Tag: NLC
Labour lauds FG’s inititiative, urges creation of sustainable jobs
The Organised labour on Thursday in Abuja called for sustainable jobs as Federal Government plans to create three million jobs…
NLC commends NMA suspension of strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday commended the decision of the Nigerian Medial Association (NMA) to suspend its 55-day…
LP to involve NLC, TUC in party affairs
The leadership of Labour Party in the Federal Capital Territory says it would involve the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and…
NLC criticises lack of dignity for women in banking sector
Ms Olubunmi Abikoye, the Chairperson, Lagos State Women’s Wing of the Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday said the banking sector…
Aturu’s Death: A Tragic Blow To Labour Movement
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described the death of human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu as tragic blow to the…
A Testament Of Courage
One of the most inspiring quotes of the great African-American writer, Maya Angelou, who died a few weeks ago, goes…
Chibok Girls: Police Stop Street Protest in Kaduna
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna Police Command yesterday disrupted a planned street peaceful protest organised by Women Arise For Change Initiative led…
Edo Workers Face Mass Sack
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Fear has gripped thousands of workers in Edo State civil service, southern Nigeria, over rumoured sack of about…
TUC Vows To Fight On, NLC Decries State Of Economy
The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Bobboi Kaigama, on Tuesday in Abuja said the congress would continue…
Okada Riders In Fresh Protest
Thousands of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders, this morning embarked on a peaceful procession in Lagos to protest the…
Working For Industrial Harmony
The 8th National Labour Relations Summit holds in Ilorin with a promise of better prospects for Nigerian workers Public functions…
NLC women confab ends in chaos
The National Women Conference (NWC) of the NLC ended in chaos on Thursday in Abuja, following disagreements among the delegates.…
NLC bemoans Bafyau’s passage
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has described the death of Pascal Bafyau, its former President late on Tuesday…
Why We Are Cleansing The Civil Service -Kwankwaso
Kano state Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has said that on-going efforts by his administration to purge the civil service in…
NLC wants oil subsidy thieves punished
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has called for prosecution of all those indicated in the report of the House of…
NLC Reopens MTN Call Centre
The NLC on Sunday, announced the reopening of the MTN Call Centre, which was sealed on Wednesday, for alleged poor…
Soldiers Leave Lagos Streets
Soldiers who were deployed by President Goodluck Jonathan to crush protests in Lagos against the removal of fuel subsidy have…
Court Adjourns Sacked NLC Scribe’s Suit To 29 Feb.
The National Industrial Court, NIC, on Wednesday adjourned further proceedings in the suit filed by sacked former General Secretary of…
N65 Price Non-Negotiable — NLC
The Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congreses, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero said this morning that the demand for…
Strike: Airlines Cancel Scheduled Flights
As the nationwide strike by labour unions and civil society organisations enters its fourth day, local and international flights at…
Labour Dismisses ‘No Work No Pay’ Threat
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) said they were not disturbed by the Federal Government’s…
Traders Unhappy Over Closure Of Market
Some traders in Lagos on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the continued closure of markets and their loss of revenue, the…
Abuja Court Defends Ruling on Strike
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Rattled by the deluge of criticisms poured on it by a cross section of Nigerians following…
Soldiers block subsidy protesters in Abuja
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The protesters’ march to the Eagle Square was foiled this afternoon by the heavy presence of…
Fuel Subsidy Removal: Nigerians Take Over Abuja Streets
Abuja residents trooped out enmase this morning to join forces with the NLC and TUC in their protests against the…
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…
Subsidy protest: Jonathan makes concessions in National broadcast
The Full Text of the broadcast by President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan to Nigerians on Saturday 7 January Dear Compatriots, 1.…
Jonathan’s government exposed: the real cost of fuel in Nigeria
By Izielen Agbon Izielen Agbon On December 10, 2011, if you stopped at the Mobil filling station on Old Aba…
NLC Cautions FG Against Review Of Minimum Wage Act
Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) President Abduwaheed Omar has advised the Federal Government to shun any attempt to review the new…
Govt Urged To Address Security Problem
NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, on Monday in Kaduna called on the Federal Government to urgently resolve the country’s security challenges.…