…Directs state councils to intensify mobilisation of workers, other Nigerians …TUC extends strike notice to tally with NLC’s deadline …As security agencies stop protest in Kano By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Abdulmumin Murtala Labour’s plan  to embark on nationwide strike and mass protest against recent increase in the pump price of petrol and electricity […]

…Directs state’s councils to intensify mobilization of workers, other Nigerians …As TUC extends strike notice to tally with NLC’s deadline By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE highest decision making organ of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, besides its national delegates’ conference, National Executive Council, NEC, Tuesday, endorsed and ratified the decision of Congress’ Central […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has asked Nigerians to endure the current hardship brought about by the recent hike in fuel pump price and electricity tariff, promising that the people would in the nearest future begin to reap the benefits of the deregulation policy. It also urged the organized labour not […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel price or face a “total shutdown of the country’s economy”. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, while addressing newsmen at the end of the body’s Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday in […]

As FEC approves new policy on occupational safety By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, on Wednesday, faulted the Trade Union Congress, TUC, on the seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to revert to the old prices of petrol and electricity tariff, if not the union will embark on […]

Nigerians are currently protesting in Ojuelegba part of Lagos state over anti-people policy, hike in electricity tariff and petrol price in the country. Earlier this month, Electricity distribution companies (DisCos), across the country implemented a new electricity tariff regime. This the protesters have kicked against saying that it is an anti-people policy.

By Victor Ogunyinka It is no longer news that electricity tariff has been increased all across Nigeria, to the chagrin of Nigerians. Even worse off was the increment on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, which currently sells at N160 per litre. However, on Thursday, September 10, 2020, Vanguard, via its verified Twitter account, @vanguardngrnews, […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Johnbosco Agbakwuru Trade  Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding immediate reversal of the hikes in the pump price of petrol and electricity tariff in the next seven days, or face indefinite industrial action. In a letter dated September 14, 2020, President and Secretary General of TUC, […]

By Victor Young & Chioma Onuegbu Barring a last minute change of mind, organised labour, last night, insisted it will go on strike to protest the increase in the price of fuel and electricity tariff. This vow followed speculations that there were attempts to break their ranks. The government is meeting with organized labour and […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Federal Government yesterday said that it had to reschedule the meeting planned to hold yesterday with the organized labour because the leadership of the two labour centers had engagement outside Abuja. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, announced that the meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday. A statement […]

….asks FG to stop making life unbearable for citizens Olayinka Latona The Bishop of Lagos Diocese, (Anglican Communion), Church of Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Humphrey Olumakaiye, has frowned at the recent increase in electricity tariff and price of petrol, calling on the federal government to find a way of making life better for Nigerians. Speaking at […]

Some electricity consumers across the country, on Thursday, claimed that the electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) were not adhering to the terms of the new tariff regime they were implementing. The customers, in an engagement with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on its official Twitter account, described the new tariff being implemented by the DisCos […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned “the patently unfair and arbitrary hike in electricity tariff and fuel price by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is unjust to many people living in extreme poverty, and entirely incompatible with the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 [as amended] and the country’s international human rights obligations.” […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo In furtherance of registering its grievances against the increment in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol and electricity tariff in the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students has embarked on a protest in Osogbo, Osun State capital. The protest which was organised by […]

By Bose Adelaja & Olayinka Latona “With the increase in pump price of fuel and electricity tariff, especially at this period when other world leaders are providing palliatives to cushion the effects of Covid-19 on their citizens, shows the FG is insensitive to the plight of the ordinary Nigerian. This government has pushed more Nigerians […]