LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, has walked out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations after the government and the Organised Private Sector made what the unionists described as “ridiculous offers” of N48,000 and N54,000, respectively. According to a source who is a leader of the […]
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has not given workers breathing space since assuming office. It said the government has been dishing out one anti-poor policy after another to worsen the socio-economic conditions of the workers. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, the NLC President, […]
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has criticised the recent protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), saying it is should maintain peace until the next election cycle as the union is not the only voice of the people. The president made this remark while commissioning the Lagos Red Line Train connecting from Agbado to […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of Nigerians rallied against soaring living costs on Tuesday as the worst economic crisis in a generation leaves many struggling to buy food. Demonstrators hoped nationwide protests called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) umbrella union would pile pressure on the government, which brought in reforms last year that have had […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-Electricity workers across Nigeria have shut down the national grid, leading to a nationwide blackout. The strike was called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in protest of the assault on Joe Ajaero, the President of the NLC, on November 1, 2023, in Imo State. Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for the Transmission […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday grounded activities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International in Abuja. The move is part of actions by the unions following an attack on the president of the NLC Joe Ajaero in Imo State. . But what started as […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders of the organised labour – the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) – on Friday failed to attend a meeting called by the representatives of the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government in a desperate effort to avert the planned nationwide strike from October 3. According […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unions representing Nigeria’s government workers have announced they will go on strike starting next week to demand pay raises and to protest the austerity measures of the West African nation’s newly elected government. The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress, which represent hundreds of thousands of government workers across key […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday, September 5, chased staff of the Federal Ministry of finance out of the office complex in compliance with the two-day warning strike. The NLC officials came in a white Hiace bus at about 1:50 pm stormed the building, and went from office to office […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Banks in Nigeria have issued a notice to embark on a two-day nationwide strike. The banks said financial services would be withdrawn on September 5 and 6, 2023. The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution Employees gave the directive in a memo dated September 2, 2023, signed by the union’s […]
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