Simon Lalong
18 Sep 2023
The Federal Government has again invited the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) for another meeting over its planned indefinite strike.
13 Sep 2023
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau has rejected the judgement of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal that gave the Plateau South Senate seat to Mr Simon Lalong. Its Chairman, Mr Chris Hassan, rejected the judgement while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal chairman,…
12 Sep 2023
The Plateau chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr Simon Lalong, over his victory at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal. The tribunal, sitting in Jos, on Monday nullified the victory of retired AVM Napoleon Bali of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared Lalong winner of…
5 Sep 2023
The Federal Government and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have agreed to give the government two weeks to address some of the grievances of the Congress.
5 Sep 2023
Amid the cloud of uncertainties arising from today’s grounding of the economy with the two-day warning strike by the Organised Labour and tomorrow’s judgment to be delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court ...
4 Sep 2023
The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to suspend its proposed 2-day nationwide warning strike over economic hardship.
4 Sep 2023
The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off its planned two-day warning strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, made the appeal in Abuja on Monday. Lalong said the strike would be detrimental and would reverse the gains that the government has made so far. He also…
22 Aug 2023
Given the critical role labour plays in the life of an administration and backlog of decisive issues, stakeholders have said the new Minister of Labour and Employment already has his work cut out,Gloria Nwafor reports. President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday, last week, released the portfolio of ministers, where the immediate past governor of Plateau…
16 Aug 2023
In no distant time from now, a section of opposition political parties would soon merge with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), according to Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
11 Jul 2023
The Northern Youth Vanguard for Renewed Hope (NYVRH) has called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint immediate past Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong....
19 Jun 2023
Simon Lalong, the immediate past governor of Plateau, has called on Nigerians to pray for the state to overcome its current security challenges.
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