Tag: Strike

NARD gives FG 4-week ultimatum: extends strike suspension

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NARD on strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, (NARD), has issued a four-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to fully implement outstanding agreements on salaries, allowances and welfare, even as it extended the suspension of its Total Indefinite Comprehensive Strike, (TICS). The decision was taken at the end of the Association’s ‘January National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and Scientific Conference’, held between January 25 and 29, 2026, in Jos, Plateau State. In a communiqué jointly signed by NARD President, Mohammad Suleiman; Secretary-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim; and Publicity and Social Secretary, AbdulMajid Ibrahim, the…

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Health workers speak out, as JOHESU begins nationwide strike

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JOHESU begins strike

Nigeria’s already strained health system has been hit with yet another shutdown, as the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA), yesterday launched an indefinite nationwide strike. According to the unions, the action follows the federal government’s persistent failure to implement the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary Structure, (CONHESS), and resolve long-standing welfare concerns. The decision, announced in a statement signed by JOHESU national chairman Kabiru Minjibri, comes barely two weeks after the unions issued a 15-day ultimatum to the government demanding immediate action on…

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Kaduna: Courts shut, as judiciary workers begin indefinite strike

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Kaduna Courts to close

Courts in Kaduna State were shut yestetday, as Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) began an indefinite strike to press home several demands, including the implementation of financial autonomy for the Judiciary. The Federal and State high courts, Upper Shari’a court, Customary and Magistrates’ courts were under lock and key with banners on the gate reading: “JUSUN Kaduna state chapter embarks on strike”. At the Shari’a court Magajin-Gari, the situation was not different as court rooms were also closed. However, some staff members of the court were seen outside the…

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Blackout, fuel price fears as PENGASSAN strike shuts down oil, gas sector

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PENGASSAN strike

…Court stops PENGASSAN Nigeria’s energy sector was thrown into turmoil yesterday, as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) shut-down key oil and gas institutions in protest against the mass sacking of 800 workers at the Ɗangote Petroleum Refinery. The strike forced the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) under lock and key in Abuja, with workers chanting solidarity songs and barricading entrances. PENGASSAN ordered members in international oil…

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Ɗangote Refinery: Blackout imminent, as PENGASSAN declares nationwide strike

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PENGASSAN declares

…FG summons parties for reconciliation meeting The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN), has directed its members nationwide to withdraw their services following the alleged mass dismissal of some Nigerian workers by Ɗangote Refinery. This was announced in a circular issued after an emergency National Executive Council meeting on Saturday, and signed by General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa. The union accused the refinery of violating Nigeria’s labour laws, the Constitution, and International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions, by dismissing workers for joining the association. It alleged the refinery…

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Doctors declare 5-day nationwide warning strike

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Doctors strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors, (NARD), has announced a five-day nationwide warning strike beginning tomorrow, to push for better welfare and working conditions. In a statement issued yesterday, the General Secretary of the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Agbor Affiong, confirmed the decision. “Arising from the NARD E-NEC meeting held yesterday, which extended into the early hours of today, the NEC members unanimously resolved to embark on a 5-day warning strike. “The strike will commence at 8a.m tomorrow, and will end on Tuesday, September 16.…

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FCT resident doctors commence 7-day warning strike

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FCT resident doctors

The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT), yesterday commenced its seven-day warning strike. ARD-FCT President, Dr. George Ebong, made the announcement in Abuja, saying the decision followed resolutions reached at the end of its emergency general meeting held on Friday, September 5. He said the decision is hinged on the attitude of the FCT Administration, (FCTA), despite rounds of extensive dialogue in addressing persistent and unresolved issues affecting the association. Some of the issues raised by the association include lack of manpower, the psychological impact of long working…

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Strike imminent today, as NUPENG, Tanker Drivers split over Ɗangote Refinery

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NLC strike imminent

…NLC urges Tinubu to step in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector has been thrown into turmoil, as a bitter labour dispute pits the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) against both the Ɗangote Group and its own Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch, raising fears of nationwide fuel scarcity. NUPENG insists it will shut down petroleum product lifting across the country as from today Monday, in protest against what it calls Ɗangote Refinery’s “anti-union practices, monopolistic agenda and indecent industrial relations”. Its leaders accuse the Ɗangote Group of…

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Nationwide healthcare crisis looms, as nurses begin 7-day strike today

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Nurses begin strike2

Hospitals throughout Nigeria are preparing for a nationwide shutdown as nurses from the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Federal Health Institutions Sector, begin a seven-day warning strike starting today, Wednesday. The strike action, which will paralyse healthcare delivery in at least 74 federal medical centres, teaching hospitals, specialist health institutions, state-owned hospitals and primary healthcare centres across the country, is being staged in protest over long-standing issues including poor remuneration, staff shortages, unimplemented allowances, and unsafe working conditions. Recall that the union had on July 14 issued…

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FG suspends move to review medical officer’s allowances to avert strike 

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FG suspends move

The Federal Government through National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC) has suspended the move to review medical officers and dental officer’s allowances. Recall that on July 2, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) gave the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of the circular and the resolution of other critical issues. The ultimatum is set to expire on Thursday, July 23. President of the NMA, Prof. Bala Audu, had described the circular as a breach of previously agreed terms regarding the welfare and allowances of medical and dental…

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