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Aug

2024

Details Emerge On How Top Nigeria Labour Congress Leader Was Abducted

Top Nigeria Labour Congress Leader Abducted (Details Emerged) The Vice chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Kogi State, Eleojo Opaluwa has been allegedly abducted by the police. According to Vanguard, Opaluwa, an official of the National Union of Electricity Employees was whisked away by operatives of NPF’s Intelligence Response Team, IRT, in Mararaba, Nasarawa State on August 4, 2024 and has been kept incommunicado since. Eyewitnesses said they saw Opaluwa being transported in police vehicles, including a Hilux and a Gulf, after he left his family to meet an unidentified caller. Later that day, around 5 p.m., security personnel…

Aug

2024

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DSS Raids NLC Headquarters Over EndBadGovernance Protest

FGN, Labour, News Flash, Politics

DSS Raids NLC Headquarters Over #EndBadGovernance Protest Security operatives suspected to be from the Department of State Services, DSS, have raided headquarters of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over allegations that members of the organised labour sponsored the #EndBadGovernance protest. Some labour leaders who spoke to Daily Trust on Wednesday night, said everyone in the building had left for their various residence when the operatives stormed the building. One of the labour leaders said he spoke to one of the private security guards attached to building on phone and confirmed that the masked operatives with assorted rifles stormed there at about…

Aug

2024

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1.4 Million Jobs Up As FGN Moves To Revamp Cotton/Textile Industry

Economy, FGN, Labour, News Flash

1.4 Million Jobs Up As FG Moves To Revamp Cotton/Textile Industry The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), has kickstarted the resuscitation of Nigeria’s cotton industry. The target is to create over 1.4 million jobs annually in the cotton/textile sector, while the focus is to develop key components of the cotton value chain comprising farming, weaving, ginning and linking of cotton, all in line with the industrialization drive of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. This was the outcome of a meeting held on Tuesday between Vice President Kashim Shettima and a delegation from the…

Aug

2024

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Hardship Protest: Labour Warns Police To Stop Killing Innocent Citizens

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, Labour, News Flash

Hardship Protests: Labour Tells Police To Stop K¡lling Of Innocent Citizens The organized labour has frowned at the brutal killings of innocent protesters by the security agencies, especially the Nigeria Police. Consequently, organized labour has called the appropriate authorities to fish out the trigger-happy officers for them to face the music just as it commended the officers who carried out their job professionally. A statement issued by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, entitled, “Stop this massacre”, called on President Bola Tinubu to dialogue with the protesters so that all the contentious issues would be settled amicably. The…

Jul

2024

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Housemaid, Private Teacher, Gateman, Others Must Get 70k Minimum Wage – Senate President Declares

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, National Assembly, News Flash

Housemaid, Private Teacher, Gateman, Others Must Get 70K Minimum Wage – Senate President Declares AttNews reports that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced that employers are now required to pay their staff a minimum wage of N70,000. This mandate applies to all employers, including small-scale and informal sector employers, such as those who hire domestic workers or tailors. Akpabio emphasized that no employer can pay their staff below the minimum wage of N70,000, regardless of the type of work or industry. The announcement was made while the new minimum wage bill was passed into law on the Senate floor.…

Jul

2024

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FGN Announces Month To Commence New Minimum Wage Payment

Economy, FGN, Labour, News Flash

FG Announces Month To Commence New Minimum Wage Payment AttNews reports that the presidency has confirmed that the new national minimum wage is expected to take effect in April 2024. The Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, who confirmed this in a post via X on Tuesday, added that workers will be paid arrears of their increase from this period. Olusegun gave the update while confirming that President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly, seeking their approval for the new National Minimum Wage bill. “President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of…

Jul

2024

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Nigerians Are Angry With You – NLC Warns Tinubu Over Looming Hardship Protest

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash

Nigerians Are Angry With You – NLC Warns Tinubu Over Looming Hardship Protest The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has advised President Bola Tinubu to invite the leadership of the protests movement for discussions on their grievances, adding that millions of Nigerians are angry about the state of the national economy. Recently, security agencies have been hunting leaders and promoters of the upcoming nationwide protest, ‘Day of Rage’ against economic hardship in the country. The protest, tagged: #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, which has been scheduled for August aims to address the country’s governance challenges. The NLC in a statement issued on Monday, titled: “Mr.…

Jul

2024

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Gov Otti Meets NLC, TUC And JNC, Reassured His Commitment To The Welfare Of Workers

Abia State, Labour, News Flash

BREAKING NEWS: Governor Alex Otti meets with the leadership of organised Labour in Abia State; Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), reassures of his commitment to the welfare of workers. Against the backdrop of misleading information, Governor Otti says his government has not received any dime from the Federal Government to implement 35,000 Naira wage award for workers in the State but promised to look into the wage award demand of Abia Workers. Governor Otti stated this during a meeting he held with the leadership of the organized labour in the State. He…

Jul

2024

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SSANU, NASU Begin Nationwide Protest

Labour, News Flash

SSANU, NASU Begin Nationwide Protest The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have directed their members across the country to mobilise for a nationwide protest. In a circular directed to all branch chairmen of the two unions and made available to the media in Abuja on Sunday, the unions said the protest would commence on July 9, 2024, across the state chapters of the federation, and a national protest in Abuja on July 18. The circular was jointly signed by the General Secretary of NASU and the National President of SSANU,…

Jul

2024

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Don’t Donate Your Gratuities To Churches, Mosques – Sanw-Olu Advises Pensioners

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Labour, News Flash, Religion

Don’t Donate Your Gratuities To Churches, Mosques – Sanwo-Olu Advises Pensioners Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has urged pensioners in the state to make wise use of their gratuities. Sanwo-Olu spoke on Thursday during the retirement benefit bond certificate presentation ceremony held in Ikeja. The ceremony was organised by the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC). Sanwo-Olu said the state has cleared all pension backlogs with the payment of N4.46 billion to 2,000 retirees. The Lagos governor congratulated the retirees, noting that they have worked to earn the pension given to them by the state government. He advised the pensioners not…