The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after a [&hell...
Distribution Companies, TCN summoned Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) are to be held accountable henceforth for poor power supply in the country, the federal government said yesterday. Tough sanctions, including licence revocation, await them, Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu threatened, reports The Nation. “Moving forward, I’m commit...
•NLC Protest at Ikeja Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have kicked off the two days nationwide protest after gathering this morning across the country. Reports showed a heavy presence of security personnel in various states of the federation, as protesters expressed their frustrations at the current nationwide hardship. Our corresp...
Last-minute troubleshooting efforts by the federal government to avert a two-day warning strike and national protests against economic hardship in the country failed last night, following insistence by the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC to go ahead with its activities. Speaking after a closed-door meeting hosted by the Secretary to the Government...
•The protesters A human rights group, Take It Back Movement, has begun a nationwide protest in Lagos against the economic hardship being experienced in the country. This is despite the warning issued by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, reports Daily Trust. The protest is coming preparatory to the Organised Labour’s bill...
The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has decided to suspend its planned nationwide strike following a meeting with the federal government and stakeholders yesterday. The strike was intended in response to the harsh economic conditions affecting tanker drivers, who had halted operations and refused to transport petroleum pr...
Power Distribution Companies (DisCos) have resorted to rationing as data revealed that Nigeria is currently experiencing almost 16, 000megawatts power deficit despite having so far; issued generation licenses to 40 Generation Companies (GenCos). Data sourced from the Independent System Operator by Channels Television on National Peak Demand Fo...
•NLC President Ajaero The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja today after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Co...
•Slices of bread The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has disclosed readiness to embark on nationwide strike as from Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Kogi State chairman of AMBCN, Chief Adeniyi Bamidele Gabriel, made this known today during a press conference held in Lokoja. According to him, the National President of th...
Over 20 of the 27 electricity plants on the Nigerian electricity grid are in shambles as some of the plants are producing only about 0.2 per cent of their installed capacity. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in its third quarter report for the year showed that troubles await the aging plants, leading to recurring […...
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