By Hajara Abdullahi The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has expressed concern over recent tax laws, describing them as aggressive and inhumane toward Nigerian workers struggling to survive….
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Sokoto NLC Urges Patience Amid Salary Delays
By Umar Danladi Ado The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Sokoto State Chapter, has advised local government staff and the Primary Healthcare Agency in the State to exercise patience regarding the payment of…
Adamawa: NLC Unveils FG’s CNG-Powered Buses for North-East
From Umar Dankano, Yola The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has called on the Adamawa State Government to urgently establish Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refilling stations to…
Telecom tariff hike: NLC declares mass rally on Feb. 4
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared plans to embark on a nationwide mass rally on Feb. 4 over the 50 per cent hike on telecom services by the Nigeria Communications Commission…
NLC Chairman Congratulates Akwa Ibom CP, Seeks Enhanced Collaboration with Police
The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Akwa Ibom State Chapter, Comrade (Elder) Sunny James, has congratulated and warmly welcomed the Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, to the Akwa…
Tax Reform Bill: Monumental and Controversial Piece of Legislation
By Michael Olaogun As the year 2024 was drawing to a close, the Nigeria’s political climate was engulfed with conversations and counter conversations on the proposed tax reform bill that is currently…
NLC, Yobe Gov’t to Collaborate on Enhancing Social Security
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Yobe Council, in collaboration with the State Government and the Centre for Human and Social Development Analysis (CHESDA), organized a two-day stakeholders’…
Yobe NLC Chairman Calls for Prayers for National President’s Release
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu Comrade Mukhtar Tarbutu, the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Yobe State, has urged members and affiliated unions to offer prayers for the safe release…
Police Allegations Against NLC: CISLAC Worries Over Desperate Attempts to Silence Labour
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed deep concern over recent allegations by the Nigerian Police, which it perceives as an attempt to silence the…
Hunger Protest Comments: CITAD Denounces Security Raid on NLC, CDHR Offices
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has strongly condemned the recent invasion of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Secretariat in Abuja and the Committee for the Defence…
Yobe Medical Doctors Opt Out of NLC Strike
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Yobe State Chapter, has dissociated itself from the ongoing nationwide strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). The association’s Chairman, Dr. Abubakar Mala, made this known…
NLC: Missing The Meaning Of Minimum
By Bala Ibrahim For those, whose precious time I have been wasting with my nonsensical write ups, they have been at a relief for some time, because I was reasonable enough to…
Minimum Wage Strike: NLC, TUC Locks Down Plateau Secretariat, Others
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The leaders and members of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trades Union Congress in Plateau State shut down the State Secretariat on Monday, locking down other state offices…
NLC/TUC Strike Records Partial Compliance In Kano
By Abdullahi Yusuf The strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress(TUC) is recording partial compliance in Kano with some sectors participating and others shunning the industrial…
Zamfara NLC, TUC direct affiliates to embark on Nationwide Strike Monday
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau The Zamfara State chapters of the Nigeria labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have directed all their affiliate Unions in the state to comply with directives…
Soludo, Joe Ajero’s Attack, and How NLC Lost Its Way
By Law Mefor The Nigeria Labour Congress, the umbrella labour union in Nigeria, has lost its way and its soul. There’s an Igbo proverb that goes something like this: if you pin…
NLC, TUC shut down Ikeja, Ibadan DisCos over electricity tariff hike
By Ibrahim Kasimu Dadi Workers have stormed various offices of electricity distribution companies to protest over the Band A tariff hike. The workers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and…
May Day: KNSG Announces Housing Scheme for Workers
By Mustapha Salisu In commemoration of International Workers’ Day, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State announced plans to establish a comprehensive housing scheme for workers in the state. The initiative according…
Ex-Labour Leader Asks NLC,TUC To Unite, Address Plight Of Nigerians
By Abdullahi Yusuf A former Chairman of the Kano State chapter of the Radio, Television and Theater Arts Workers Union(RATTAWU),Comrade Musa Mohammed, has asked the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union…
Adamawa NLC Joins National Protest Against Hunger, Hardship, Insecurity
From Umar Dankano, Yola The Adamawa state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has joined its counterparts in staging a peaceful protest against economic hardship, hunger, and insecurity plaguing the country. Leadership…
Protests: Kano CP Commends NLC’s Peaceful Conduct
By Abdullahi Yusuf The Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Husseini Gumel,has commended the state branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for the peaceful conduct of its protests against the current…
Kano NLC protests economic hardships, urges govt action
By Hadiza Musa Yusuf The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kano State held a peaceful protest on Tuesday, lamenting the current economic hardships in the country. During the event,Alhaji Kabiru Inuwa, the…
ASUU-BUK joins NLC nationwide strike
Bayero University Kano (BUK) branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members to join the nationwide strike action declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on November…
NLC President Ajaero arrested in Imo
Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has been picked up by security operatives in Owerri, the Imo state capital. Benson Uper, the media head of the NLC, confirmed…
NLC to negotiate new minimum wage of N100,000, N200,000
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the new minimum wage may be negotiated to N100,000 or N200,000 owing to the rising cost of living. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made…