The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has advocated for an hourly minimum wage for workers in the country....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reacted to the proposal by the Southern Governors Forum that states should determine the minimum wage in their domains. ...
The National Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the state governors’ proposal to set the new minimum wage in their respective states. In a statement by the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has opposed the call by some politicians for decentralizing minimum wage negotiations allowing states to have different minimum wages. In an...
Organised labour says it is not fixated on any figure for the minimum wage. The tripartite committee on minimum wage ended its deliberations last week,...
President Bola Tinubu has said that a new minimum wage bill will be sent to the National Assembly for approval as the law for the next...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has firmly rejected the federal government’s ₦62,000 minimum wage proposal, insisting on a minimum of ₦250,000. Chris Onyeka, the NLC’s Assistant...
The way I see this situation is like watching a sinking ship from the shore, with people frantically bailing out and searching for lifeboats to abandon...
Domestic cargo agents in Nigeria estimate that the country lost about N7 billion during the two-day nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has announced that the federal government is allocating N200 billion to support the cultivation...
Nollywood actor Alexx Ekubo has advised his fans to question their partners on the meaning and functions of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union...
Actor Alex Ekubbo asked unmarried people to discuss issues of national interest with their spouses so they could assess their level of intelligence. In a...
The Minister of Information, Idris Mohammed, said the Finance Minister, Wale Edun, will present a new minimum wage template today (Wednesday, June 5, 2024) to President...
Nigerians have taken to social media to call for the restoration of the National grid. Recall that the grid was shut down by striking NLC...
The National Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called off their nationwide strike for five days following a meeting with the federal government...
The National Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called off their nationwide strike for five days following a meeting with the federal government...
The Nigerian Labour Congress has said that the ongoing nationwide strike will continue despite the agreement signed with the Federal Government at Monday’s meeting. The...
The National Labour Congress (NLC) has announced that the ongoing nationwide strike will persist despite the accord reached with the Federal Government during Monday’s meeting. In...
On Monday, June 3, 2024, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will be embarking on a nationwide strike. Unions are going on strike over their disagreement with...
The Nigeria Labour Congress says its strike action will continue today June 4. In a post shared on its X handle, the Labour union said...
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has committed to a National Minimum wage that is higher than N60,000 for Nigerian workers. The president’s commitment is contained in the...
Story Highlights Nigerian lawyers are split over the legality of the Nigeria Labour Congress’s (NLC) strike demanding a N494,000 minimum wage, with some asserting it aligns...
The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC says it will be forced to prolong the ongoing Nationwide strike if its leaders are in anyway intimidated, provoked or blackmailed. ...
Reno Omokri says the President, Joe Ajaero, and his gang are supporters of Peter Obi and are by this nationwide strike fighting a proxy war for...
A member of the Nigerian Labour Congress has called for lawmakers in the country to be placed on the current N30k minimum wage so they can...
The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanugu, has said that the current strike being embarked upon by members of the organised...
The entrance gates of the Federal High Court Headquarters, Abuja and the Court of Appeal Headquarters, Abuja have been shut and blocked by civil servants in...
Workers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) have shut down the national grid as the Nigerian Labour Congress strike action kicks off on Monday. The...
The National Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared an indefinite strike, starting on Monday, June 3, 2024. The organized labour decided to...
The Nigerian Labour Congress has ordered Nigerian workers to remain at home as the Nationwide strike commences today June 3. The NLC made this known...
The Nigeria Labour Congress says the nationwide strike scheduled for June 3 will still go on as planned. This comes after a meeting between the top...
The Nigeria Labour Congress says the nationwide strike scheduled for Monday, June 3 will still go on as planned. This comes after a meeting between...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that the federal government cannot sustain paying organized labour the N494,000 minimum wage they are...
The Director-General of Nigeria’s Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) Mr Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde has said that between 2022-2023, organised businesses lost over one trillion naira cumulatively. Oyerinde further...
The President of the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Ajayi Kadri, has confirmed that the organized private sector concurred with the federal government that the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have announced a nationwide strike set to commence on Monday, June 3rd, 2024. This announcement comes...
Organised Labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday, June 3rd over the failure of the federal government to conclude negotiations on a new national...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) says the private sector can’t meet the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)’s N500,000 minimum wage demand this year or any time...
Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company (FDC), Mr. Bismarck Rewane has advised the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) against linking wage demands to the dollar exchange rate....
The federal government, organised labour (Trade Union Congress TUC and Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC) and the private sector have proposed three different minimum wages for employees...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero has said that the labour union would have disowned the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour...
The Organised Labour in Nigeria has taken a firm stance, demanding the complete reversal of the power sector privatisation and the recovery of all public electricity...
Members and leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other affiliate labour unions in Lagos state are currently picketing the head...
The National Labour Congress (NLC) has instructed its members across the country to picket the offices of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the power...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) till May 12 to withdraw the...
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has said that the 35 per cent pay rise of the federal government civil servants is mischievous...
President Bola Tinubu has stated that hardworking Nigerians are entitled to fair wages and improved welfare, emphasizing that his administration is committed to enhancing the conditions...
The National President of the National Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has described the federal government increase of civil servants by 35% as mischievous, insisting that...
As the conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party continues, the leadership of the Labour Party has threatened to take the NLC...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has sacked the Julius Abure-led national working committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP). In a communique issued at the end...
A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ali Ciroma, has died. Ciroma died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital,...
Amidst the protest by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) members against the Labour Party’s planned National Convention set for March 27, the Party has rejected the...
On Wednesday, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, stormed the Labour Party secretariat to protest their upcoming national convention in March while demanding for the sack of the...
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, this morning March 20, picketed the headquarters of the Labour party in the Utako area of the Federal Capital...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has proposed N709,000 as the new minimum wage for workers. The Labour union proposed this at the ongoing public...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has revealed the only thing that would stop the planned nationwide strike over the hardship in the country. According to the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has responded to President Bola Tinubu saying that the union is not after his job, but only wants better living conditions...
President Bola Tinubu has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to maintain peace and stop the incessant strikes as they are not the only voice of...
Deputy president of the National Labour Congress, Kabir Ado Minjibir has clarified that contrary to the raised eyebrows and suspicion of many, there is no division...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its nationwide protest and extended the ultimatum given to the federal government to March 13. The labour union had declared...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, February 27, joined labour unions and their affiliates in a peaceful protest where he assured the people that the...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has explained why there is ongoing protest in Abuja, Lagos, and different parts of the country...
The Nigerian Labour Congress has embarked on a protest against hardship in the country. Recall that the NLC and the Trade Union Congress had on...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to stop its proposed nationwide...
The Trade Union Congress has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of calling for a nationwide protest without due consultation. In a letter addressed to the...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has been appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress to shun its two-day planned protest scheduled for February 27 and 28...