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Ogun workers suspend strike
Organised labour in Ogun on Wednesday suspended its two-week strike. The suspension of the strike was announced in Abeokuta by…
Edo workers jubilate over payment of 7 months salary
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The joy of workers of Egor local government council, Edo State, knew no bound on Monday following the…
Nasarawa govt to replace striking workers with fresh graduates
Nassarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, on Saturday threatened to recruit fresh graduates to replace workers in the state currently on…
Oyo assures workers on payment of salaries
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Oyo State Government is seeking the understanding of workers and pensioners over the N29bn wage deficit representing…
The Guardian lays off 32 workers
No fewer than thirty-two workers of The Guardian newspaper were on Tuesday retrenched by the management due to dwindling income.…
Lagos wants workers to justify N1b training expenses
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday appealed to workers undergoing trainings in the state to justify government’s N1…
Fashola begs employers not to sack workers
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has advised industrialists, directors and other employers of labour in…
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AIT sacks workers over 16 months salary arrears
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The management of the African Independent Television (AIT) Tuesday sacked all the workers at its Benin City station,…
Oyo govt threatens workers with ‘no work, no pay’
The Oyo State Government has urged its workers to back out of the strike called by the Ayuba Wabba-led NLC…
NLC Strike: Workers resume fully in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin: Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) appears to be loosing the grip on workers in Edo, as the indefinite strike…
Oshiomhole threatens Edo workers, no work, no pay
Jethro Ibilleke/Benin: Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has directed workers in the state Public Service to shun the strike…
Anambra workers too busy for strike
The indefinite strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) did not hold as expected as commercial and social activities…
Abuja, Ogun workers ignore NLC strike
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja, Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta: Majority of the workers in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory and Abeokuta, Ogun State, ignored the…
Workers shun strike in Bauchi, Yobe, Adamawa, Jigawa
Normal activities are continuing in Bauchi, Yobe, Adamawa, and Jigawa states, as residents ignored the call by the Nigeria Labour…
May Day: Saraki Seeks Renewed Workers’ Dedication
Eromosele Ebhomele. President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday urged Nigerian workers to be more committed in…
Pay attention to workers welfare, NLC tells Shettima
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday urged Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno to give top priority to workers’ welfare…
Salary: Ekiti workers will soon heave sigh of relief – Speaker
The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Kola Oluwawole, has urged civil servants in the state to exercise patience,…
Oyo workers vow to go on strike after ultimatum
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Despite the apparent threat by the Oyo State Government under the leadership of Governor Abiola Ajimobi to enforce…
El-Rufa’i lambasts labour, warns workers
The Kaduna State Government on Monday chided the organised labour on threats to proceed on strike if the government failed…
Ogun workers suspend strike
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Leadership of the Labour Unions in Ogun state, western Nigeria, has called off the strike action in the…
Lawmaker escapes lynching by angry Ogun workers
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta If not for the quick intervention of some leaders of labour union in Ogun State, western Nigeria, the…
NNPC Unbundling: Workers go on strike
Offices of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have been shut nationwide, according to reports as workers of the state…
Workers’ strike paralyses Ogun, hospitals, schools, courts shut
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Activities across Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, were paralysed Monday following workers’ strike in the state. Civil servants at…
Lagos redeploys 253 workers of Eko FM/Radio Lagos, LTV
There has been a major shakeup in the broadcast stations owned by the Lagos State Government, Eko FM/Radio Lagos and…
Okorocha gives in, recalls suspended workers
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has finally agreed with the leadership of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), to immediately recall all…
NLC, TUC protest forces IBEDC workers out of office
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Oyo State members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NCL), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Monday took the…
Don’t sack workers, FG begs oil companies
Following alleged plan by major oil companies to lay off 10,000 workers due to the dwindling price of crude in…
1,280 Ekiti workers sit for 2014 promotion examination
At least 1,280 Ekiti workers on Saturday sat for the 2014 public service promotion examination. This is contained in a…
Imo workers defy Okorocha’s directive
Workers in 19 parastatal agencies and departments in Imo reported for duties, defying the directive by the state government that…
We will not retrench workers in 2016, says Ogun SSG
The Ogun Government on Tuesday said that it would not reduce its staff strength in 2016, in spite of the…