Strike

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige says Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have yet to reach an agreement on the union's demands. He spoke to journalists after a closed-door…

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said that a previous administration caused friction with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which the Muhammadu Buhari administration inherited. He said that the previous…

In a bid to bring an end to the seven-month-long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has agreed to release N30 billion earned academic allowances to the university lecturers.…

Striking university teachers say they are not affected by President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that only federal workers on Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) would be paid salaries. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi,…

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union NASU begin strike on Monday. The strike is said to be a warning strike that will last 14 days. The joint committee of the two bodies…

I was very skeptical when the current leadership of Organized Labour in Nigeria objected to the decision of the Federal Government to withdraw fuel subsidy and hand over the pump price of petrol to the forces of demand and supply, also…

The senator for Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani has been berated on social media for saying he was stocking supplies in preparation for the now-suspended strike by organised labour. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union…

The agreement between organised labour and the Federal Government which caused the suspension of the strike proposed to commence Monday has elicited strong reactions from Nigerians. The strike was called by the Nigeria Labour Congress…

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has vowed to resume the suspended strike in two weeks if the Federal Government fails to adhere to its own end of the bargain. Recall that organised labour and a high-powered delegation of the Federal…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and their affiliate unions have suspended for two weeks a strike planned to commence today (Monday) to protest the hike in electricity tariff and petrol pump price. This is…

Police authorities have vowed to enforce the law as a strike planned by organised labour to protest hike in electricity tariff and petrol pump price kicks off Monday. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and…

The Federal Government says organised labour's plan to embark on strike to protest electricity tariff and petrol pump price hike will inflict more hardship on Nigerians. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated…

There was a stalemate in talks between the Federal Government and organised labour regarding the recent increases in fuel and electricity

Resident Doctors started a nationwide industrial action majorly over the non-payment of their COVID-19 hazard allowances

The recent vituperations by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, against the Rivers State Government, is not only unfortunate and primitive, it is also quite unedifying and diversionary, especially at this…

The Rivers State Government said it has obtained an Order of Interim Injunction to restrain organised labour from calling out workers on industrial action. Briefing journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Commissioner for Information…