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Nationwide Strike Looms As NLC Backs NUPENG Over Ejection Of Oil Workers By Military

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Nationwide Strike Looms As NLC Backs NUPENG Over Ejection Of Oil Workers By Military

*Urges NSA, DSS’s DG, NUPRC, others to intervene A national strike is looming over the alleged use of military personnel to eject workers from Oritsetimeyin oil rig as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given total support to the threat by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to declare a nationwide…

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Return To Negotiating Table, FG Tells Organized Labour

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Return To Negotiating Table, FG Tells Organized Labour

The Federal Government on Saturday appealed to the organised labour to halt its planned strike and return to the negotiating table. The appeal is coming barely a day after the organized Labour declared commencement of an industrial action from Monday 3rd of June,. The Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris urged labour to…

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Employment, Labour & Productivity

Kenyan Doctors Strike, Protest Poor Salaries, Working Conditions

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Kenyan Doctors Strike, Protest Poor Salaries, Working Conditions

With Agency Report Hundreds of hospital doctors joined a demonstration in the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday as a nationwide strike by medics neared its fourth week. About a dozen riot police in pickup trucks were out to monitor the protest, which was not authorised by the authorities. Members of the 7,000-strong…

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Activists and Activism

Electricity Workers Condemn Tariff Hike, Threaten Strike

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Electricity Workers Condemn Tariff Hike, Threaten Strike

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has condemned the recent hike in electricity tariff in the country and has called for it’s reversal to avert a strike. In a statement on Sunday signed by its National President, Adebiyi Adeyeye, the NUEE strongly condemned the recent hike and demanded a reversal of the recent increase…

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Power and Energy

United States Military BombSites Of Iran Sponsored Forces In Iraq

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United States Military BombSites Of Iran Sponsored Forces In Iraq

The US military carried out strikes on three sites used by Iran-backed forces in Iraq on Monday after an attack wounded three American personnel earlier in the day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Washington has repeatedly carried out strikes on sites used by Iran and its proxy forces in Iraq and Syria in response to…

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World News

NLC May Declare Nationwide Strike As Ultimatum Expired Friday

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NLC May Declare Nationwide Strike As Ultimatum Expired Friday

The ultimatum given by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to the Federal Government to address the mass suffering and pains occasioned by the removal of subsidy on petrol has expired yesterday friday. From every indication, the leadership of the labour Congress is expected to meet next week to decide when to begin an indefinite nationwide…

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Employment, Labour & Productivity

CBN e-valuation: Clearing Agents Paralyses Port Operations As They Embark On Strike

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CBN e-valuation: Clearing Agents Paralyses Port Operations As They Embark On Strike

Following the implementation of the new e-valuation policy at the Ports and the subsequent rejection of the new system by the Association of Clearing Agents, Ports operations at both Tin-Can Island and the Ports & Terminal Multipurpose Limited may have been grounded on Monday, following the commencement of the withdrawal of services by agents and…

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Employment, Labour & Productivity, Finance and Economy

Strike: FG Meets ASUU Tuesday

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Strike: FG Meets ASUU Tuesday

The Federal Government has said it will meet today with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) over the one-month warning strike embarked by its members. The Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Charles Akpan, announced this in a statement yesterday in Abuja….

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