•Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that reforms introduced during his time as military head of state were designed to free Nigeria’s labour movement from foreign influence at the height of the Cold War. Speaking at the 85th birthday celebration and book launch of former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president, Hassan Sunmonu...
•UK Flag Labour scored a surprise win in a Scottish Parliament by-election today, giving UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government a rare moment of celebration. Labour won with 8,559 votes, overturning the comfortable majority of 4,582 earned by the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 2021, reports AFP. The SNP were favourites going into ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to rescue Nigerians living in Saudi Arabia affected by the recent labour and immigration reforms introduced by the Saudi authorities. The call followed the adoption of a motion on urgent public importance moved by Rep. Muhammad Bello Shehu (NNPP, Kano) ...
•Sunak and Starmer Labour has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, meaning Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister. •PM-elect Keir Starmer Meanwhile, as the final figures come in, Labour is expected to win 410 seats, with the Conservatives on 144, reports BBC. Also, Rishi Sunak has accepted defeat, and […]
•People sit on benches during a general election campaign Britain’s political leaders made a final frantic push for votes today on the last day of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted he was still “fighting hard” despite one of his closest […...
•Peter Obi In a surprise move, Peter Obi, the former Nigerian presidential candidate, has thrown his weight behind the Labour Party in the upcoming UK election. This was contained in a tweet posted on his verified X handle today. The endorsement comes just days before the July 4 poll, and is seen as a significant […]
Manufacturers and Organised Labour have kicked against the Federal Government’s 240 per cent hike in the tariff payable by electricity users enjoying a 20-hour power supply. They insisted on the electricity subsidy, warning that its removal would send manufacturers out of business and worsen inflation, reports The PUNCH. The subsidy on electri...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero There are strong indications that Organised Labour will push for N500,000 as the minimum wage as the zonal public hearing on the new wage structure begins on Thursday (today) in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, and Abuja. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in an interview on […]
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress to shelve their proposed nationwide protest. On February 16, the NLC announced a nationwide protest scheduled for February 27 and 28, in response to the economic challenges facing the country, reports Sunday PUNCH. This decision followed t...
•Tinubu and labour leaders Some federal civil servants today in separate interviews with our correspondent confirmed that the federal government has started the payments of the November 2023 wage award, ostensibly following the strike notice issued by the Organised Labour. The payment of wage awards to Nigerian workers was one of the deals agr...
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