*COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF A NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) MEETING OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) HELD ON TUESDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024* The NEC of Congress in session on Friday 16th 2024, ordered a 2-Day Nationwide Protest to join Nigerians in demonstrating outrage over the massive suffering and hunger facing the masses and workers as a result of the policies of the government to hike the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and float the Naira. The NEC-in-session therefore reviewed the execution of the first day of the nationwide protest to assess its effectiveness and take…
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The Presidency has faulted the nationwide protests by the Nigeria Labour Congress, alleging that some people are leveraging the situation in the country for their political agenda. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in an interview with TVC on Tuesday, monitored by one of our correspondents, said protests organised across the country by the NLC were unnecessary. On Tuesday, workers and other Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Benin, Osogbo, Akure, Port Harcourt, Sokoto, Jos, Katsina, and other urban centres protested the economic hardship in the country. Nigerians have been…
Date: 2024-Feb-28 🎯TOPIC: TRUST IN GOD ALWAYS 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/0o4bP4jUru4?si=cGiweoFm8NbOBxSd ✝️TEXT: Psalm 62: 1-12(NKJV) 62:1. To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Truly my soul silently [waits] for God; From Him [comes] my salvation. 62:2. He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [He is] my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. 62:3. How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence. 62:4. They only consult to cast [him] down from his high position; They delight in…
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress have stormed the streets in every part of the country protesting over the worsening situation in the country. They are expressing their frustration and anger against the hourly escalation of food prices and drugs. One of the posters in Sokoto reads “We are dying of hunger we can no longer feed ourselves not to talk of our children ” From Ibadan protesters are shouting ” All that we are saying is give us food this suffering is becoming unbearable. “However, in Lagos amidst the tension inherent in such protests, a heartening moment unfolded as…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, joined the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress in its peaceful protest. During the protest, Makinde assured the protesters that the current hardship would soon be over. The workers began their protest from the NLC state secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan, the state capital, down to Gate – NTA – Yemetu roundabout where Governor Makinde joined the protesting workers. The governor said, “I am aware of the hardship in town and the difficulty the people are going through but I will be part of the generation that will fix the country.” He also…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted what it described as the single largest heroin consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The agency also arrested members of an organised criminal organisation which specialises in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America in an operation leading to the seizure of the consignment which weighed 51.90Kg on February 12, 2024. The Chairman of the NDLEA, Buba Marwa, disclosed this while briefing journalists on Tuesday in Lagos. The NDLEA boss said the consignment was concealed in 15 cartons of 2300-watt metal cutting machines. He noted…
Some yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons have been trapped as a building under construction caved in near the Ochanja market in Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the building, meant to serve as a market on completion, collapsed at about 8 pm on Monday with some of the workers still inside the building. The situation created panic around the area as passers-by and residents were making efforts to rescue the trapped victims from the rubble. As of the time of filing this report on Tuesday, a source near the area said one person has been feared killed and leaving two…
Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has said that he is ready to face and chase out killer herdsmen from Yorubaland. Adeyemo said this in a video that went viral on Tuesday where he was seen addressing some people who were cheering him following the burial of his mother in his hometown, Igboho area of Oyo State. According to the activist who spoke in Yoruba, the Federal Government and the soldiers deployed to Yorubaland, especially to Ekiti where monarchs were killed in broad daylight cannot combat the supposed killers. He said, “I want you all to…
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Anambra State are currently at the state capital in Awka, protesting the economic hardship in the country. The protest was led by its chairman, Humphrey Nwafor. The protesters were seen gathered at the Aroma Roundabout in Awka on Tuesday and marched towards the Government House gate in the state capital. Also joining the protest were members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, led by its chairman, Prof. Kingsley Ubaoji. The state NLC chairman, Nwafor, in a short address, said the economic hardship in the country has become unbearable for workers and other…
…Awaits Winner of Tanzania Versus South Africa to be played on Wednesday. The Super Falcons of Nigeria on Monday multiplied the woes of the Lionesses of Cameroon at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja with a lone goal ouster in the 2024 Olympic qualifier after the Lionesses were run into the cage by less fancied Kenya last September in the Women African Cup of Nations. UD Granadilla Tenerife of Spain 26 year old player, Esther Okoronkwo had collected a pass from bionic Jennifer Echegini who dribbled two Cameroonian Defenders before connecting Esther who tucked in the goal in the 15th minute…