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 Democratic Front (TDF) has said that President Bola Tinubu did not betray or deceive the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on fuel price in arriving at the N70,000 minimum wage. TDF added that Labour and government mutually negotiated and agreed on the minimum wage. In a statement by the Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary Wale Adedayo, TDF maintained that …

The Briton accused of sponsoring the #EndBadGovernance in Nigeria, Andrew Wynne, has continued to push back, tackling the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) by alleging an illegal invasion of his Abuja bookshop and theft of his granddaughter’s bicycle during the 7 July night operation at the Labour House in Abuja. The Nigeria Police Force had on Monday declared Wynne wanted and …

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero has cried of betrayal between the Congress and the Federal Government over the increase in the fuel pump price on Tuesday, 3 September, 2024 after assurance by President Bola Tinubu that N70,000 will be the condition under which the PMS pump price will not be increased.   Press Statement (03/09/2024) …

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has declared that the union will not be intimidated by external pressures, following his appearance at the Intelligence Response Team headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. Ajaero, who was invited by the police to address allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, criminal conspiracy, and treasonable felony, arrived at the IRT office at …

The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed its members nationwide to embark on a peaceful prayer procession on 29th August. The NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, made this known in a letter addressed to all affiliates and state councils on Wednesday in Abuja. The letter, titled “Mobilisation for Peaceful Procession and Prayer Session in Solidarity,” follows an invitation by the police …

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 …

The Civil Society legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has said it worried about the allegations by Nigeria Police, which it describes as an attempt to silence the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). “We are deeply shocked and concerned by the ongoing attempts to incriminate, silence, and blackmail the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for its efforts to champion the …