Nigerian government, health workers reach truce on strike
Sequel to the conciliation meeting between the Federal Government and the officials of the Joint Health Sector Unions on Friday, the union may shelve...
Resident doctors have no reason to strike – minister
The Federal Government, appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to suspend its ongoing industrial action, as the government has already addressed...
Rivers govt, Labour clash as workers plan showdown
Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt
A SHOWDOWN is looming between civil servants and the Rivers State government. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Governor Nyesom Wike are...
NLC gives Air Peace, others 14-day ultimatum to reinstate sacked workers
The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the recent sacking of 100 pilots by Air Peace, 69 Pilots by Bristow Helicopters and National Union of...
#RevolutionNow: Nigerian Army, police arrest protesters in Abuja
Several #RevolutionNow protesters were arrested by the police and the Nigerian Army in the Abuja metropolis on Wednesday.
The protesters carrying placards and banners had...
Ondo doctors suspend strike
Medical doctors in Ondo State, under the auspices of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, have suspended their industrial action.
The...
Senator Ngige: Suspended NSITF chief awarded N4.448 billion contracts in one day
The Minister for Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, shocked the members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the Nigeria...
Lagos doctors suspend warning strike
Medical doctors in Lagos State have agreed to suspend a three-day warning strike which they began on Monday.
The doctors also agreed to resume work...
Doctors treating coronavirus patients in Ogun join strike
Resident Doctors from the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, working at isolation centres in the state, on Wednesday, joined their striking...
Nigeria: We’ve paid N9 billion insurance premium for health workers
The Federal Government says it has paid a total of N9 billion to fourteen insurance companies as group life insurance premium for health workers...
Doctors vow to continue strike despite govt’s ‘no work, no pay’ threat
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have called off the bluff of the federal government who had threatened to invoke the ‘no work...
Adamant doctors warn against intimidation
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday directed its members across the country not to sign any work register.
Labour and Employment Minister...
Nigerian government, resident doctors meeting stalled
The meeting between the Federal Government and the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has ended in deadlock.
NARD had embarked on...
Ngige: NARD’s strike uncalled for
Frank Ikpefan, Abuja
Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige on Monday said the strike embarked on by the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria...
NLC accuses govt of paying N168b subsidy
Tony Akowe, Abuja
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday accused the Federal Government of paying N168 billion to oil marketers as subsidy despite claiming...
Varsity teachers incur N800b debt for govt, says Ngige
Nwanosike Onu, Awka
The introduction of Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS) blocked the conduit pipes through which the Federal Government lost about N800...
Fed Govt to invoke labour laws on striking ASUU members
Frank Ikpefan, Abuja
THE Federal Government has said the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) lacks the power to dictate to government how to receive...
Kaduna healthcare workers commence seven-days warning strike
The Kaduna State Healthcare Workers Unions and Associations have commenced a 7-day warning strike as earlier notified from 12 noon, Friday, May 22, 2020.
The...
Organised labour demands payment of hazard allowance to health workers in Ekiti
The organised labour in Ekiti State has called on Governor Kayode Fayemi to effect payment of new hazard allowance to health workers to motivate...
COVID-19: NLC to El-Rufai: refund 25% deduction or else…
AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna State has rejected deduction of 25 per cent from salaries of senior civil servants in...