By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has debunked reports alleging that it is owing its security workers over six months salaries. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Pius Ughakpoteni, made clarification in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday....
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embarked on a nationwide strike without any formal notice if there is further increase in the pump price of fuel. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this at the ongoing African Alliance of Trade Unions meeting on Monday in Abuja....
Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hussaini Gumel, has dismissed reports about protests by residents of the state over the planned deployment of military personnel by ECOWAS to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic. Gumel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the...
The National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Council (NANS JCC), Lagos State says it suspended its planned protest against the hike in UNILAG school fees due to the intervention by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Idowu Owohunwa. A statement on Tuesday by the Chairman of the association,...
The Federal Government says it has withdrawn the contempt of court proceedings against organised labour for embarking on a nationwide protest. This is contained in a letter addressed to the lead counsel to the NLC, Falana and Falana’s Chambers and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Thursday dismissed allegations of misappropriation of funds levelled against the leadership of the commission by its union members. NUPRC management made this known in a statement issued in Abuja while reacting to the protest and allegations by the local branch...
Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) employees on Wednesday called for the sack of their Chief Executive, Mr Gbenga Komolafe, over alleged fraud and abuse of office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the workers had on Tuesday besieged the offices of the commission in Jabi and...
The organised labour has suspended its nationwide protest after meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday evening at the State House, Abuja. The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) was led by its President, Joe Ajaero, while Festus Usifo led the Trade Union Congress (TUC). Consequent upon the...
The Organised Labour says it has resumed dialogue with the Federal Government to allow full implementation of its pledge and commitment on the removal of fuel subsidy. President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero, stated this in statement jointly signed with Mr Festus Osifo, President, Trade Union...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over three communities in Cross River State – Ugbem, Ekpri Iko, Iwuru Obio Ntan, and among others, all in Biase Local Government Area have staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate transfer of Magistrate I. I Abam; an embattled trial Magistrate accused of...
Lagos State Police Command has deployed operatives to guard legitimate protesters at designated venues and routes, as the organised labour begins nationwide protest against alleged anti-labour policies. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...
The Organised Labour Union in Ebonyi has urged the federal and state government to prioritise slashing the cost of governance for sustainable development. The Union, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), noted that such cut would go a long way in...
The Kaduna State Council of the NLC on Tuesday called on its members to be orderly and to ensure public safety during Wednesday’s mass demonstration over the removal of fuel subsidy. The Secretary, Comrade Gado Titus, stated in Kaduna that the council was not oblivious of the volatile situation...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana says the Nigeria Labour Congress and its affiliates can proceed on the Aug. 2 strike and protest as planned, saying the exercise does not translate to contempt of court. This is contained in a letter from the Falana Falana Chambers, solicitors to the...
The Arewa Citizens Watch for Good Governance, (ACWGG), a watchdog group advocating good governance, says it will hold massive protests on Aug. 3 against fuel subsidy removal. The group said the protest was to show dissatisfaction with the leadership of the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum...
The Lagos State Government has explained why it carried out a recent demolition of distressed buildings in Alaba International Market in Ojo Local Council of the state. According to the state government, the demolition exercise was neither a witch-hunt nor intended to acquire the land but done to...
Large numbers of protesters have taken to the streets of Iran following another desecration of the Koran in Sweden. Worshippers took part in the state-organised nationwide protests after Friday prayers, state media reported. On Thursday evening, the Swedish ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Tehran, a sharp...
One of the subjects of the Awaiting Trial documentary, Obiajunu Iloanya has begun a one-woman protest for her missing brother, Chijioke Iloanya who went missing after being detained by Awkuzu SARS. “I don’t have any options, except to keep on fighting for justice. First, for my brother and my...
Road sweepers in Edo, on Monday, took to the street of Benin City to protest against the payment of N17,820 as salary by the State Waste Management Board. The sweepers, who were majorly women, in their numbers, stormed the secretariat of the Edo council of Nigeria Union of Journalists...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says it will introduce detention allowance to members arrested during protests.nlc Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this on Thursday in Abuja when he led workers on a second day picketing of Shaanxi Construction Company building site at the ECOWAS Headquarters. The News Agency...