•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...
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...
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