April 30, (THEWILL) – Labour leaders in Ebonyi State have expressed concern over the worsening economic conditions faced by workers in the state and across the country.
Speaking in separate interviews with THEWILL ahead of this year’s Workers’ Day celebration,...
March 17, (THEWILL) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, and the Trade Union Congress have condemned alleged threats against a serving National Youth Service Corps member, Ushie Rita Uguamaye, following...
October 16, (THEWILL) – Leaders of organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Wednesday, met with the Federal Government over the recent hike in petrol pump prices by the Nigerian National Petroleum...
June 03, (THEWILL) - Alarmed by the level of compliance and participation by workers on the first day of the indefinite nationwide strike by organised labour, the Federal Government has again, invited leaders of organised labour to a...
May 28, (THEWILL) - The meeting between the Federal Government and representatives of organised Labour, has again, ended in deadlock on Tuesday, as members of the union rejected a new offer proposed by the government as minimum wage...
May 21, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have again rejected the N54,000 proposed by the Federal Government as the new minimum wage.
This followed the resumption of negotiations by the Tripartite Committee...
March 13, (THEWILL) - A former chairman of the Kano State chapter of the Radio, Television and Theater Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU), Comrade Musa Mohammed, has asked the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC)...
February 21, (THEWILL) - The Department of State Services (DSS) has urged organised labour to shelve its planned nationwide protests over the current economic hardship in the country in the interest of peace and public order.
THEWILL reports...
February 11, (THEWILL) - Nigeria stares at another possible industrial action soon as its major labour unions have threatened nationwide strikes across critical sectors to protest the Federal Government’s failure to honour agreements meant to alleviate the dire economic...
February 09, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has appealed to organised labour, to maintain restraint over its two-week nationwide strike notice, saying that implementation of their demands were underway.
"We strongly urge the organised labour to continue demonstrating prudence in...
Faruku Musa Haruna and other farmers in Kumfada used to pool their money to buy plastic sheets, trapping enough water to irrigate small patches of land. They wanted to keep farming after the rains, but their ambitions depended on how much water they could save.