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August 1, 2013

ASUU strike: NANS exco splits, disowns president for supporting FG

by Oge Okonkwo The national president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Yinka Gbadebo, has been disowned by the excecutive members of the association for throwing his support behind the…

August 1, 2013

ASUU strike: We have no reason to join industrial action – SSANU

by Oge Okonkwo Concerning the ongoing nationwide strike, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has made clear its refusal to join the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) because there…

July 30, 2013

ASUU strike latest: Lecturers yet to agree as meeting with FG is postponed

by Oge Okonkwo The meeting between university lecturers and the Federal Government concerning the on-going strike that held on Monday is rescheduled to hold on Thursday as contending issues were…

July 27, 2013

FG, ASUU meet, may call off strike next week

by Isi Esene There are reports of a breakthrough is some outstanding issues tabled before the Federal Government over the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.…

July 22, 2013

Opinion: Can the revolution just begin now?

by Olabode Emmanuel We need a change! A change in the way we think! A change in the way we act! A change in the way we recruit civil servants!…

July 19, 2013

Post UME: ASUU warns members to stay away

by Oge Okonkwo The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Benin zone, issued out a warning to its members to stay away from the ongoing post UME exams into universities and…

July 16, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Nigerian polytechnic lecturers suspend strike

by Oge Okonkwo Nigerian Polytechnic lecturers have suspended their indefinite strike currently in its third month; and agreed to return to work. The lecturers, under the umbrella of the Academic…

July 16, 2013

Strike: Senate, ASUU, FG meeting deadlocked

The negotiations among the Senate, the Federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU over the ongoing industrial action embarked by universities lecturers ended without …

July 12, 2013

Rivers Impeachment crisis: PENGASSAN threatens strike over safety

by Rachel Ogbu Photo: Leadership.ng The recent violent action by members of the state House of Assembly has caused a ripple effect now reaching the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior…

July 7, 2013

Opinion: The ASUU strike and its effect on Nigerian students

by Dapo Egunjobi There are other factors; the instability in electricity that adversely affects teaching, clinical trials and laboratory researches, inappropriate funding of the educational sector by the government... Before I…

July 2, 2013

Opinion: ASUU strikes again, what else is new?

by Frank Onuoha Despite all these agreements the status quo persists. Every year ASUU will go on strike and the federal government will call for "dialogue". The end product is yet…

July 1, 2013

“The decision is painful yet inevitable”: ASUU begins indefinite strike over allowance

by Akan Ido The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday has declared an indefinite strike action in the aftermath of the body’s National Executive Committee meeting held at the Olabisi Onabanjo University…

July 1, 2013

Fuel scarcity looms as NUPENG begins strike today

by Rachel Ogbu President, Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Comrade Achese Igwe| credits: nigerianbulletin.com The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers are to begin a…

May 18, 2013

Disaster, averted: Nigerian aviation workers cancel planned strike

by NAN Staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have suspended their industrial action slated to start on Monday to press home their demand for additional welfare package. The…

April 29, 2013

Opinion: Mass labour action? Not again!

by Oluwadamidara Aweloye After leaving innocent Nigerians in the lurch during the last protest when he and his cohorts abruptly called off the strike, does he think labour leaders have…

November 12, 2012

Showdown in Sokoto: NLC threatens strike over Gov. Wammako’s alleged flogging of PHCN staff

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Labour Congress is threatening to go on strike over allegations that the Sokoto State governor, Aliyu Wamakko flogged a Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN)…

September 20, 2012

Lagos and Ogun teachers threaten to down tools from Monday

by Isi Esene The Lagos and Ogun State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) have given their respective state governments September 24 this year to pay the 27.5…

September 20, 2012

Health workers go on strike, paralyse hospitals nationwide

by Isi Esene Only senior management staff and medical doctors were seen working on Wednesday in Federal Government-owned health institutions as health workers under the aegis of the Joint Heath…

September 11, 2012

South African labour dispute spreads, as 36,000 platinum and gold miners stay home

by Isi Esene The labour dispute in South Africa doesn't seem to be simmering down anytime soon. The strike in the Lonmin mines which resulted in the killing of several…

August 29, 2012

“God has answered our prayers” – PHCN workers rejoice over Nnaji’s resignation

by Stanley Azuakola It’s bye-bye for Barth Nnaji. All his vision and plans for the power sector will either die with his resignation or if he’s lucky, pursued by his…

August 23, 2012

Planned strike: “NUPENG is anti-Nigerians” – Okonjo-Iweala

by Isi Esene The co-ordinating minister for the Economy and minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has described the planned nationwide strike by members of the National Union of Petroleum…

August 18, 2012

Major oil marketers accused of being behind planned fuel strike

by Akan Ido The Federal Government has revealed that the fuel scarcity currently being experienced by residents of Abuja, is caused by several companies found to have been involved in…

August 10, 2012

NLC threatens nationwide industrial strike

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Labour Congress might be heading for another nationwide industrial strike if its demands are not met by the Federal Government. The Labour Union made its…

July 29, 2012

“Enough is enough” – Nigeria Union of Teachers threatens strike

by Adeniyi Abdul The Nigeria Union of Teachers has warned that it will embark on an indefinite strike if the new Teachers Enhanced Salary Structure (TESS) is not implemented. The…

June 13, 2012

That didn’t take long: Air Nigeria to resume flights Thursday

by Tolu Orekoya Air Nigeria is set to get back in the air after being grounded by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), pending an audit. The airline's domestic and…

June 13, 2012

Strike Two: Air Nigeria has been grounded

by Hauwa Gambo Air Nigeria's continuing controversies seem to have come to a head. According to Daily Times: "The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the operations of Air…

May 31, 2012

Storm is Over: Lagos State doctors reinstated

Thanks to the intervention of the leadership of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)( especially the party’s leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu), the saga over the sack of Lagos doctors may have…

May 28, 2012

#GovFasholaVsLagosDoctors: Solidarity – Oyo State doctors threaten strike too

by Chi Ibe The stand-off between Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola and the state doctors like dough with yeast is spreading. Medical doctors in Oyo State have announced plans to embark on…

May 21, 2012

Alas, the Oath works: Lagos private hospitals to treat patients for free

by Chi Ibe photo credit: about your health As Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola and state doctors continue in their dispute while patients suffer, the private sector has decided…

Oluwapelumi May 17, 2012

Abimbola Adelakun: Fashola, the CON and the MESS

by Abimbola Adelakun The case of Lagos State Government vs. doctors took a bizarre turn when 788 doctors were summarily dismissed and replaced with 373; the alarming shortfall seemingly papered over. And,…

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