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Minimum wage: FG, Labour shift grounds

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2024

Labour agrees to come down to N100,000, but… [Resolution] Further to the negotiation by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and subsequent withdrawal of Labour from negotiation, the Leadership of the National Assembly intervened on 2nd June, 2024. The Organised Labour

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Businesses, Airports, Hospitals, Power Supply Affected As Labour Begins Nationwide Strike

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2024

Workers have downed tools across the nation as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) begin their industrial action over the hike in electricity tariff and a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage.  While the National Assembly had stepped in at the last minute to avoid the industrial action declared […]

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Breaking: Passengers stranded at Lagos Airport as NLC, TUC strike begins

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2024

The industrial action called by the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC, on Monday kicked off has passengers at the Lagos local airport where stranded as all operations has been cancelled. Checked by our reporter, informed that hundreds of passengers who thronged to the local arm of the airport were turned back by the security operatives. details […]

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Organised Labour grounds Nigeria’s Economy, as NASS, labour meeting ends in deadlock

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2024

A meeting between the National Assembly leadership and the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress has ended without a resolution, paving the way for a nationwide strike on Monday. The meeting, presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House of Representatives Speaker Tajuddeen Abbas, aimed to persuade labour to shelve its planned strike […]

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Aliko Dangote discloses those working against governments from building refineries in Africa

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2024

Africa’s richest man and owner of the $20 billion Dangote Refinery,  Aliko Dangote, has stated that individuals who benefit from fuel importation are deterring African governments from constructing refineries in the continent. Dangote made this statement during a conversation with CNN’s reporter, Eleni Giokos, at his refinery in Lagos, Nigeria. According to him, no

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Nigeria Returns To Regional Government With Effect From October 1st

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2024

with a New Governance Model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”  Abill proposing a return to regional government in Nigeria is before the National Assembly and is expected to passed into law before October 1, 2024. Part of the draft bill circulating on social media, seen by SaharaReporters is titled: “A Bill for an Act […]