BREAKING: Minimum wage: NLC, TUC suspend strike for five days Members of the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Tuesday, suspended their strike for five days, a leader of the NLC told our correspondent in Abuja. The centres are expected to issue a statement[Read More…]
BREAKING: FG invites Labour for emergency meeting Tuesday The Federal Government, through the National Salaries, Wages, and Income Commission, has extended an invitation to the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress in view of halting the ongoing strike. Reporta from DailySun said, spokesperson[Read More…]
Strike: NLC shuts down national grid Electricity workers have shut down the National Grid, resulting in nationwide blackout. This is n compliance with the joint directive of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to stop work on Monday June 3 over the[Read More…]
MWUN joins Nationwide strike The Maritime Workers Union Union of Nigeria (MWUN) under the leadership of Comrade (Prince) Dr. Adewale Adeyanju, fnli, HFCPSP, has obliged to comply with the directive of both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to join in the indefinite[Read More…]
Tinubu signs old national anthem bill into law President Bola Tinubu has given his approval to the National Anthem bill, paving the way for the reintroduction of the former national anthem, ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’, as the official national anthem. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio announced this on Wednesday,[Read More…]
Again, Labour rejects FG’s N54,000 new minimum wage offer The organized labour led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have rejected the N54,000 offered by the federal government as the new minimum wage. The offer was made to representatives of labour[Read More…]
NCAA Audit: Dana Air Lays Off Workers Temporarily Dana Air has announced that it is temporarily laying off some of its workers amid an ongoing operational audit by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The airline has stated that the decision was made to ensure efficient management of resources[Read More…]
Senate Approves Death Penalty For Drug Traffickers The Nigerian Senate has passed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act (Amendment Bill) 2024, which approves death penalty for drug traffickers. The Bill was passed into law on Thursday when the Senate transformed into Committee of the Whole, to carefully[Read More…]
ASCSN urges Govt to reverse electricity tarrif Comrade Tommy Okon, the National President of ASCSN, has urged the federal government to reverse the electricity tarrif back to N66 per kWh from N225. On April 3, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) approved an increase in electricity tariff[Read More…]
New minimum wage: FG sets May 1 for implementation The Federal Government says although the Tripartite Committee On National Minimum Wage is yet to conclude its negotiations, workers will not lose anything as the new minimum wage will take effect from May 1, 2024. The Minister of State Labour,[Read More…]
