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- 24 Aug 2015
Reps Get N46, 000 Daily as Newspaper Allowance- NLC President
Mr Ayuba Wabba, president, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advised members of the National Assembly to reduce their salaries and allowances in line with the present economic reality in the…
- 9 Sept 2015
NLC Calls for Death Penalty against Corrupt Officials
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Civil Society on Tuesday advocated for capital punishment against corrupt officials as obtained in China and India. Ayuba Wabba, NLC…
- 16 Sept 2018
NLC Urges NCC, EFCC, Others to Probe MTN’s Operations in Nigeria
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday asked government agencies to closely monitor the operations of MTN Nigeria, in the light of the Thabo Mbeki report on illicit financial flow. Ayuba Wabba,…
- 3 Jan 2017
NLC Seeks FG Partnership to Curb Outsourcing of Jobs in Telecom Sector
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will collaborate with the Federal Government to stop out-sourcing of jobs in the telecom sector, among others. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, said this in a…
- 17 Aug 2018
NLC May Picket NCC over Telcos ‘excesses’
Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), may risk picketing of its premises by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) if the NCC fails to address what it described as excess of telecommunications services…
- 7 Aug 2018
NLC Accuses NCC, MTN of Undermining National Security
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of aiding telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria to disobey extant Nigerian laws and international Labour…
- 25 Aug 2020
NLC Battles Chevron over Sack of 175 Workers via Whatsapp
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the federal government to urgently halt the sack of about one hundred of seventy five Nigerians working with Chevron across the country via whatsapp…
- 22 Sept 2020
Labour Plans Protest over Increase in Fuel Price, Electricity Tariff Hike Monday
Labour and civil society coalition under the umbrella of Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to embark on a nationwide protest against recent hike in prices of…
- 27 May 2021
NLC to Strike if FG Implements Proposed N408.5/Litre Fuel Price
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has opposed the proposal by the Nigeria Governors Forum(NGF) that price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, be raised from N162/litre to N408.5/litre. The…
- 11 Mar 2022
NESG Lauds 2021 Finance Act, Seeks Implementation
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, has lauded 2021 Finance Act as it enhances non-oil revenue and supports the implementation of Nigeria’s annual budget. This was stated by Laoye Jaiyeola, the…
- 11 May 2016
FG Blames Forex Problems for N145 Petrol Price
Federal government, yesterday, hiked the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, directing marketers to sell at between N135 and N145 per litre. The government claimed the move…
- 9 Jun 2016
Banks Halt Retrenchment, Labour Hands Banks 21-Day Ultimatum to Reverse Sack
Nigerian Bankers’ Committee at their 327th meeting in Abuja on Thursday agreed to halt the spate of recent mass sack in the industry. This came as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade…
- 4 Jan 2017
Huawei Denies Plans to Move NOC to India
Huawei, technology giant said that it has no plans to relocate the Network Operating Centres (NOCs) it runs on behalf of the carriers in the country to India as alleged by the Nigerian Labour…
- 16 Jan 2017
Stakeholders Seek Clear Local Content Policy in Telecom Sector
Stakeholders in the telecommunications sector have frowned at the absence of clear local content policy in the industry which has resulted in massive loss of jobs meant for Nigerians. They also…
- 10 Oct 2017
NLC Pickets MTN, Others for Maltreating Workers
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said that it picketed the corporate headquarters of MTN and the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), because of their anti-labour activities and inhuman…
- 10 Jul 2018
NLC Offers Reasons for Picketing MTN
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said that it decided to picket all MTN offices nationwide because of the unfriendly Labour practice of the company, saying no amount of blackmail will…