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- 3 Feb 2025
NLC Calls Off Planned Protest over 50 Percent Telecom Tariff Hike
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called off its planned protest against the 50 per cent increase in telecom tariffs. Joe Ajaero, president, NLC, The labour union announced the protest last week,…
- 29 Jan 2025
NLC Mobilises for Nationwide Protest Feb. 4 over Telecom Tariff Hike
Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Wednesday announced February 4, 2025, as the date to embark on a nationwide protest against the 50 percent telecommunications services tariff hike in the country. Joe…
- 25 Sept 2016
Labour Ready for War, to Shut Nigeria over Sale of National Assets
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC); Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC); the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG); and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of…
- 7 Dec 2021
Buhari Sacks Management of AEDC over Strike by Staff
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over Monday’s strike by the staff. A statement from the office of Goddy Jeddy-Agba, minister of…
- 8 Dec 2021
UBA Takes over AEDC over Failure of KANN Consortium to Service Debt
Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) have approved the takeover of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) by the United Bank for Africa…
- 10 Jul 2022
ASUU Strike: Electricity and Rail Workers to Down Tools
Nigerians may be thrown into blackout and experience disruption in rail service nationwide in the coming days, if the Federal Government remains adamant towards the demands of the striking unions in…
- 16 Aug 2022
Blackout Looms as Electricity Workers Threaten Indefinite Strike
Nigeria’s electricity supply crisis could worsen from Wednesday (today) as the organised labour has directed workers in the power sector to down tools and commence an indefinite strike over pending…
- 5 Apr 2023
CBN Battles to Limit Cash-Crunch Fallout
By Shehu Salmanu As Nigeria's Central Bank tries to rebuild trust following a disastrous introduction of new naira bills, customers' faith in the financial system is being tested, as many still…
- 15 Dec 2023
NLC Calls World Bank Enemy of Nigeria for Proposing ₦750/litre for Petrol
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has labelled the World Bank an enemy of the Nigerian nation following the financial institution's proposal to the Federal Government that Premium Motor Spirit (PMS),…
- 19 Dec 2023
NLC Says Cash Scarcity Shameful, Warns FG of Mass Protest
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the current scarcity of naira being experienced by Nigerians as shameful, saying excuses would no longer suffice. NLC also asked the federal government and…
- 26 Feb 2024
NLC Threatens Total Shutdown If Protesters Are Attacked
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to shut down its services all over the country if labour members are attacked during its planned two-day protest beginning February 27, 2024. The Labour,…
- 23 Jan 2025
NLC Announces Nationwide Boycott over Telecom Hike
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), an umbrella group for trade unions, has announced that Nigerians are planning a statewide boycott of telecom services in protest of the Nigerian Communications…
- 7 Feb 2025
ATICEN Commends NLC for Suspending Strike over Telecoms Tariff Hike
Comrade Adede John Williams, president of the Association of Telecommunications, Information Technology, Cable Satellite Network Operators and Allied Services Employers’of Nigeria (ATICEN), has…
- 12 Feb 2025
Angst over Telecom Tariff Hike as Subscribers Demand Sanctions, Labour Orders Boycott
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS), body of telecommunications subscribers in the country has called for sanctions against telecommunications operators in the country…
- 3 Mar 2025
NLC Fumes Over Telecom, Electricity Tariff Hikes
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has alerted its affiliates to prepare for a possible nationwide protest over the recent hike in telecommunications service tariffs and the proposed electricity band…
- 20 Apr 2015
NUEE Oppose Nigeria, Russia Nuclear Plants Deal
National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has urged the President elect, Mohammadu Buhari to resist the on-going discussions between Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) and Russia's Rosatom…
- 27 Mar 2025
Again, Labour Fumes, Threatens Shutdown of Telcos over Non-Implementation of 15 Percent Tariff Reduction
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is threatening to shut down operations of telecommunications companies over their refusal to comment on the 15 percent reduction in telecom tariffs. Recall that that…
- 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…