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Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, suspended their strike for five days, a leader of the NLC told the PUNCH in Abuja. The Centres are expected to issue a statement shortly before the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday explained the decision of workers in the electricity sector to shut down the national grid. In a statement made available to journalists, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, faulted the…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has joined the ongoing strike by the organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. This is coming after the Federal Government failed to meet the unions’…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced the complete shutdown of Nigeria’s electricity grid by labour unions as the strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress begins. NLC and TUC commenced a nationwide…

The federal government says the planned nationwide strike by organised labour on the demand for the minimum wage is illegal. Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, said in a letter…

Members of the organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero,…

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has appealed to organised labour to be considerate and patriotic in their demands in the ongoing negotiation for a new national minimum wage. Onyejeocha made the…

The Federal Government has added a sum of N3,000 to its initially proposed N57,000 minimum wage, making it the sum of N60,000 proposed on Tuesday during a meeting of the tripartite committee on minimum wage in Abuja. Organised…

The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Wednesday expressed deep disappointment as negotiations resumed at the Tripartite National Minimum Wage meeting. Unfortunately, discussions hit an impasse due to what Organised…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the newly introduced cybersecurity levy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, demanding its immediate withdrawal. In a statement by its President, Joe Ajaero, the NLC lamented that the levy is…

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, on Thursday, assured the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and the workers of an improved and sustainable minimum wage. Recently, the two primary labour organisations, the NLC and the TUC…

The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, says there is a mutual agreement between workers and the Federal Government and the state counterparts that there is an urgent need to increase the minimum wage. Oshiomhole, who…

Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the federal government’s announcement of a pay rise for civil servants is mischievous. On Tuesday, the federal government approved a pay rise of between 25 and 35…

The organised labour, on Sunday, listed its expectations ahead of the 2024 Workers’Day, calling on the Federal Government to announce a new minimum wage on May 1. The National Vice President of the Trade Union Congress, Tommy Etim,…