…give FG fresh one week ultimatum Samuel Adesola, Abuja Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of their nationwide strike for one week. TUC President, Festus Osifo, made this announcement following a joint extraordinary National Executive Council meeting of the unions in Abuja. “A joint NEC meeting of TUC/NLC has approved to relax the industrial action for one week with immediate effect,” Osifo said. Labour is expected to make further details public in a communique to be issued later. Both the NLC and the TUC alongside their affiliates had embarked…
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Senator representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, Senator Abdul Ningi, on Tuesday, returned to plenary sessions after a three-month suspension. Senate had pardoned and recalled him, ending his suspension that began on March 12, 2024. Last week, Deputy Minority Leader Senator Abba Moro moved a motion for Ningi’s recall. Moro had expressed regret on Ningi’s behalf, taking responsibility for his actions. Senate President Godswill Akpabio subsequently announced Ningi’s unconditional recall following pleas from some lawmakers. Ningi’s suspension followed a controversial interview where he has alleged discrepancies in the 2024 budget. The Senator had claimed that the National Assembly approved N25tn while…
As the tussle for the throne of the Kano emirate lingers, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has recognised Muhammadu Sanusi II as the lawful monarch of the emirate. Apart from the fact that all the district heads across the 44 local government areas of Kano, the council chairmen, commissioners and well meaning Kano people and Nigerians consider him as the one on the throne, the NBA has also identified with Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano, by inviting him to their ongoing annual conference in Kano. The conference, holding at Amani Event Centre, Kano, which had in attendance the…
Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, suspended their strike for five days, a leader of the NLC told our correspondent in Abuja. The Centres are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government. The PUNCH reports that after a six-hour meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Abuja, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage. The agreement stated, “The President of Nigeria, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, is committed to establishing a National Minimum Wage higher…
. President is Guest Speaker President Bola Tinubu, will attend the 30th anniversary of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola’s 1994 self-declaration as President – elect in old Epetedo Hall, Lagos Island. The event will also be attended by Governors Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo State), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta State), Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq (Kwara State), Prof Charles Soludo (Anambra State) and others. The anniversary, which will hold between June 11 and 12, will feature a lecture with the theme, “Converting pain of June 12 Election Annulment to gain of present Administration.” President Tinubu will be the…
…says Tuesday review meeting’ll determine when workers’ll return to work Samuel Adesola, Abuja Nigeria Labour Congress says the ongoing nationwide strike will continue despite the agreement signed with the Federal Government at Monday night’s meeting. NLC, in a post on X, on Tuesday, said the one-day old strike, which has grounded the nation’s economy, will continue until Tuesday’s meeting of organs of the union where all resolutions of Monday’s meeting are expected to be reviewed. “Until we hear from our organs at our meeting scheduled for today, June 4, we are still on strike,” the post read. On Monday night,…
There are indications that the organised Labour may end its strike over the new minimum wage as it reached an agreement with the Federal Government on Monday. After a six-hour meeting in Abuja, the Federal Government expressed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to raising the N60,000 offered as the minimum wage. The meeting, held in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on Monday evening aimed to resolve the impasse and bring an end to the industrial action that had paralysed various sectors across the country. After extensive deliberations, several key resolutions were reached. The…
Although returning to the old National Anthem is not a problem because it contains some gracious, patriotic and prayerful words, Nigerians, especially politicians should stop rubbishing some phrases, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Most Rev Ignatius Kaigama, has said. He also called on the nation’s leaders to ensure they the hasty passing of the National Anthem Bill with accelerated presidential endorsement ushers in a revolutionary transformation in governance and an unprecedented emancipation from hunger, poverty, insecurity, disease and violence. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the National Anthem Bill, replacing the ‘Arise O Compatriots’ with the old version, ‘Nigeria We…
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said that the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and other groups that shut down the national grid should be thankful that Nigeria is not under a military regime. The Transmission Company of Nigeria announced the complete shutdown of Nigeria’s power grid by labour unions as the strike by the NLC and TUC began. NLC and TUC initiated a nationwide industrial action on Monday to protest against the Federal Government’s proposal of a N60,000 minimum wage. In a statement released on Monday morning by TCN spokesperson,…
Nigeria Labour Congress has explained why workers in the electricity sector shut down the national grid on Monday. NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in a statement on Monday, accused the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria of being economical with the truth by claiming that the monitoring and compliance team of NLC attacked workers manning their facilities. Ajaero vowed that Nigerian workers will not be intimidated by any form of falsehood dished out by TCN or any other agency or organisation of the government. Nigeria was thrown into darkness following the shut down of the national power grid by…