Nigerians are waiting: Will the negotiators leave the table smiling or not?
Recently, there have been intensive debates with Nigerians holding several positions about the removal of fuel subsidy. There are those who claim that there is no subsidy and some say there is...
View ArticleStrike continues on Monday: NLC meeting with government ends in a deadlock
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Gov Fashola and Allison Madueke at the meeting The NLC/TUC meeting with the government on the removal of fuel subsidy finally came to an end at about 11:30pm on Saturday, 14th...
View ArticleAnother round of meetings: GEJ meets with NLC, ministers and governors
To read a previous post on this story, click here The meeting of President Goodluck and governors and ministers on the issue of fuel subsidy removal has just ended. The Minister of Petroleum, Diezani...
View ArticleGEJ cancels broadcast as strike continues today
President Goodluck was to address the nation at 9:00pm yesterday, 15th January, 2012. However, the broadcast was postponed due to certain reasons known only to the President himself and his aides....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: President Goodluck brings down fuel pump price to N97
At 0700 hours today the 16th of January 2012, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in his address to the nation on the removal of fuel subsidy announced the reduction of pump price from N140 to...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: NLC calls off strike, pledges to continue negotiations and...
NLC has called off the strike today, pledging to continue to negotiate with the government to revert to the old price of N65 per litre of PMS. This came after a unilateral decision by President...
View ArticleOccupy Nigeria: Where do we go from here?
The decision by Organised Labour to call off nationwide strike has been met with great disapproval by Nigerians. Nigerians feel betrayed by NLC. In their anger, some have even accused NLC of taking...
View ArticleReal reason why NLC called off nationwide strike
To read a previous post on this story, click here Labour unions NLC and TUC yesterday called off the national strike and protests over fuel subsidy removal, ending a week-old confrontation with the...
View ArticleOccupy Nigeria continues: As Save Nigeria Group protest Thursday and Saturday
The Lagos state government has granted permission to the Save Nigeria Group and its allies to stage two protests at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Lagos. First protest is taking place today,...
View ArticleBoko Haram to NLC: It’s N65 or your life!
To read a previous post on this story, click here There is a rumoured plan by Boko Haram to bomb the national headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress. It was learnt that the sect, which claimed...
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