Members of the Association of Resident Doctors at University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan have embarked on an indefinite strike, an official said on Monday. The association’s General Secretary, Dr Uthman Adedeji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital that the strike was due to a power outage in some of the hospital’s residential areas. …

Academic and non-academic staff of higher education institutions in Nasarawa State, under the aegis of Joint Unions of Nasarawa State Tertiary Institutions (JUNSTI), will embark on an indefinite strike on Monday. This was disclosed in a statement by the chairman of JUNSTI, Samson Kale Gbande, and his secretary, Paul Olotu, which was made available to journalists in Lafia, Nasarawa state. …

The new Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr. Kayode Opeifa, averted a looming workers strike that would have paralyzed train services on the five train networks across the country. The nation’s oldest corporation owns and runs train services on the two narrow gauges known as the Western and Eastern Lines, and three standard gauges namely; the Abuja-Kaduna, …

Thousands of workers who deliver packages from seven Amazon facilities across in the United States, have on Thursday morning, embarked on a country-wide strike as part of efforts to force the e-commerce giant into a labour agreement, targeting the holiday shopping rush. According to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union that represents a small portion of 10,000 workers at …

Normalcy is expected to return to the Federal Universities tomorrow as striking non-academic workers of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), have announced the suspension of the ongoing nationwide indefinite strike over the four months withheld salaries. According to a circular …

The Super Eagles camp in Uyo didn’t grow beyond 15 players on Monday as eight of the players, Semi Ajayi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Calvin Bassey, midfielder Frank Onyeka, forward Paul Onuachu, Maduka Okoye, Alex Iwobi and Ademola Lookman were left stranded in Lagos and Abuja respectively due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which grounded flight …

After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the organised labour insisted on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday. After the meeting with National Assembly leadership, the President of the Trade Union Congress, Comrade Festus Osifo said: “For now, we don’t have the power to call …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened a nationwide strike. The union decried the failure of the Federal Government to appoint Governing Councils for federal universities. The union also faulted what it described as the nonchalant attitude of the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to matters pertaining to academics in federal universities. The body of academics, during an …

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, has admitted that it owes the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company up to N495 million, for which reason the teaching hospital was disconnected from the public power supply. This was as doctors, nurses, and other staff of the hospital refused to work beyond 4.00 pm unless power is reconnected. In an interview with The …

The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress to shelve its planned strike and focus on prioritising national development. It appealed to the NLC to shun the path of strike action and explore alternative avenues to resolve disputes with the Federal Government. The NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, had insisted in a statement on Sunday …