The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers yesterday declared that it would still embark on strike beginning from today (Monday), despite the intervention of the federal government to address the grievances of the union. NUPENG President, Williams Akporeha, confirmed that the federal government had reached out to the union on the n...
•Fuel scarcity The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria have asked President Bola Tinubu and other stakeholders to intervene in the dispute between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Dangote Refinery. But the Nigeria Labour Cong...
•Protesting Poly workers The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) has issued a 21-day ultimatum beginning from August 27 to the federal government over long-standing unmet demands. The union took the decision at its 77th General Executive Council meeting held between Tuesday, August 26, and today, Thursday, August 28, 2025...
The union representing Air Canada flight attendants said today it had ended a strike over wages and unpaid ground work after reaching a “tentative agreement” with the airline. Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight on Saturday, prompting cancellations that have impacted around half a million people, reports AFP. The...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress today issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government over its failure to constitute the governing board of the National Pension Commission. The Labour Centre also accused the government of diverting workers’ funds through the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, reports The PUNCH. According...
•General Abdourahmane Tchiani Niger’s lawyers have announced a two-day strike tomorrow and Friday to protest against the military government’s dissolution of the West African country’s justice unions. The lawyers accuse the junta, which seized power in the jihadist-hit Sahel nation in a July 2023 coup, of threatening the independence of the ju...
•Nurses and Minister of Health Minister of Health, Prof. Pate The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives – Federal Health Institutions Sector has denied reports quoting the Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Pate, that the union has suspended its ongoing nationwide seven-day warning strike. Speaking with our correspondent today, ...
•Tunji Alausa Minister of Education Tunji Alausa has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is determined to ensure that there are no industrial actions in the education sector. Alausa, who spoke yesterday as a guest on a national television programme, said the president had directed his team to ensure that the Academic Staff Union ...
After a very rowdy meeting which lasted from 2:30 p.m. on Saturday to 4:00 a.m. yesterday, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has agreed to suspend the proposed strike over the new circular issued by the National Salary, Income and Wages Commission on reviewed allowances for Medical and Dental Officers in the Federal Public Service and [&h...
•Nigerian workers In compliance with the strike declared by the Organised Labour in Ogun, most state government agencies are under lock and key, paralysing activities in the state. Our correspondent who monitored the strike today in Abeokuta observed that most entrance gates were locked, reports NAN. The Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeri...
The Frontier is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. It is published by Okims Media Links Limited headed by Sunny Okim, a veteran journalist who is widely known as The Grandmaster, fondly called so by colleagues and friends for being Nigeria’s pioneer movie journalist.
© 2026 The Frontier, Published by Okims Media Links Limited.
designed by winnet services
