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The federal government of Nigeria is meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the ongoing indefinite nationwide strike.

The Nigerian government through the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has invited leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria for a meeting in Abuja over the ongoing nationwide strike by Organised Labour.  It was learnt that the meeting, slated for Wednesday afternoon, also had the Minister of Labour, Simon Lalong, and Minister of state for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyeajocha in attendance. 

Members of the labour unions and their affiliates commenced an indefinite national strike on Tuesday.

NPFL champions Enyimba continued their poor start to the new season, going down to a 1-0 defeat against Doma United at the Pantami Township Stadium on

The House of Representatives has announced its intervention, with Speaker Tajudeen Abbas revealing that the leadership of the National Assembly will step in immediately. | Pulse Nigeria

Born in Lagos State on January 3, 1996, Mohbad died in controversial circumstances on September 12, 2023.

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The House of Representatives is wading into the industrial action by labour unions as the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, announced that the leadership of the National Assembly will be intervening immediately. The resolution was reached after the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, through a motion of urgent national importance urged the leadership of the

Eight civil society organisations who were accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor the just concluded Imo State governorship election held last Saturday have called for an outright cancellation of the poll.   The groups in a press conference in Owerri, the state capital, on Wednesday, said that the poll was hugely compromised.  

  The Nigerian Trade Union Congress (TUC) has claimed that it did not receive any court order restraining it from embarking on the ongoing nationwide strike that began on Tuesday. TUC President, Festus Osifo, who spoke on Channels Television’s programme, made this known on Wednesday. He also accused the government of regularly flouting court decisions while demanding that other institutions strictly conformed to judicial rulings.

He, however, thanked INEC for allowing the groups the opportunity to serve Imo and Nigeria | Pulse Nigeria