June 04
Nigeria: Strike - Airlines Count Losses, Resume Operations
Following the suspension of industrial action by the labour unions, air transport operations can now commence at the domestic wing of airports across the country. Read more »
June 03
Nigeria: Tuc Lauds Obaseki for Raising Minimum Wage to N70,000
President of Trade Union Congress, TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo, has commended Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, for prioritising the welfare of workers in the state and… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Leaders Should Quit Honorably
"Leadership is the ability to define the issues without aggravating the problems." Read more »
June 04
Nigeria: 'A Luta Continua' - We Are Still On Strike - Organised Labour Tells Members
The Organised Labour has called on its members to remind them that the strike which commenced yesterday will continue today pending the outcome of a meeting with the tripartite… Read more »
June 03
Nigeria: Nationwide Strike - Return to Negotiation Table, FG Appeals to Organised Labour
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has appealed to Organised Labour to call off the ongoing strike and return to the negotiation table in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Some States Yet to Pay N30,000, N494,000 Impossible - Govt
The Federal Government said the Organized Labour's demand for ₦494,000 as minimum wage is impossible because some states are yet to pay the ₦30,000. Read more »
Nigeria: Attempt to Intimidate Us Will Worsen, Prolong Strike - Labour Warns
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has reacted to reports that soldiers had surrounded the venue of its meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SFG, George… Read more »
Nigeria: Strike - Workers Block National Assembly Entrance
MEMBERS of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC have laid siege to the entrance and exit of the National… Read more »
Nigeria: Workers Shutdown National Grid
Organised Labour in the nation's power sector has shut down the country's electricity industry. Read more »
Nigeria: Workers Shut Nigerian Ports
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has shut down port operations across the country in compliance with the strike directive from the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its… Read more »
Nigeria: Strike - WAEC Appeals to NLC, TUC to Consider Candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appealed to organised labour to consider students sitting for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination as it plans… Read more »
Nigeria: Abia Killings - Labour Party Seeks Justice for Murdered Soldiers
The Labour Party (LP) has condemned in strong terms the brutal killing of five Soldiers deployed to protect citizens in Abia State during the Biafran Day celebration last Thursday. Read more »
June 02
Nigeria: Senate Urges Govt to Continue Payment of N35,0000 Wage Award
Senate has urged the Federal Government to continue the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers, following the yet to be concluded negotiations on minimum wage. Read more »
June 03
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Fuel, Health, Schools, Courts, Banks, Others to Be Grounded As Strike Begins Today
Fuel distribution, health, bank and other essential services nationwide will be shut from today as organised labour begins an indefinite strike over minimum wage and the recent… Read more »
May 31
Nigeria: Labour May Begin Nationwide Strike Monday, If...
There are strong indications that Organised Labour may begin a nationwide strike from Monday, June 3, over a new minimum wage. Read more »
May 29
Nigeria: Strike Looms As Minimum Wage Talks End in Deadlock Again
Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government and organised labour are heading for a showdown over a new minimum wage as the 6th meeting of the Tripartite Committee on… Read more »
May 27
Nigeria: NLC Seeks Minimum Wage for Journalists in Nigeria
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May 28
Nigeria: Labour, Private Sector Operators Bicker Over Minimum Wage Demand
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Joe Ajaero, and Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, at this year's annual Vanguard Economic… Read more »
May 27
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Organized Labour's N497,000 Demand Unrealistic - Presidency
THE Presidency has said that the N497,000 demand by the organized labour as new minimum wage is unrealistic and advised the labour to be serious in its demand. Read more »
Nigeria: Manifesto of Nigerian Salaried Workers/Wage-Earners
IT is difficult most times to depart from the trodden path of life but sometimes it pays to do so. It is the road less travelled that usually opens path to opportunities and… Read more »
May 23
Nigeria: Japa - We'll Reabsorb Health Experts That Return - Govt
The federal government has assured that health experts who return to Nigeria after migrating abroad for greener pastures, would be seamlessly reabsorbed. Read more »
May 22
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Anambra Govt, Labour Resolve Issues
The Anambra State government and the organized labour in the state have, in the interim, resolved the knotty issue of the state's minimum wage for its workforce. Read more »
May 21
Nigeria: Stay Away From Day-to-Day Management, Tinubu Charges Neiti Board
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday inaugurated the 6th National Stakeholders Working Group, NSWG, of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, with a… Read more »
May 22
Nigeria: Retired Police Officers Storm Nass, Protest Over Unpaid Pensions
RETIRED police officers, under the aegis of contributory pension scheme, yesterday stormed the National Assembly to protest several months of unpaid pensions by the federal… Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Labour, FG Meeting Ends in Deadlock
The tripartite minimum wage negotiation meeting involving Organised Labour, the federal and state governments, and the Organized Private Sector, OPS, yesterday ended in deadlock,… Read more »