadlock…
Occupy Nigeria Rally: Day 2, No Retreat, NO Surrender
The Occupy Nigeria rally entered day two today nationwide with thousands of demonstrators including two deputy president of the Nigeria…
NLC, TUC Threaten To Sanction Members Over Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Cross River have threatened to sanction members who failed…
Lagos Schools Fail To Open
Schools in Lagos State failed to re-open on Monday, after the first term holiday as workers and civil society groups…
Oil Subsidy Protests shut Nigerian cities
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and civil society groups today shut down the country following the failure of the Federal…
Strike: FCT Minister Hail RTEAN’s Decision To Pull Out
FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed has hailed the decision of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) not to…
Labour Warned Not To Betray Nigerians
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has been urged not not betray the confidence repose in it by Nigerians in their…
NLC Strike: NFF Shifts Angola Tie To Cotonou
The planned strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to compel President Goodluck Jonathan to restore the subsidy on petrol…
NLC To Shut Down Nigeria
After an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC,…
Sagay, Bakare, Musa Back Labour Over Mass Action
Prominent Nigerians, Prof. Itse Sagay, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Balarabe Musa and others have called on Nigerians to join the Nigeria…
Fuel Subsidy: Rivers Labour Unions Plan Strike
The Rivers State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC,Chris Oruge,has asked workers in the state to brace up for indefinite…
Nigeria’s Petrol sells for N141 per litre
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Despite strong opposition from labour unions, civil society groups and other interest groups, the Federal Government, in what…
Fuel Subsidy: Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi, Oshiomhole, Falana, Agbakoba, Others Differ Over Removal
Resistance against the planned removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government shifted to a town hall meeting held in…
NPAN Holds Town Hall Meeting
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), will on Thursday, December 22, 2011, host a Town Hall Meeting with the…
‘Oil Subsidy Removal Will Encourage Adulteration’
The proposed removal of oil subsidy by the Federal Government will encourage the adulteration of petroleum products in the country,…
Tax: Ogun Workers Begin Warning Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Ogun State chapter began a seven-day warning strike today to press home their demand which…
Labour Wants OBJ, IBB Arrested For Economic Crimes, Rally Cripples Capital
The Nigeria Labour Congress and other affiliate Trade Unions under the auspices of “Save Nigeria Rally” on Thursday embarked on…
On N18,000 Minimum Wage We Stand –NLC
The Delta State council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it will not negotiate with the state…
‘NLC Is Insensitive To Our Plight’
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ogun State chapter, has accused the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of…
Amosun To Review Sack Of Workers
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State on Wednesday set up a six-member committee to review the cases of 2,000 workers…
CANCELLED STRIKE: Ignorant Workers Stay At Home
Despite the fact that the three-day warning strike that was to kick off today was called off last night several…
Strike Enters 2nd Day In Oyo State
Labour leaders in Oyo State have vowed to continue with the strike action they started yesterday until the demands of…
STRIKE SUSPENSION: Low Start In Abuja
Commercial and official activities started on a very low key in Abuja Wednesday morning as many residents were unaware of…
Minimum Wage Strike: Govs, Labour In Crucial Meeting
Nigeria state governors are meeting with the workers’ unions in what seems a last minute effort to avert the three-day…
Minimum Wage Palaver: Labour, FG Should Reach A Compromise
By midnight tomorrow, the country would have been shut down by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union…
Nigerian Workers Set Date For General Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has declared a three day national strike that will start from Wednesday, 20th July to…