The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero on Friday gave an account of how he was brutalised in Imo State, saying police operatives handed him over to some suspected thugs for beating. The NLC president narrated his traumatic experience at a world press conference in Abuja. The development is coming barely 24 hours before the governorship election …

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said it will join the proposed strike of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Last week, NLC and Trade Union Congress declared an indefinite strike action from 3rd October, to protest the insensitivity of the government in providing palliatives to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy. In a communique …

The National Association of Nurses and Midwives has said its members would join the proposed nationwide strike. This was contained in a notice of indefinite nationwide strike signed by its Secretary T. A. Shettima, National President, Nnachi Michael Ekuma and Deputy National President, Shehu Abubakar, among others. “You would recall that the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will begin a two-day warning strike next Tuesday in preparation for a total shutdown which will start in 21 days. The decision was taken at the end of its National Executive Council meeting which was held in the early hours of Friday. A communique released by the labour centre and jointly signed by its National …