Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan on Thursday embarked on a three-week industrial action. President of ARD-UCH, Dr Abiodun Ogundipe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan the action was to demand for the enrollment of their colleagues on...
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The President, Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife Chapter, Dr Anthony Anuforo, has assured the citizenry that immediately the Federal Government pays members’ salaries, their current strike would be called off. Anuforo gave the assurance in an interview with the News...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife, has issued notice of its members intention to embark on a two-week warning strike from July 18. The notice is contained in a communique signed by Dr Anthony Anuforo, the President of NARD, OAUTH, released...
Doctors in Cross River on Sunday embarked on a total and indefinite strike in solidarity with one of their members abducted on Thursday from her residence in Calabar. This is contained in a communique signed by Dr. Felix Archibong, Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA), Cross River branch,...
Plateau civil servants will suspend their on-going strike if government pays the balance of their February and March salaries, Mr Eugene Manji, NLC chapter chairman in the state said in Jos on Wednesday. Plateau civil servants embarked on an indefinite strike on May 11 after government failed to meet...
The Management of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo, (RUGIPO) in Ondo State has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic(ASUP) to call off its strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN reports that ASUP on June 9, withdrew their services over the non-payment of 13 months’ salary...
The Nationacourtl Industrial Court on Monday declared that the order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned industrial action subsists. Justice Olufunke Anuwe stated that the order as granted on June 5 subsists pending the hearing and determination of...
Health workers’ union under the umbrella of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its 12-day-old strike. Mr Obinna Ogbonna, JOHESU National Vice President said this on Monday to newsmen. Ogbonna said the strike had been suspended due to the progress made during the engagement with President Bola Tinubu....
Civil servants in Ebonyi State have appealed to the leadership of the organised labour to dialogue with the Federal Government in resolving the dispute arising from petrol subsidy removal. A cross-section of the workers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that dialogue...
Striking resident doctors and the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government on the industrial action that began on Wednesday. Operating on the platform of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), the striking doctors embarked on the five-day warning strike...
The Federal Government has warned members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to shelve their planned five-day warning strike. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja, shortly after receiving a letter of notification from the NARD executive on the...
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged Federal Government to address its demands before May 29. The association’s President, Dr Innocent Orji, made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, saying that the resident doctors had already declared a five-day warning strike from Wednesday 17....
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to stay away and not disrupt flight operations at airports over their grievances in Owerri. Capt. Hamisu Yadudu, Managing Director, FAAN, said this in Lagos on Sunday while speaking with newsmen....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Cross River State Chapter on Wednesday stalled the Election Petition Tribunal Sitting in Calabar for the governorship and House of Assembly elections. Panel. Secretary Akawu Bambur told our Correspondent that the union has locked the both entrance of...
The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) has issued a three-day warning strike notice to Huawei Technologies Company Limited over alleged anti-labour practices. Huawei is a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. PTECSSAN’s General Secretary, Mr Okonu Abdullahi, in...
Passengers were on Monday stranded in the Murtala Muhammad Airport (MMA) terminal as Aviation Unions began their two-day warning strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that members of the union blocked the entrance of the MMA, leaving passengers stranded. Officials of various aviation agencies including owners of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Aviation workers’ unions will embark on two-day strike from Monday over alleged failure to implement the conditions of service agreement between the union and some aviation agencies. This is according to a joint statement issued and signed by officials of the National Union of Air Transport...
British Passport Office workers have began a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at eight sites walked out in an escalation of the long-running row. PCS general secretary, Mark...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abia has expressed consternation at the failure of Abia government to pay salary arrears owed doctors who had been on strike in the last 87 days. Members of the Abia chapter of the NMA embarked on strike on Dec. 8, 2022 to demand...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), North East Region has described the sudden increase in students’ registration and school fees upward by 150% or 200% as a complete threat to students educational rights. The Vice President of NANS , Comrade Suleiman Muhammad Sarki, stated...