•Doctors protest There is palpable tension in the country as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors will today (Wednesday) hold its National Executive Council meeting to determine its next line of action on a pending ultimatum to the federal government. The association had earlier issued a 10-day ultimatum to relevant government agencies...
•NNPCL trucks lining up for petrol loading at the Dangote Refinery The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) said it has rejected the federal government’s planned five per cent tax on petroleum products, describing it as a “reckless proposal” which is “nothing but an act of economic wickedness against already overburdened Nigerians”. The union...
The federal government has called on the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to reconsider its decision to initiate a nationwide strike starting today, Monday, September 8, 2025. The dispute centres around the Dangote Group’s policy that allegedly restrains its employees from associating with unions in the industry, re...
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has announced that its members will commence a nationwide strike from Monday, September 8, 2025, in protest against what it described as anti-union labour practices linked to the deployment of newly imported Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, trucks by Dangote Refinery. The union’s deci...
Healthcare services across Nigeria face major disruption from today (Wednesday) as 25,000 nurses, under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Federal Health Institutions Sector, embark on a seven-day nationwide warning strike. The action, which began at midnight, followed the expiration of a 15-day ul...
•Health workers The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (JOHESU/ AHPA) has alerted its members nationwide to brace for imminent industrial action, citing persistent violations of agreements and escalating provocations from the federal government and Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). In a statemen...
•Doctors protest As the 21-day ultimatum it issued to the federal government draws to a close on July 23, the Nigerian Medical Association has warned it will ground medical services nationwide if the government fails to meet its demands. Its president, Prof Bala Audu, who confirmed this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent yesterda...
•Nigerian nurses protest The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the federal government, threatening a nationwide seven-day warning strike if their longstanding demands are not addressed. The resolution followed an emergency meeting of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC),...
•ASUU strike The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that a directive has been issued for all branches of the union nationwide to withdraw their services over the delay in the payment of June 2025 salaries to its members, citing the enforcement of “No Pay, No Work” resolution. ASUU branches […]...
•Protesting health workers The Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has urged the federal government to immediately pay outstanding salary arrears, warning that failure to do so could trigger a nationwide strike that may paralyse the health sector. In a communiqué issued after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held T...
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