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ABUJA — THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have condemned the recent declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of elected officers. The two labour centres said the action of the President blatantly violated the provisions of Part II, Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution (as …
UYO – NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC) has urged Governor Umo Eno to fulfill his promise to regularise the employment of several casual workers engaged by Akwa Ibom State Government who currently labour for the state on a monthly N10,000 pittance. The appeal was contained in a communique released weekend from NLC Akwa Ibom chapter First Quarter …
In today’s Nigerian newspapers review program, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with a report on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) issuing an alert on its plan to shut down telecoms services on March 1, 2025, due to the 50 per cent tariff hike. Another headline says Ibadan Polytechnic has begun investigating the alleged gas poisoning of …
LAGOS — The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has expressed outrage over the hike in tariffs by telecommunications companies, despite an earlier agreement reached with the Federal Government and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and demanded immediate reversal of the increase to avoid unpleasant consequences. However, the operators are not taking any of NLC’s threats, warning that …
The ongoing industrial unrest in Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, KADECO, over the sack of 900 employees, has entered the third day, crippling operations of the company with no signs of ending. This came as the National Electricity Employees, NUEE, issued a February 10, deadline to KADECO to recall all the sacked workers among others, threatening …
In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with a report on the reaction of labour unions to the proposed 50% hike in telecoms tariff. Another headline has Nigerians in diaspora kicking against US President Donald Trump’s revocation of birthright citizenship. Also, another headline captures the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland Gani Adams …
ABUJA — THE Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has berated the Federal Government over the 50 per cent telecom tariff hike, tagging it as an additional burden too heavy to bear by the suffering masses. President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero in a statement on Wednesday, decried the hike, stressing that the Federal Government’s recent approval, …