LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reactions yesterday trailed President Bola Tinubu’s resolve to remove petrol subsidy and unify forex rates, as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said the President was merely flying a kite and would not have the courage to do it. However, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN; the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said that the National May Day celebration in Abuja will be held on the streets to enable Congress deepen its reconnection with the people. Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, General Secretary of the Congress, said this in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja. “As you must…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned that those pushing for subsidy removal in Nigeria are out to set the country on fire. The warning came against the backdrop of an announcement that the outgoing government of President Muhammadu Buhari had left the decision of petrol subsidy removal to the incoming government….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Congress of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners(CONMMEP) has hailed the election of the President General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria ( MWUN) as Deputy National President of Nigerian Labour Congress ( NLC). Comrade Adewale Adeyanju was elected NLC’s Deputy National President at its 13th National Delegates Conference in Abuja recently. However, the…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWRSRANGERS)-he presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Monday held a town hall meeting in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi state to woo voters in the state and further strengthen the campaign of Obi/Datti movement. The gathering with a huge number of followers across tribes and religions was attended by the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to consider options to help the country embrace developmental governance and accountable leadership, while rejecting the planned petroleum price increase. NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, made the call in a statement he issued to newsmen in Abuja, entitled: ”Nigerian workers refused…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past President of Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, branch of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and a former Vice Chairman of Lagos State Council, of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Adeleke Sanni, is dead. He died on Sunday in Lagos. President-General of MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, who confirmed his death, said…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has come under attack for suspending planned nationwide strike over the increase in petrol and electricity tariff. NLC and TUC agreed to suspend the strike on Monday morning after meeting with the federal government. The new agreement, according to the Minister of Labour and Employment (State) Festus…