LAGS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to reverse the petrol pump price to what it was in June 2023, aiming to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians. TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo, made this call in Abuja on Thursday during a press conference. He emphasized the need for the…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Millions of Nigerians are without electricity after the national grid was shut down as part of a general strike over the rising cost of living. The country was plunged into darkness shortly after 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT) when union members prevented operators at the country’s power control rooms from working and…
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…