The National Industrial Court has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) as well as their affiliates from embarking on any strike or industrial action. At an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, the workers’ bodies declared a total nationwide strike from next Tuesday. The unions took the decision following the alleged assault on …

The Federal Government’s suit challenging the seven-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been rescheduled by the National Industrial Court in Abuja for hearing on on Friday. Justice Polycarp Hamman explained on Monday that this would to allow parties time to file their papers. He declined the application for joinder filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and …

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salary of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) from N3.4 million monthly to N10 million. The court said that the current salary of the CJN is earned by his counterparts in other countries. The court also ruled that a substantial increment …