Nigeria is grappling with a Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) crisis, with data showing an increase in reported cases of violence against women and girls over the years. One gender advocate campaigning against SGBV is Grace Abbin, the manager of the Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in Kafanchan, Kaduna State. Her non-governmental organisation provides … Read more
The State Security Service (SSS) has said it was not involved in the security raid on the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday night. PREMIUM TIMES reported the raid, as announced by the NLC, whose spokesperson said it was carried out by “heavily armed” security operatives including police operatives. Some of the security … Read more
Borno South senator Ali Ndume has criticised the new N70,000 minimum wage approved by President Bola Tinubu for Nigerian workers. Mr Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president, said the approved minimum wage cannot sustain a household because it can only buy 50kg of rice. The senator stated this in … Read more
The police in Rivers State on Monday allowed former chairpersons of Rivers local councils to hold protest marches in some parts of Rivers, the same day the police had advised the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the state to suspend its planned protest. Most of the former chairpersons of the local councils … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has refuted claims by President Bola Tinubu that an agreement on a new minimum wage has been reached. During his Democracy Day broadcast on Wednesday, President Tinubu announced that a consensus had been reached between the federal government and organised labour on a new national minimum wage. He stated that an executive … Read more
The Nigerian Army on Monday explained the presence of soldiers at the venue of the negotiation between the federal government and Nigeria’s organised labour over the ongoing nationwide strike press for new minimum wage for workers. Earlier on Monday, the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), one of Nigeria’s two major labour unions leading the new minimum wage … Read more
The indefinite strike by labour unions may soon end after the unions late Monday reached an agreement with the federal government on a new national minimum wage. The agreement was reached at a meeting convened by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, in Abuja. The meeting was also attended by … Read more
The federal government has called on the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to return to the negotiation table following the commencement of an indefinite strike by the unions. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the call in a statement on Monday. The NLC and TUC began an … Read more
Representatives of the federal government and the leadership of the National Assembly are currently in a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress( NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Abuja. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the meeting, which began at about 5.30 p.m. at the National Assembly complex, was at the … Read more
The meeting between representatives of the federal government, leadership of the National Assembly and officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over the proposed national minimum wage ended in deadlock on Sunday. The meeting which began around 5:50 p.m. and ended at 8:45 p.m. was held behind closed-door at … Read more
