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BREAKING: 2024 budget allegedly padded by over ₦3trn, Northern Senators to meet Tinubu
Joseph Irikefe
The Northern Senators Forum (NSF), said it would meet President Bola Tinubu over alleged N3 trillion padding discovered in the 2024 budget.
Chairman of the Forum, Senator Abdul Ningi, disclosed this…
FG suspends implementation of Expatriate Employment Levy after ministers, stakeholders’ meeting
Joseph Irikefe
The Federal Government has put on hold the implementation of the newly introduced Expatriate Employment Levy (EEL) intended to address wage gaps between expatriates and Nigerian workers while encouraging…
Hardship: Nigerians now scavengers, Ajero NLC President laments
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has lamented that Nigerians have become scavengers due to the rising economic hardship in the country.
Ajaero said this at the 11th quadrennial delegates’…
Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC split, want different pay in zones
Joseph Irikefe
Organised Labour was divided, Thursday, over what the new minimum wage should be. The lack of unanimity was evident at public hearings organised by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, TCNMW,…
Deji Adeyanju calls for sack of Power Minister, Adelabu
Maureen Aguta
Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has called on the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to sack Nigeria's Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu.
Adeyanju who described Adelabu as clueless made this…
TUC to Tinubu: We’re not politicians, it’s our right to protest
Joseph Irikefe
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has responded to a dig by President Bola Tinubu where he told the labour unions to stop their protests and wait for 2027 to join the political process.
The president at…
BREAKING: NLC President, Joe Ajaero responds to President Tinubu, says he should stop playing…
Ajaero’s full statement below:
PRESIDENT: WE ARE NOT AFTER YOUR JOB
The recent statements attributed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the commissioning of the Red-Line Railway Project have sparked deep concern within…
15 confirmed dead in Burkina Faso Catholic Church attack
Joseph Irikefe
At least 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday.
It took place during Sunday worship in Essakane village in Oudalan…
NLC suspends protest, gives FG fresh 14-day ultimatum
Maureen Aguta
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its protest slated for take off today, saying it has achieved “overwhelming success on day one” of the protest.
It however said “nationwide action continues…
BREAKING: FG moves to avert national protests, locked in meeting with labour
Maureen Aguta
Top officials of the Federal Government, including Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, are meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to avert…