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Harmonising Retirement Age in Nigeria: A Call for Consistency

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2025

By Raphael Oni The retirement age in Nigeria has sparked intense debate, with various government agencies and institutions operating under different retirement ages. This inconsistency raises concerns about fairness, equity, and the need for a unified approach. Recently, the organized labour

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NLC declares nationwide protest over telecom tariff hike

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2025

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a nationwide anti-telecom tariff hike protest on Tuesday, February 4. The Nation learnt that the nationwide protest was agreed on at the ongoing National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting of NLC. It is aimed at sounding a note of warning to the government that workers would resist […]

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(Breaking News ) Nationwide Strike : NASS, NLC, TUC, Others In Crucial Meeting In Abuja

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2024

The National Assembly leadership and that of the organised Labour, NLC are currently holding an emergency crucial meeting in Abuja apparently to avert the proposed national strike slated for Monday The meeting which is holding at the National Assembly complex is being presided over by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio with the […]

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Strike: FG, NLC, TUC in close door meeting at Aso Villa

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2023

The Federal Government and the organised Labour are currently discussing behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sunday’s emergency meeting which was at the behest of the Federal Government, is a last-minute effort to prevent the nationwide indefinite strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria slated for […]

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Fuel hike, other anti-poor policies: Weapons of war against Nigerian workers and masses – NLC

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2023

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said the recent hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol, and other perceived anti-poor policies were weapons of war against Nigerian workers and masses. According to NLC, impoverishing workers and pushing millions more into hellish living does not, in any way, approximate […]

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NLC, TUC threaten strike over kidnapped chairman in Cross River

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2021

Organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and their affiliate unions have threatened to go on strike in the next 24 hours if the kidnapped state chairman of NLC, Ben Ukpepi was not released unharmed. They took the decision through a communique issued after an emergency meeting in Calabar on Monday […]