The strikes have disrupted academic calendars, examination schedules, admissions processes and other administrative work at Nigerian universities. Research activities also suffer major setbacks. The disruption in the academic environment has had negative impacts on the overall standards and reputation of Nigerian higher education over the years.
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Millions of Nigerians are without electricity after the national grid was shut down as part of a general strike over the rising cost of living.
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A nationwide strike in Nigeria brought air travel to a standstill and plunged the country into darkness on Monday as union workers forcibly removed operators at the national grid, the nation's ...
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Nigeria's main labour federation has agreed to return to talks with the government following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, union leaders said, on a day when hundreds of ...
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A nationwide strike in Nigeria brought air travel to a standstill and plunged the country into darkness on Monday as union workers stormed the national grid and shut down …
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By T. D. Alagor Abstract: This paper attempts to reflect the legal concept of strike action in Nigeria with bold effort in determining whether there is a right to strike bearing in mind its present technicalities, accordingly, in a way to …
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On 1 October, Nigerian goment for one statement by di minister of information and national orientation say dem don announce N25,000 provisional wage increment for all treasury-paid federal goment ...
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Labour unionist march on the streets to protest economic hardship in Lagos Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Nigerian government workers began a new nationwide strike Tuesday, that threatens to shut down key services across the country.
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The Federal Government will on Monday meet with the representatives of the organised labour in an effort to prevent the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress.
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Di Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) don announce plan to begin one seven-day nationwide strike wey go start on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023. Di labour union also announce nationwide protest on di...
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"The government has spent one year in office and we have not been called for any formal meeting. Today we are having the first formal meeting. There is a process we have started and we are going ...
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), recently gave a two-week ultimatum, which has since expired, for the negotiating parties to resolve the Federal Government/Academic Staff ...
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The Federal government said it is working out modalities to ensure no industrial action is embarked on by the organized labour in the country, in 2025.
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Speaking on the strike, the Labour Party in Nigeria called on the unions to re-negotiate with the government on a new minimum wage rather than embarking on an industrial action.
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Daily Trust highlights some of the ways ASUU strike affects the students.. More years to graduate. It is usually difficult for undergraduates at the Nigerian public universities under ASUU to graduate within the four, five or six years they're originally supposed to spend for their courses due to the disruptions in academic activities, leading to constant review of the …
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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) suspended their indefinite nationwide strike Wednesday night, after reviewing their meeting with the federal government side. The decision to suspend the strike followed an emergency extraordinary meeting by the national executive of the unions held last night in Abuja.
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Nigeria's trade unions earlier this week went on a nationwide strike, shutting down the country's power grid and disrupting flights as they resorted to drastic measures to press the government ...
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In Nigeria, the right to strike is a fundamental labor right recognized and protected under the nation's legal framework. Strikes serve as a crucial mechanism for workers to advocate for better working conditions, fair wages and other employment-related grievances. This right is enshrined in various legal instruments, including the Nigerian ...
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The strike is a response to the government's failure to pay outstanding salaries, which led to the invocation of the 'No Work, No Pay' policy during the prolonged strike in 2022.
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Nigerian government workers began a new nationwide strike Tuesday, that threatens to shut down key services across the country. Protestors are angry at the growing economic hardship with talks late Monday night …
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Nigeria's trade unions have suspended a general strike by workers that has brought economic activity to a halt this week. The decision comes after the government promised to increase the national...
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Power cut across Nigeria as workers go on strike. 3 June 2024. Mansur Abubakar. BBC News, Kano. Gift Ufeoma/BBC. This is the fourth national strike since Bola Tinubu became president last year.
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has said that the strike that was called over the conflict of negotiation for a new minimum wage is still ongoing. The NLC made this announcement in a post on social medis platform X, …
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Nigeria's military has launched an offensive against a new rebel group said to be affiliated with ISIL. Published On 6 Jan 2025 6 Jan 2025. Video Duration 01 minutes 56 seconds
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On February 14, 2022, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) commenced a one month national strike to ensure full implementation of the 2009 agreement reached with the Federal Government.
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The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has ruled out strike action tomorrow, Tuesday, to press for a new national minimum wage. Ajaero disclosed this today, Monday, at the ...
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Organized labor in Nigeria has embarked on a nationwide strike to demand better wages and improved working conditions. 1. Why is the Strike Happening? 2. What Does the Strike Entail? 3. Impact on Citizens 4. Way …
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Economic activities across Nigeria will be shut down by 12 a.m. on Monday morning as workers in the banking, oil and gas, medical and health, electricity, aviation, judiciary, and university ...
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This paper examines the right to strike in Nigeria and seeks to establish whether Nigerian workers under the various enactments, which purports to prohibit and criminalize strike action by workers amounts to a violation of their right to strike. The paper further examines the right to strike in some selected jurisdictions.
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By DAPO OLAWUNI . Despite the Nigerian Shippers' Council's, appeal to a coalition of truck owners and maritime workers to suspend their planned strike over extortion allegations against the Lagos State Government, the truckers have insisted that there is no going back on the planned strike action.
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Nigerian workers went on strike on Tuesday to demand a reversal of President Bola Tinubu's reforms aimed at reviving growth in Africa's largest economy, which have compounded a cost of living crisis.
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3 TEMPLARS ThoughtLab | Circumscription of the Rights of Workers Union to Embark on Strike 4 Under Section 48 of the TDA "trade dispute": "means any dispute between employers and workers or between workers and workers, which is connected with the employment or non-employment, or the terms of employment and physical conditions of work …
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The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has ruled out strike action tomorrow, Tuesday, to press for a new national minimum wage.
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Nigerian workers protest for key cities across Nigeria including Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano and oda parts. Workers gada for different places across di kontri wit placards wey carry ...
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In a circular by Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, to all the 36 state councils and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, NLC directed the councils to hold ...
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The strike call adds pressure on Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, whose policies aimed at fixing Africa's largest economy have added to the cost of living for more than 210 million people who already were grappling with surging inflation whose rate was at an 18-year high of 25.8% in August.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Unions representing Nigeria's government workers have announced they will go on strike starting next week to demand pay raises and to protest the …
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The first notable strike in Nigeria was held in 1945 and ever since, different groups and unions have been embarking on strike actions across the sectors of the economy. From observations, the educational sector has received the greatest hit among all sectors ( Olakunle, 2011) . There have been series of strike actions in the
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The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Lucky Emonefe, said the association was not in support of the strike, adding that shutting down schools would disrupt students ...
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