•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...
The President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), who also serves as the National President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Festus Osifo, sounded a strong warning of a looming strike in the oil and gas industry to both the Nigerian government and Sterling Oil Energy […]
•TUC President Festus Osifo The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened to go on nationwide strike if the federal government does not rescind its recent approval for the 50 per cent increase in telecommunications tariff. The President of the TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo, made this known during an interview on Channels Television last night. Fol...
Nigerian students under the aegis of The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), today distanced itself from the planned protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress against the recent hike in voice calls and data plan prices. According to NANS, the protest may not address the pressing issues affecting Nigerian students, such as poor fund...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why it had not declared a nationwide strike yet after several months of threat to do so. The President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed to our correspondent in an exclusive interview at the weekend that the union deliberately delayed the proposed industrial action...
Comrade Abubakar J. Abdullahi, Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, has announced the shutdown of all polytechnics in the country by December 2 due to the federal government’s failure to meet the union’s demands. On October 6, the union issued a 15-day ultimatum to the federal government, out...
The National Executive Council (NEC), Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), has declared a 7-day nationwide warning strike and demanded the removal of the Pro-Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Akwa, in Anambra State. Recall that the university has been embroiled in crisis over the exclusion of members of MDCAN fro...
A national strike is looming over the alleged use of military personnel to eject workers from Oritsetimeyin oil rig as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given total support to the threat by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to declare a nationwide strike over the issue. Specifically, NLC has threatened [&helli...
•Telecoms mast Nigeria’s telecom sector risks shutdown as about 800 workers from the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association have embarked on strike, threatening to cripple services nationwide. The union, largely contract staff, warned of massive disruptions to telecom operations if its demands were not met, as t...
•ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke (L) and Education Minister Tahir Mamman The federal government is currently meeting with the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, convened the meeting today, days after threat by university lecturers to down tools over the alleged federal gove...
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