President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, detailed the NLC’s reasoning behind accepting a N70,000 minimum wage offer during a recent interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show. Ajaero explained the decision occurred amid discussions with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the NLC turned down further fuel price increases while…
President of Nigeria Labour Congress , NLC, Joe Ajaero, has said all efforts to intimidate and silence organised labour would fail. The labour leader also said he would on Wednesday, September 25, honour the last police invitation extended to him. Recall that Ajaero had in recent times been under the radar of security agencies,…
More details have emerged on how pressure from Labour, civil society organisations and other bodies, both local and international, forced the government to release the NLC President, Joe Ajaero. Ajaero was arrested and detained by the DSS at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. He was en route to the United Kingdom, UK, where…
More facts are emerging on possible reasons the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. The NLC President was picked up by DSS operatives on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on his way outside the country for an…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been released from custody on bail. The development was confirmed by the Omoyele Sowore, the .presidential candidate of the African Action Congress party in a post on social media platform X. It can be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero; and the Secretary General, Emmanuel Ugboaja will be questioned by the Nigeria Police Force on September 30, 2024. They will be grilled over petitions written against the NLC, The PUNCH learnt on Monday. Human rights lawyer and counsel for the NLC, Femi Falana, SAN, in…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has issued a Monday midnight to the Federal Government to unconditionally release its President, Joe Ajaero, or face dire consequences. NLC has therefore fixed a National Executive Council, NEC, meeting for Tuesday, 9am to take appropriate response if Ajaero was not released. In a communiqué at the end of its…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration against the indiscriminate arrest of labour leaders, activists, protesters and innocent citizens; because such arrests could throw the nation into chaos. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, gave the words of caution while reacting to the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has accused security operatives of abducting its President, Joe Ajaero, and forcefully whisking him away without a warrant. Recall that GISTSMATE MEDIA had reported Ajaero’s arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport this morning. Following the arrest, the NLC alerted all its affiliates, state councils, and Nigerian workers, urging them…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Ajaero was apprehended this morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while preparing to board a flight to the United Kingdom for an official engagement. Although the specific reasons for his arrest remain…