Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- The breakthrough was conveyed in a circular dispatched on Tuesday to all affiliates of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Abuja.

The notice bore the joint signatures of the Secretary-General of the TUC, Mr Nuhu Toro, and the Acting General Secretary of the NLC, Mr Benson Upah.

According to the circular, the ceasefire followed a marathon peace meeting between labour leaders and the FCT minister, held at the prompting of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the FCT, Sen. Mohammed Bomoi.

The talks, which began around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday, stretched deep into the night and finally drew the curtain at about 3:51 a.m. on Monday after what participants described as exhaustive deliber...