Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday night, met with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) with the hope of shelving a nationwide NLC protest scheduled for today.

The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, led the labour leaders to the meeting on Tuesday night at the State House, Abuja.

When asked by reporters after the meeting if the protest would still proceed as scheduled, Mr Ajaero did not provide a direct response.

"If I'm insisting (on proceeding with the strike), I'm not insisting. I will communicate to you. It is not an organisation that one person rules. Let's go back now. You have a meeting of labour and the governor's forum. We'll go back to the drawing board and digest all that Mr President said to...