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September 10, 2017
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NLC, among other things, urges FG not to release another Paris Club refund

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to release the third another tranche of the Paris Club refund to state governors until they commit to use the money to settle outstanding salaries, allowances and pension of workers and retirees in the country. As reported by The Nation, the congress is also... Read More
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September 5, 2017
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NLC, TUC decry attitude of FG over NPA $20m alleged bribery

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its counterpart, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have frowned at the Federal Government’s attitude in handling international corruption cases where Nigerians have been indicted. They particularly referred to the treatment of the recent $20 million bribery scandal case involving some former top executive officers of the Nigerian Ports Authority... Read More
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September 1, 2017
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Kogi civil servants reject Gov Bello’s 50% salary

The organised labour in Kogi has rejected the state government’s offer of 50 percent salaries to civil servants in the state. According to Punch, the labour union said its rejection of half salaries proposed by the state followed a meeting by the union and the government, which ended in a deadlock. In the bulletin issued... Read More
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July 17, 2017
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The economy cannot recover with poorly paid workers – Labour leader

Labour leader, Isa Aremu appealed to the Federal Government to constitute a national minimum wage review committee without delay to alleviate workers’ suffering. He said this on Monday, adding that the economy cannot grow when workers are being paid poorly. “There is no way the economy can recover with poorly paid workers,’’ Aremu said according to... Read More
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August 31, 2016
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‘Unemployment rate in Nigeria will continue to rise’ – NLC

The Nigerian Labour Congress on Wednesday said there are indications that unemployment rate will increase owing to the current economic situation in the country. This was revealed by the General Secretary of the NLC, Eson-Ozo during an interview with NAN in Abuja. “This is because the way things are now, given all the economic parameters,... Read More
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May 12, 2016
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YNaija Approves: Fuel subsidy removal is timely, welcome, and in order

It was inevitable. President Muhammadu Buhari knew it, and anyone who pays more than passing attention to good governance knew it. To keep the fuel subsidy regime or discard the behemoth weighing down the Nigerian vehicle? Buhari has decided to allow market forces a chance to determine the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), in... Read More
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April 26, 2015
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Olu Onemola: Let’s recognise the ‘tree shakers’ who got Buhari elected

by Olu Onemola …those that have worked to make Nigeria better – the activists, the vibrant academics, the ‘tell-the-truth-as-it-is’ journalists, the fearless politicians, and the everyday Nigerians that have wrestled against overwhelming odds to achieve the objectives of our common struggles have never been the inheritors of their own successes. The ‘Tree Shakers’ have existed... Read More
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September 24, 2014
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Mutiny: Senate says no mercy for condemned soldiers…but NLC pleads

by Laila Ibrahim The Senate has said that it will not plead for the lives of the 12 soldiers who violated rules of the army. 12 soldiers were on the 16th of September sentenced to death for mutiny, after firing gunshots at their General Officer Commanding (GOC), Abubakar Mohammed, in Maiduguri on May 14. The... Read More
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July 17, 2013
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Crude oil theft: We must hold our leaders accountable – NLC calls for mass action

by Rachel Ogbu The Nigerian Labour Congress has said that Nigerians have cried out enough against oil theft in the country without concrete efforts by the government to stop crude oil losses therefore it was now time to take to the streets and protest. On Tuesday, the NLC reportedly called on Nigerians to demand decisive actions... Read More
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March 19, 2013
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They said, he said: “Bill Gates cancelled visit to Nigeria” – Premium Times, “It’s untrue, Gates rescheduled the trip” – Reuben Abati

by Rachel Ogbu According to a Premium Times report, United States philanthropist and 2nd richest man in the world, Bill Gates is the latest public figure to react to the infamous state pardon given to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Shettima Bulama by cancelling his planned official visit to Nigeria. Gates who is expected in Nigeria on March 27 to... Read More
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March 15, 2013
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NLC alarmed by decision to pardon Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, says FG sending the wrong message

by Rachel Ogbu The Federal Government is receiving more backlashing following its decision to grant a state pardon to former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyesiegha, and a former Managing Director, Bank of the North, Shettima Bulama. Most recently the criticism has come from the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. On Thursday, the NLC urged the Federal Government to withdraw... Read More
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November 12, 2012
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Showdown in Sokoto: NLC threatens strike over Gov. Wammako’s alleged flogging of PHCN staff

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Labour Congress is threatening to go on strike over allegations that the Sokoto State governor, Aliyu Wamakko flogged a Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) staff to a state of coma. NLC president, Abdulwaheed Omar threatened that the labour union is prepared to shut all economic activities in the state... Read More
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August 10, 2012
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NLC threatens nationwide industrial strike

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Labour Congress might be heading for another nationwide industrial strike if its demands are not met by the Federal Government. The Labour Union made its intention known yesterday after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Benin, Edo State, which discussed several issues regarding the state of the nation. The... Read More
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January 23, 2012
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#OccupyNigeriaReview: Move over ‘impasse’, the new Nigerian word is ‘deadlock’!

By Adebola Rayo Every time something happens in Nigeria, we add new words to our vocabulary. I’m sure we all remember “cabal”, which started while Yar’Adua lay comatose and an unknown and (at the time) untouchable cabal supposedy ran the country. The word was resurrected by Jonathan when the subsidy issue started, of course there... Read More
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January 4, 2012
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History in Progress! Muslims & Christians in Kano come together for over 10 hours to protest #FuelSubsidyRemoval – See Photos

by Seyi Lawal Nigerians have witnessed a remarkable sense of unity of purpose, bound together by rage over the fuel subsidy removal policy of the Federal Government of Nigeria, across the country from Lokojo to Ilorin, Lagos to Ibadan. And now, in Kano, the #OccupyNigeria protest, or the #HarmattanRevolution as some have called it, is... Read More
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