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    Metro NLC, TUC Vow To Cripple Banking Sector Over Mass Sack

    Organised Labour, Thursday, vowed to cripple operations in the banking sector over ongoing mass retrenchment of workers, throwing its weight behind the threat by the Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, to withdraw the licenses of banks that...
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    Politics Ajimobi Orders Immediate Closure Of Schools In Oyo State

    Oyo State Government led by Governor Abiola Ajimobi has ordered the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools in the state as a way of protecting the lives and properties of the entire citizenry, The Vendor reports. This action was borne out of today's incident where some...
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    Metro Ekiti Workers Begin Indefinite Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

    The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed civil servants in Ekiti State to begin an indefinite ‘stay at home’ strike today. Similarly, the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Ekiti State, Kolawole Olaiya, has said that the inability of the Governor Ayo Fayose administration to...
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    Metro Fuel Price Hike: NLC, FG Resumes Parley Talks

    The Nigeria Labour Congress led by Mr. Ayuba Wabba and the Federal Government will resume the suspended talks on the N145 fuel pump price on today, Wednesday, 25th, May 2016. The Director in charge of Press at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Samuel Olowookere, said in a statement on...
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    Metro Nigeria Police Attack, Beat Up Protesting Labour Leaders in Ebonyi

    Men of the Nigerian police force in Ebonyi State on Thursday attacked and beat up members of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, who staged a peaceful protest in the state against the increase in pump price of petrol by the federal government. According to Premium Times, the workers were...
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    Business Nigeria Stock Market Appreciates Despite NLC Strike

    Activities on the floor of the The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market remain unaffected by the strike action declared by a faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to protest last week’s removal of fuel subsidy and hike in fuel price. The strike, which commenced nationwide following the...
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    Metro FG Urges Waba Led NLC To Return To Negotiation Table

    The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was prepared to reopen negotiation with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the fuel price hike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said in a statement on Wednesday night that the strike action called by the NLC to press...
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    Metro Labour Leaders Stoned in Jos

    Some members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) were stoned at the Terminus main market area of Jos city yesterday when they tried to mobilise traders to embark on a strike action scheduled for today. Daily Trust gathered from witness that members of the labour union had arrived the market...
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    Metro Senior Lecturers Join NLC Strike

    Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU yesterday joined in the nation-wide strike organised by the Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. Though, SSANU was in a capacity building workshop for its members and National Executive Council, NEC, meeting with...
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    Metro NLC Members Hit Road In Ogun To Protest Fuel Price Hike – See Photos

    Some members of the NLC in Ogun state are presently staging a protest in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital over the increased pump price of petrol...
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    Metro Strike: Why We Won't Obey 'Black Market' Injunction - NLC Chairman

    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...
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    Metro Fuel Price Hike: 10 Reasons Why Labour Should Go On Strike

    The Nigerian Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government to revert the price of petroleum to N86 per litre. Talks between the Federal Government and labour unions as part of efforts to avert the planned strike by Nigeria Labour Congress to resist an increase in the price of petrol are...
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    Metro Fuel Price Hike: Catholic Church Tells Labour Unions To Shelve Strike

    The Catholic Church in Nigeria, yesterday, called on the organized labour unions threatening to shut-down the country over the new fuel price of petrol to have a rethink on their plan, to avoid throwing the nation into chaos. The Federal Government last week announced a new official price for...
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    Politics Fuel Price Hike: Court Restrains NLC From Going On Nationwide Strike

    The National Industrial Court presided over by Its' President, Justice Babatunde Adejumo has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) from going on its planned strike on Wednesday, pending the hearing and determination of a suit brought before it by the Attorney General of the Federation...
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    Politics Fuel Price Hike: FG, Labour Meeting Rescheduled For Today

    Discussions between the federal government and labour unions as part of efforts to avert the planned strike by Nigeria Labour Congress to resist an increase in the price of petrol are continuing on Tuesday. The meeting was rescheduled after both parties could not reach an agreement in an...
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    Politics Fuel Price Hike: Read Adams Oshiomhole's Stand At The FG/Labour Meeting

    The Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC and its affiliate body, the Trade Union Congress,TUC, parley meeting with the federal government on Monday ended in a deadlock as labour unions vowed to press ahead with its industrial action, scheduled to commence tomorrow if the Federal Government fails to...
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    Politics Fuel Price Hike: Strike Looms As Labour, FG Meeting Ends in a Deadlock

    The Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC and its affiliate body, the Trade Union Congress,TUC, parley meeting with the federal government on Monday ended in a deadlock as labour unions vowed to press ahead with its industrial action, scheduled to commence tomorrow if the Federal Government fails to...
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    Politics Labour Leaders Suggested the New Fuel Price, Kachikwu Tells Lawmakers

    The House of Representatives in Nigeria on Monday began a special session to deliberate on the Federal Government’s announcement of an increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also referred to as Petrol. Minister of petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachiwku during a session with the Nigerian lawmakers...
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    Politics Planned Strike: Nigeria's Labour Union Leaders Have Been Compromised - CNPP

    The planned strike by Nigeria's labour unions over the recent fuel price hike won't last for 3 days, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has asserted. In a joint statement signed by its National Chairman, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, and the Secretary-General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, CNPP...
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    Metro NLC Writes Government Agencies To Shutdown On Wednesday [SEE LETTER]

    The Nigerian Labour congress is set to embark on a nationwide strike on Wednesday the 18th 2016 over the recent hike in petrol price/removal of fuel subsidy. Below is a letter sent to all government agencies urging the government employees to follow their directive.
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