Nigeria: Don’t Borrow From Pension Funds, NLC Warns Governors
Abuja — The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to mobilise Nigerian workers in protest against the move by the state governors to borrow N17 trillion from the pension funds…
Stop issuing orders to stop labour strike, Wabba urges NIC judges – Punch Newspapers
Ade Adesomoju, AbujaThe President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, on Tuesday, urged judges of the National Industrial Court to stop issuing orders restraining citizens from exercising their right…
Labour adamant as FG obtains fresh order to stop strike – Punch Newspapers
courts to shut down as judiciary workers, others back strikeaviation unions to down tools, flights to be disrupted N1.3tn spent on electricity subsidy in two years –OsinbajoOur Correspondents Despite the two…
No Junior Trade Union Can Negotiate For Senior Employees In Nigeria, Says Organised Labour – Channels Television
The organised labour has kicked against the practice of trade unions representing junior workers, negotiating terms, and agreement on behalf of senior employees in Nigeria’s industrial space. This is in reaction…
Nigeria: JOHESU – Minister Begs Health Workers to Call Off Strike
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has appealed to the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) to call off their ongoing strike action in the interest of the public and the…
Nigeria: NLC Protest in Port Harcourt Would Be ‘Illegal’ – Rivers Govt
The Rivers State Government has said it would be illegal for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to hold a protest in the state. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said in…
Rivers govt denies abducting, detaining Labour official – The Sun Nigeria
TONY JOHN Port Harcourt Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Zacchaeus Adangor, has debunked the kidnap and detention of an official of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Professor Adangor…
Rivers Govt Warns Labour against Strike Until Court Decides
Zacchaeus Adangor Ernest Chinwo in Port-Harcourt The Rivers State Government has warned the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the state against embarking on industrial action…
Tension in Rivers as govt, labour disagree on industrial action
By Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt Tension has heightened in Rivers State following a disagreement between the organised labour and the state government over industrial actions. The government at the weekend…
Rivers govt warns Labour against committing contempt of Court – The Sun Nigeria
TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has accused the State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) of colluding with its national leadership to force industrial action on workers…
Tension as Rivers, labour disagree on industrial action
Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt Tension has heightened in Rivers State following a disagreement between the organised labour and the state government over industrial actions. The government at the weekend accused…
Protest: Rivers Govt, labour unions set for battle
Governor Nyesom WikeOkafor Ofiebor/Port HarcourtThe government of Governor Nyesom Wike seems set for war with the leaders of labour unions in Nigeria over their planned protest in Port Harcourt, the…
Nigeria: Covid-19 – Labour to Tackle Employers Over Job Losses, Unpaid Salaries
The organised labour has said it has started mobilising for action against state governments and other employers of labour that are using the current Covid-19 pandemic as a ploy to…
Covid-19: Labour to Tackle Employers over Job Loses, Unpaid Salaries
The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba By Onyebuchi Ezigbo The organised labour has said it has started mobilising for action against state governments and other employers of labour that are using…
Nigeria: NUPENG Issues 7-Day Strike Notice Over Members’ Sack Via WhatsApp Messages
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on Thursday, issued a seven-day nationwide strike notice over the alleged non-procedural sack of members by Chevron Nigeria Limited and its…
TUC, organised labour and the fight against graft
For Nigeria, now seems to be the era for the exposure of grand corruption in what can be described as Grade-A public agencies. First to grab the headline, for the…
Ekiti labour threatens showdown with BEDC over epileptic supply – The Sun Nigeria
Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti Reacting to exorbitant billings and frequent epileptic power cuts experienced by residents of Ekiti State, organised labour in the State marched to the offices of the Benin…
Nigerian Government Asks Organised Labour To Shelve Planned Protest Against Corruption In Government Agencies
The Nigerian Government has described the planned protest by the Trade Union Congress over the high level of corruption in some government agencies and the inaction of President Muhammadu Buhari as…
Nigeria: 774,000 Jobs – National Assembly Insists NDE Will Implement Programme
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have passed resolutions insisting that the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will implement the Special Public Works programme. The lawmakers also urged…
Nigeria: Labour Ministry, Senators Disagree Again
Officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, again, had a misunderstanding with lawmakers. This time, it was with members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and other…