Tag: strike

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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), ...

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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 ...

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May 21, 2012

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

by Chi Ibe   As Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola and state doctors continue in their dispute while patients suffer, ...

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OluwapelumiMay 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 ...

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May 16, 2012

Doctors launch Operation Kora Haram: Last week’s news… with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola “Do you feel you’re over happy? Remember that too much of anything is bad. If you wanna ...

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May 13, 2012

Doctors sacked? If you’re the governor send your parent abroad for treatment

 by Tolu Orekoya It seems that Lagos State’s esteemed governor felt that the healthcare system was not good enough to treat ...

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OluwapelumiMay 8, 2012

Lagos health crisis: Fashola sacks striking doctors

by Lekan Olanrewaju Governor Fashola is clearly not one to bluff. Just a few days after expressing his displeasure at the ...

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March 29, 2012

No, thank you: Oyo state workers reject new salary scale, continue strike

by Lekan Olanrewaju Civil servants in Oyo state on Tuesday announced that the indefinite strike they are currently on will continue. ...

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March 15, 2012

Idris Bello on Nigeria’s healthcare: A country “that cares not whether its citizens live or die”

by Chi Ibe “…the causes are inexcusable, as they depict a failure of the Nigerian system.” On 11 March, 2012, ...

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March 13, 2012

“We will have no choice”: Another strike looms as NUPENG ultimatum nears expiration

by Lekan Olanrewaju The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike ...

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March 1, 2012

Biggest strike ever? India ground to a halt as 100,000,000 workers join historic protests

by Lekan Olanrewaju Industrial workers in India have embarked on what is now described as “one of the biggest strikes ...

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January 30, 2012

Opinion: NaijaCyberHacktivists – To hack or not to hack?

By Kemi Omosanya …a few people have raised the question of where the line is drawn between cyber activism and ...

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January 26, 2012

…On Grey Areas and Ivory Towers

   Has ASUU outlived its relevance? By Temitayo Olofinlua Education at the tertiary level – no matter its state or ...

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January 9, 2012

From the Bloggers: On subsidies, strikes and scandals.

by Wilfred Okiche It was all about the removal of fuel subsidy and it’s resultant effects this week. The blogosphere ...

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