Tag: nationwide strike
Zimbabwean Doctors on Nationwide strike over pay, drug shortages
Doctors in Zimbabwe on Tuesday began a nationwide strike and would not return to work until the government meets their…
Kenyan university lecturers resumes strike over inadequate pay
Kenya’s public university lecturers have resumed a nationwide strike over low pay, nearly three months after ending a similar protest.
Nationwide strike: Nurses association calls for Federal Government’s intervention
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Sokoto chapter has appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in…
UCH Doctors join nationwide strike
Resident doctors at University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Tuesday, joined their counterparts in the ongoing nationwide strike.
Brazil faces nationwide strike
Brazilian unions called nationwide strikes on Friday to protest President Michel Temer’s efforts to reduce social security benefits and weaken…
Poly lecturers to embark on strike August 22
Following the alleged refusal of the Federal Government to honour its agreement with it, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics…
Borno doctors opt out of nationwide strike
The Borno chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) said its members would not participate in…
Fuel Price Hike: Ignore court order, protest- Balarabe Musa
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has reiterated its call on Nigerians masses and civil societies to ignore the…
NLC, TUC warned against holding nationwide strike
Media Development Initiative (MDI), a Non-Governmental Organisation, on Friday, cautioned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other labour unions against…
IPMAN refutes report on purported nationwide strike
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Saturday debunked an alleged report that some of its members had…
NUPENG suspends nationwide strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) said on Tuesday that had suspended its planned nationwide strike. NUPENG’s…
Total paralysis: ASUP joins ASUU, shuts polytechnics
Nigeria’s tertiary educational sector has now been almost totally shut down with the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, making…
Resident Doctors’ Strike: Patients Vacate ABUTH, Ear Centre
The nationwide strike embarked by Resident Doctors has crippled activities at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria as…
Resident doctors to begin nationwide strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has directed its members nationwide to proceed on an indefinite strike…
SSANU Threatens To Go On Strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says it may commence a nationwide strike by Monday if its members…
ASUU Strike: 45 Days After…
When the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, declared a nationwide strike on 2 July, 2013 to press home their…
Nigerians Left To Cope With Fuel Price Hike —Ben Simon
Lukman Ayodeji makes his living pumping air into tyres next to a tattered shack in a bustling Lagos market —…
UNILAG Convocation Holds Next Month
The convocation ceremony of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, which was earlier postponed as a result of the nationwide…
We Have Not Suspended ASUU Strike — Prof. Awuzie
National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie has denied rumour that the union has…
JAMB Rules Out Extension Of Sale Of UTME Forms
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday ruled out the extension of the sale of forms for this…
LASUTH Records 2 Deaths, Treats 72 Emergency Cases
The Head, Surgical Emergency Unit, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa said that two patients died out…
Jang Advises Residents Against External Influence
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau has advised the people to resist any external influence aimed at disrupting peace in the…
Port Operators May Protest Over Demurrage
Mr. Jonathan Nicol, General Secretary of Shippers Association of Lagos State, on Tuesday said that port operators would protest demurrage…
UNILAG Postpones Convocation
Authorities of the University of Lagos, Akoka, have postponed the school’s convocation ceremony, earlier scheduled to hold yesterday and today,…
Strike: Business Activities Resume In Mararaba
Commercial activities have fully returned to Mararaba, a suburb of Abuja, four day into the nationwide strike by the labour…
Strike: Bank Customers Resort To ATM For Cash
As the nationwide strike called by labour entered the fifth day today, bank customers across the country have resorted to…
Strike Enters 2nd Day In Oyo State
Labour leaders in Oyo State have vowed to continue with the strike action they started yesterday until the demands of…
Prepare For Total Paralysis —NLC
The nationwide strike which begins by 12 midnight is going to be total as banks, commuter buses and airlines will…
Minimum Wage Palaver: Labour, FG Should Reach A Compromise
By midnight tomorrow, the country would have been shut down by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union…