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- 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…
- 6 Feb 2012
Strike: ICT Users Groan
The suspended mother of all strikes embarked upon by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to protest the hike in the pump price of petrol, took a toll on ICT services…
- 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…
- 8 Apr 2013
Labour to Down Tools Tomorrow over N1Bn Pension
Organized labour made up of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union Congress (TUC) and civil society groups has declared tomorrow (Wednesday) work-free day for the mass protests in Lagos and Abuja…
- 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…
- 11 Jul 2018
ATCON Bemoans NLC for Picketing MTN Offices
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has berated the recent demonstration by the Nigerian Labour Congress in front of MTN’s headquarters and branches nationwide. …
- 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…
- 9 Jul 2018
MTN Reacts as NLC Pickets Firm over Anti-Labour Laws
MTN Nigeria, has berated Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), for picketing its corporate head office in Lagos and other operational offices across the country over alleged refusal to allow its employees…
- 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…
- 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…
- 11 Jan 2021
FG Threatens Sanctions for Expatriate Policy Violation
The Special Ministerial Task Force on Monitoring and Enforcement of Nigerian Expatriate Business Permit and Expatriate Quota Administration has said the Federal Government will sanction any company…
- 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…
- 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…
- 22 Oct 2021
Labour to Launch Online TV Platform
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it will soon inaugurate its online television to enable Nigerian workers tell their own stories. Ayubba Waba, president, NLC, who stated this at the 40th…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 15 Apr 2015
Check-Off Dues: NLC to Picket NIPOST – Official
Mr Sunday Alhassan, the President, Nigeria Union of Postal Telecommunication Employees (NUPTE), said the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) would soon picket the office of the Nigerian Postal Service…
- 16 Aug 2017
Racism Allegations, Staff Exodus Hit StarTimes Nigeria
StarTimes, a popular Chinese pay TV company in Nigeria, has come under weighty allegations of systemic racism and anti-labour practices by its Nigerian employees and ex-staff. Nigeria…
- 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…
- 12 Jul 2018
NLC’s Destruction of MTN Infrastructures Violates Global ILO Rule -Okigbo
Tobechukwu Okigbo, Corporate Relations Executive, MTN Nigeria, has reiterated MTN’s condemnation on the violence that characterized the three-day picketing of its offices by the Nigerian Labour…
- 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 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,…
- 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…
- 18 Feb 2021
Senator Accuses Banks of Turning Female Marketers to Sex Slaves
The Senate, on Thursday, considered a bill seeking to stop employers in the private and public sectors from engaging employable Nigerian graduates as casual workers. The Prohibition of Casualization…
- 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),…
- 27 Sept 2020
Labour Vows to Shut Down Airports, Banks, Others from Today
Organised Labour in Lagos State has said all sectors would be shut from Monday. Amaechi Asogwuni, deputy vice president, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), spoke at a news conference on Sunday, said…
- 6 Feb 2012
How Social Media Fueled ‘Occupy Nigeria’ Protests
Social media played a profound role in recruiting and spreading calls for action that contributed to the success of the recent strike and street protests organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress…
- 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…
- 1 Oct 2013
Organised Labour Miffed @ Killings, Insecurity in Nigeria
Organised labour yesterday, accused the federal government of failing in its responsibility of ensuring the protection of lives and property of the Nigerian citizenry. Abdulwahed Omar, president,…