By the time the Department of State Services (DSS) released Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, last Monday evening, he had become contrite, remorseful and perhaps ashamed of his uninformed action. The labour leader was invited twice by the secret police and twice he failed to honour the invitation. As I learnt, during the second invitation, Ajaero even …

A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Dennis Amachree has argued that since the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Joe Ajaero is under investigation for alleged terrorism financing and related offences, he is not supposed to leave Nigeria. As guest of Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday night, Amachree said: “There is an …

The Presidency on Tuesday said that the invitation extended by the Department of State Services (DSS) to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero has nothing to do with his role as the country’s No. 1 labour leader. Ajaero was arrested by the DSS on his way out of the country to conference of the Trade …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, announced his release in a tweet on Monday night. “BREAKING: The fascist regime of @officialABAT has released the @NLCHeadquarters President Joe Ajaero from @OfficialDSSNG custody …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a Monday midnight to the Federal Government to unconditionally release its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, or face dire consequences. NLC has therefore fixed a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting for Tuesday, 9 am to take appropriate response if Ajaero was not released. In a communiqué at the end of its National Administrative Council …

Operatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS) have arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. According to PUNCH Online, Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his way to the United Kingdom for an official assignment. The NLC president was billed to attend the Trade Union Congress (TUC) …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is threatening to shut down the country’s economy if its president, Joe Ajaero, is arrested by the police. Ajaero has been invited for questioning by the police authorities over serious allegations that border on the security of the country and the wellbeing of Nigerians. That’s on one side. On the other side is the Academic …

Following the ongoing face-off between it and Nigeria Police, the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked its members to be ready to commence a nationwide strike if need be by midnight of Tuesday. The labour centre said in a communique after its emergency National Executive Council in Abuja that it had directed all the state chapters and affiliates …

The police yesterday threatened to issue warrant of arrest on Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero should he fail to appear before an investigative panel today. Ajaero got an invitation yesterday from the police over alleged terrorism financing, treasonable felony, cybercrime and other related offences. He was asked to show up at the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) Office, Old Abattoir …

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has distanced itself from the N500,000 being canvassed as the new minimum wage, saying it has yet to adopt a position on an amount to be presented to the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage for workers. The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH in Yola, …