strike action

Amid ongoing strike by various academic unions, Edo State Government has on Wednesday, June 8 suspended all tertiary institution union activities across all state-owned institutions of higher learning. The latest development follows the…

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) would commence a 2-week industrial action with effect from Monday, May 16. Academic Staff of the polytechnics disclosed the decision in a statement released after its emergency meeting of the…

Trade Union Congress (TUC), one of Nigeria’s leading amalgamated labour unions, has threatened to embark on a solidarity strike with  Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to compel the government to address the workers’ concerns and…

Petroleum Tanker Drivers arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) have shelved their planned strike. Both groups had last week threatened to embark…

Aviation workers have on Tuesday suspended their planned industrial action following an fresh agreement reached with the Federal Government. The strike was planned to commence on Tuesday but the workers made a u-turn on their plan after…

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced that its decision on strike has been postponed, saying consultation is still ongoing. The union made this known in a press statement released after its National Executive Council…

Joint Action Committee (JAC) leadership of Non-teaching Staff Unions of Universities has issued the federal government a two-week ultimatum to reverse the sharing formula of N22.127 billion approved as payment of Earned Allowances for the…

National Association of Resident Doctors has said it may call off its strike on Saturday (today) following a meeting with Federal Government representatives in Abuja. The meeting, which lasted for over six hours, sought to address area…

Members of Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), Ondo State chapter have withdrawn their services from health institutions across the state to express their grievances over non-payment of their outstanding salary arrears.…

Members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU), have been ordered to embark on a nationwide strike from Friday, February 5. The directive…

Federal Government has expressed worry about the possibility of a scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, in the country. Mr Timipre Sylva, who is the Minister of State for Petroleum, raised the concern on Monday at…

Workers of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), have suspended the industrial action which commenced on Thursday. It would be recalled that the staff of NIMC under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria…

Staff of National Identity Management Commission under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) have proceeded on an indefinite strike today January 7. In a communiqué signed by Asekohai Lucky, Chairman,…

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has come under attack for suspending planned nationwide strike following its meeting with the Federal Government. NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had called for a nationwide strike to protest against the…

Management of Arik Air has announced the resumption of normal flight operations after Monday’s disruption by some workers unions. On Monday, operations of the airline were shut down by aviation unions over alleged non-payment of staff…