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Nigeria Labour Congress Demands Immediate Withdrawal Of Soldiers, Others Amid Siege On Headquarters In Abuja

5 months ago797 min

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded the immediate withdrawal of soldiers and other armed security personnel from union’s headquarters in Abuja. On Wednesday night, SaharaReporters broke the news that a large contingent of armed security personnel, believed to be from the Department of State Services, stormed Labour House, forcibly entering and ransacking several floors, and confiscating books and files. According to sources, the agents claimed the seized materials were used to...

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Electricity Tariff Hike: Tinubu Government Must Face Consequences – Nigerian Labour Congress

9 months ago9611 min

The Nigerian government, on Friday, insisted on the 240 per cent hike in tariff payable by power consumers in the band ‘A’ category despite calls for its reversal. It also revealed that the subsidised power pricing regime would be for the short term, with a transition plan to achieve a full cost-reflective tariff within a period of three years. However, the decision did not go down well with the Nigeria Labour Congress, which...

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Nigeria Labour Congress Formed Labour Party, Owns The Party; It Has Interest In How It Is Run –Ayuba Wabba, Ex-NLC Chair

9 months ago9810 min

As the crisis in the Labour Party continues to deepen, a former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba has declared that the party is a property of the Congress. Wabba who spoke on the crisis ravaging the party while featuring on Channels TV programme, explained that LP was formed by NLC as a platform for members of the union to exercise and defend their rights. SaharaReporters had reported the picketing of...

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BREAKING: Labour Party Crisis: Nigeria Labour Congress Writes INEC Chairman, LP Legal Adviser Not To Validate ‘Illegal National Convention’

9 months ago949 min

As the crisis in the Labour Party continues to fester, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Legal Adviser of the Labour Party to desist from validating the “illegal Labour Party National Convention” scheduled for March 27, 2024. In separate letters dated March 22, 2024, addressed to the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the LP National Legal Adviser and obtained by SaharaReporters, NLC warned...