Tag: national strike
Port Harcourt on lockdown as Rivers workers join nationwide strike
An official of the Union told journalists that besides Lagos ports, other port formations in Port Harcourt, Warri, Onne, Calabar,…
WASSCE 2024 will go on despite NLC, TUC strike, WAEC says
In as much as we share concerns of the unions and generality of Nigerians, the WASSCE SC is going on…
Strike: Nationwide blackout as workers shut down national grid
TCN, in a statement by Ndidi Mbah, its General Manager, Public Affairs said the worers shut down the national grid…
Nationwide strike hits France, access to Eiffel Tower prevented
The trade unions and the opposition are divided in their protest against the government at the moment.
NUPENG strike begins in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In reaction to the sack of one of its zonal executive members the National Union of Petroleum…
Nigerian courts to be shut from Wednesday
Judiciary workers grouped under their union, JUSUN will begin a warning strike across Nigeria on wednesday, 12 March, effectively shutting…
Cyprus referees strike after bomb attack
Football referees in Cyprus decided Friday to go on strike in protest at a bomb attack on one of their…
Doctors end strike, mull fresh action January
Dr Osahon Enabulele, the National President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Sunday said doctors in public hospitals would end their…
FG, ASUU Sign Agreement
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Hope that the five months old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU may be called…
ASUU: No retreat, No surrender
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has vowed to continue its five-month old strike, despite threats by the Federal…
Mark begs ASUU to suspend strike
Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, on Sunday pleaded with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to…
ASUU enjoins members not to break ranks
Chairman Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos Chapter, Dr Oghenekaro Ogbinaka, on Tuesday urged the union’s members…
ASUU wants to meet President Jonathan
Nigeria’s striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) rose from a two-day National Executive Council Meeting (NEC) on Saturday in…
ESUT not re-opening yet, says ASUU
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dissociated itself from the planned resumption of academic activities at the Enugu…
Jonathan’s meeting with ASUU drags into late night
A crucial meeting between the leadership of the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and President Goodluck…
Jonathan to meet with ASUU leaders Monday
After a four-month stand-off, President Goodluck Jonathan himself will take charge of talks with the striking members of the Academic…
Police stop ASUU protest in Abia
A detachment of anti-riot policemen on Friday halted the planned public demonstration by lecturers at the Michael Okpara University of…
Iyayi, ex-ASUU leader says Jonathan’s government shameless
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Fomer national Chairman of ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi, has described the federal government as “shameless and has no…
ASUU strike: ex-president urges parties face real issues
Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, the immediate past President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for patriotic approach in…
OAU ASUU protests government’s inaction over strike
You may have been reading about Nigerian market women orchestrating a protest against striking university dons or students of the…
Jonathan begs ASUU to end strike
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return…
ASUU strike: Students barricade Niger Bridge
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba axis of the Niger Bridge for more than…
Doctors adamant on continuing national strike
Nigeria’s National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Tuesday said it would continue its indefinite strike until its demands were…
Strike goes on, says ASUU
University teachers said that their strike will go on — 89 days after it began. This is in spite of…
Sambo meets with ASUU
Nigeria’s Vice-President Namadi Sambo has met with a delegation of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), in a bid…
Minimum Wage Strike: Govs, Labour In Crucial Meeting
Nigeria state governors are meeting with the workers’ unions in what seems a last minute effort to avert the three-day…
FG In Fresh Moves To Avert NLC Strike
The Federal Government has initiated fresh moves to stop the three-day national strike planned to commence next Wednesday by the…
Nigerian Workers Set Date For General Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has declared a three day national strike that will start from Wednesday, 20th July to…