The federal government and the Nigeria Labour Congress have signed a memorandum of understanding over the proposed 50 per cent hike in the telecommunications tariff. This was stated in an MoU signed on Monday at a meeting convened by the federal government and the NLC over the proposed hike in telecom tariff. The MoU was […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its proposed protest over the 50 per cent increase in telecommunication tariff. The decision was taken after the labour union met with the delegation from the Federal government led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, on Monday, February 3. According to a statement […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its branches and affiliates to mobilise members for a nationwide protest rally on Tuesday February 4 2025 to demand reversal of the 50 percent increase in telecommunications tariffs by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). It said that should the government and NCC fail to heed the cry of […]
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Kaduna Eboigbodin, a former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo state, is dead. Eboigbodin was said to have died on Monday during a dispute with police officers at a checkpoint in Upper Sakponba road, Benin City, Edo state capital. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Moses Yamu, police public relations officer (PPRO) […]
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Organised labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has demanded N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the country, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. An impeccable source, who is an executive of organised labour, who did not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, […]
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The Federal Government, on Friday, insisted on the 240 per cent hike in tariff payable by power consumers in the band ‘A’ category despite calls for its reversal. It also revealed that the subsidised power pricing regime would be for the short term, with a transition plan to achieve a full cost-reflective tariff within a […]
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Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has expressed hope in President Bola Tinubu to take the concerns of the organised labour into consideration and address them in ways that will assuage their apprehensions. Sir Fubara expressed the hope when he received members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on their nationwide two-day protest who […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its plan to embark on a strike on Wednesday over the removal of the petrol subsidy. The resolution was announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and confirmed by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, after a six-hour […]
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By Suoyo Ekubo Security agencies have sealed and shutdown operarion in the state secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Rivers State According to reports on classic FM port Harcourt, the NLC was sealed following a leadership crisis rocking the union in the state. It was gathered that some members of the NLC in the […]
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