By Arogbonlo Israel Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has revealed why the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) lacks the ‘constitutional power’ to determine the prices of petroleum products in Nigeria. The cerebral lawyer, during an interview with Vanguard on Monday, faulted the attempted announcement of petrol price by PPPRA claiming the decision was […]

By Steve Oko Abia State government has demanded unreserved apology from the national leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over what it termed “misrepresentation of fact”. Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, in a statement said that NLC in a recent media publication , “spread false information to the public domain by stating that […]

ABUJA: In the wake of Wednesday’s protest to the National Assembly in Abuja by organised labour against decentralizing the minimum wage structure, Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has hit back at labour, saying the protest was needless.

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has taken to the streets of Abuja and Lagos to protest the non-implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage.

Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has condemned the silence of organised labour amidst debates regarding restructuring and in the face of the recent food blockade from the North to the South.

THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Tuesday, threatened that it would mobilize Nigerian workers to embark on industrial action over an alleged attempt to transfer minimum wage to the concurrent list.

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE Nigeria Labour Congress,Wednesday morning, led many workers across government agencies to picket the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC,over alleged unfriendly policies against workers of the commission. The action was carried out at the headquarters of the commission,located at the Maitama highbrow area of Abuja,the nation’s federal capital city. The NLC accuses the […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has called for a renewed commitment in the war against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and others vices in the country. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the call at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Wabba said that the incessant increase in the current state of insecurity […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has called for a renewed commitment in the war against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and others vices in the country. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba,  made the call at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Wabba said that the incessant increase in the current state of insecurity […]

By David Odama FOLLOWING the non-payment of salaries to Local Government workers for over 8 years in Nasarawa, the Nigeria Labour Congress, Nasarawa State Chapter has called for the suspension of all the thirteen Local Government Chairmen in the state. The suspension is to pave way for seamless investigation into the nonpayment of salaries and […]

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), says it will work with the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), to follow up insurance cover for health workers that died of COVID-19. President of NLC, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the pledge at a Five-day 7th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of NANNM, in Abuja on Tuesday. He […]

Workers in Kano are expressing fears that the state government will tamper with their salary following the stay at home order announced on Monday by the Commissioner for Information Mal Muhammad Garba following a rise in the rate of death resulting from COVID 19.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Zamfara chapter, had received 8,000 letters of complaint about non-payment of pension refund, deducted from members’ salaries, Mr Bitrus Gyang, NLC State Secretary, said. Speaking to journalists in Gusau, on Monday, Gyang explained that the complaints ranged from lack of updated records, wrong computer number or under-deductions. He said that […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young, Gabriel Enogholase &  Ozioruva Aliu A two-time commissioner in Edo State, and Secretary General of defunct United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, Didi Adodo, 57, is dead. Adodo who was Commissioner for Land and Survey, as well  Establishment and Special Duties during the government of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, died yesterday  of undisclosed […]

LIKE others, for Nigerian workers, 2020 will not be forgotten in a hurry. According to the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba “Surviving 2020 is no mean feat. We thank the Almighty God whose grace and mercies saw us through the vicissitudes of 2020.”