Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that Nigeria’s ₦70,000 national minimum wage is no longer enough to meet the needs of workers as inflation and the rising cost of living continue to bite. The demand was made during the 2026 Nigeria Rights of Workers Summit held in Birnin Kebbi,...
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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to urgently introduce relief measures to cushion the economic hardship facing millions of Nigerians following the recent spike in petrol prices. In a statement issued by its president, Joe Ajaero, the labour union said the sharp increase in the...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained that its planned nationwide protest slated for December 17 is a response to the country’s worsening insecurity and a call for urgent, coordinated action by all stakeholders. Speaking with journalists in Gombe on Saturday after a meeting with Governor Inuwa Yahaya on labour-related...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that it will embark on a nationwide protest on December 17, citing what it described as the worsening insecurity across the country. The decision was announced in a communiqué issued on Monday after the NLC’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Lagos....
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a firm four-week ultimatum to the Federal Government, demanding the resolution of all ongoing issues affecting the nation’s tertiary education sector. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, announced the deadline during an emergency press briefing held in Abuja on Monday, following a high-level consultation with...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has sharply criticized the Federal Government’s enforcement of its “No work, no pay” directive, insisting that the union’s firm stance remains: “No pay, no work.” Speaking to journalists after a courtesy visit to Governor Alex Otti in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South LGA of Abia State,...
Organised Labour has appealed to the Federal Government not to compress the civic space by restricting citizens from freely expressing themselves. President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero, made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja, at the 2025 Pre – May Day Lecture, organised by the NLC and...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said it is a highly patriotic organisation considering the type of work and advocacy it does. The President of NLC, Mr Joe Ajaero, expressed this view in Abuja when he hosted in his office, Mr James Mike, a civil rights activist, popularly known...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it would embark on a nationwide mass rally on Tuesday February 4, 2025, in protest of the 50 per cent telecom tariff increase recently approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). According to a communique signed by the NLC president, Joe Ajaero,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the latest increase in the pump price of petrol will further deepen poverty as production capacities dip. The Congress added that the increase would lead to more jobs lost with multidimensional negative effects, and therefore, demanded its immediate reversal. NLC position...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency has denied allegations of human rights abuses and violations in Nigeria made by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in the United Kingdom. Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga, described the claims as false and misleading. Onanuga explained that the Nigerian government...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released labour leader Joe Ajaero, Channels Television has learnt. Ajaero, who confirmed his release to our correspondent, said the secret police allowed him to go home around 11 pm on Monday. The Nigeria Labour Congress president said he was grilled for about...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has described allegations by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) that its officers had taken control of its Abuja and Lagos offices, as “inaccurate and misleading” The DSS, in a publication on its website on Tuesday in Abuja said a team of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vehemently condemned the detention of its leader, Joe Ajaero, describing it as illegal and an affront to workers’ rights and democratic principles. Deputy President of NLC, Mr Adeyanju Adewale, said this in a communique at the end of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of its President, Mr Joe Ajaero. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajaero was allegedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport on his way to the...
The Department of State for Security (DSS) has arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Aiport in Abuja, on Monday on his way to the United Kingdom for an official assignment, the NLC said. Head of Information...
The Nigeria Police Force has again invited the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. Also invited along with Ajaero is the Secretary General of the union, Emmanuel Ugboaja. The invitation letter is dated August 28, 2024, a day before Ajaero honoured the earlier invitation at the...
Maxwell Opara, a lawyer to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says the Police have retracted their earlier reasons for summoning the labour leader. Opara disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, shortly after the labour leader in company with his lawyers returned from honouring the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has returned to the Labour House after honouring the invitation of the police at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday morning. It was gathered that Mr. Ajaero was accompanied by human rights lawyer Femi...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says its President, Mr Joe Ajaero will honour the invitation by the Nigeria Police Force for investigation over alleged terrorism, subversion. NLC Deputy President, Mr Kabiru Sani, said the Congress arrived at the decision at its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on...