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The Nigeria Police Force has invited Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi and the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Kaduna chapter, Mr Adamu Ango for interaction in connection with a N369million failed project. The invitation followed a petition on a construction project of a shopping complex on a...

There is growing concern among workers in the country as to whether government will fulfil its promise of implementing a new minimum wage with just a month to the September proposed commencement date. For workers excited about a new minimum wage (NMW) coming into … Read more via Leadership...

Dr Ayuba Wabba, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has no right to deny the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) members of their salaries. Wabba said this while fielding questions from newsmen.......... Read more via Nigeria News...

I doubt if it is practicable for governors to take over the payment of fuel subsidy. However, I can appreciate the frustrations and worries of the governors. We have continuously argued that a situation in which there is no transparency in … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a state of emergency on security in the country, saying the blood of innocent Nigerians were being shed daily without a corresponding action from the Police and … Read more via The Guardian...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Friday that Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate Chamber by suspected hoodlums was a violation of the nation’s security system and threat to the current democratic dispensation. In a statement signed by its president, Ayuba Wabba, NLC said the episode was...

The Organised Labour has officially presented a fresh demand for higher new National Minimum Wage for workers to the Federal Government Tripartite Committee using current economic indices. Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made this known in an interview with...

The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday, trooped out en-mass to oppose to the moves by the Kaduna State Government to sack about 22,000 teachers who scored below 75 per cent in a competency test. The labour union also accused the Kaduna government of sacking the teachers so that it could access...

Workers under the employment of Zamfara government on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike for the failure of the government to pay several allowances and minimum wage to primary school teachers in the state among others. The workers had earlier given the government a 21-day ultimatum to...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared vice president, Yemi Osinbajo unfit to head the committee investigating the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke. General secretary of NLC...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) wants the federal government to amputate looters of public funds. Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, made the recommendation on Thursday at Unity Fountain, in Abuja. According to THE NATION, Wabba said, “We must not allow a situation where few, because of their...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have concluded plans to hold a protest rally over the state of the nation. The protest code named ‘national day of action against orruption and for good governance’ will hold simultaneously in Abuja and Lagos. NLC...

The national presidents of Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and the National Joint Negotiating Council, Ayuba Wabba, Boboi Kaigama, and Kiri Shuaibu respectively are currently in a closed-door meeting with the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The meeting is holding in...

The strike action embarked on by Ekiti state workers will continue as the meeting between labour unions and governor Ayodele Fayose on Tuesday ended in a deadlock. According to a DailyPost report, disputes that led to the ongoing strike couldn't be resolved by both parties. Reports say Fayose...

The Chairman of Edo State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Emmanuel Ademokun, Tuesday described the injunction granted the federal government by the National Industrial Court, which stopped the planned strike action by the NLC, until the determination of a suit filed by the...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and civil society groups are currently picketing the Ikeja Electricity Company in Lagos over the recent sack of 400 staff amidst epileptic supply of power, DailyTrust. According to source, the protesters have ordered the workers of the company to exit their...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will soon propose a new minimum wage to the federal government following the decline in the value of naira, the Secretary General, Nigerian Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), Comrade Issa Aremu, has said. Aremu spoke yesterday...