The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a four-week ultimatum to the federal government to fully implement outstanding agreements on salaries, allowances and welfare, even as it extended the suspension of its Total Indefinite Comprehensive Strike (TICS). The decision was taken at the end of the Association’s January Nati...
•Doctors on protest The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) at the University of Port Harcourt has joined its national body in demanding the full implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the federal government, threatening to resume nationwide strike despite a court order. The MoU, based on NARD’s nineteen-...
•Medical doctors Justice Emmanuel Subilim of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja, has issued an order restraining the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and its members from embarking on the strike scheduled to commence on Monday, January 12, 2026. Justice Subilim made the order today while ruling on a motion ex parte ...
•Protesting Nigerian doctors The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has directed its members in 91 tertiary health institutions across the country to withdraw their services completely and indefinitely from 12:00 am (midnight) on Monday, January 12, 2026. They said the directive was due to the federal government’s failure to honou...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is set to resume its suspended nationwide industrial action on January 12. The body warned that its members will return to full-scale protests and service withdrawal if the federal government does not fully implement its longstanding demands, reports The Nation. The decision followed an expan...
•Protesting doctors On Saturday, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) commenced a total and indefinite nationwide strike over unmet demands. Briefing the press on Monday, President of the association, Dr Muhammad Suleiman, defended the action of the doctors, reports Daily Trust. He said the strike followed the expiration of a 30...
•Tinubu and medical doctors As the strike action by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) continues, the industrial action has significantly affected healthcare delivery across the country. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has appealed to the striking doctors to suspend the strike, stating that the Federal Gove...
•Doctors protest The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) commenced an indefinite strike on Saturday, grounding activities in hospitals across the country. Findings by our correspondent showed that many health facilities where resident doctors provide essential services were largely deserted yesterday, with only nurses on duty offer...
•Tinubu and doctors The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to wade into the nation’s ailing healthcare system and save it from imminent collapse. In an open letter titled, “A Passionate Appeal to the Commander-in-Chief of the Federation,” dated October 27, 2025, and signed by NARD President, Dr...
•Nigerian doctors The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has listed 19 demands which it described as the minimum expectations required to avert a total and indefinite nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Saturday. The President, Dr Muhammad Suleiman, stated this on Monday in Abuja at a media conference while presenting the r...
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