strike Archives - Freedom Online ...express yourself Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:55:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://freedomonline.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-icon-32x32.png strike Archives - Freedom Online 32 32 Strike: FG, ASUU in closed-door meeting https://freedomonline.com.ng/strike-fg-asuu-in-closed-door-meeting/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/strike-fg-asuu-in-closed-door-meeting/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:55:41 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=230864 The Federal Government delegation and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are in closed door meeting to discuss lingering crisis and avert strike by the Union. The meeting holding on Thursday in the office of the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman,commenced at about 4.30p.m. The Minister of State for Education, Dr […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/strike-fg-asuu-in-closed-door-meeting/feed/ 0 Striking workers shut Abuja airport https://freedomonline.com.ng/striking-workers-shut-abuja-airport/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/striking-workers-shut-abuja-airport/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:10:51 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=228164  Aviation activities were shut down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja on Monday following the nationwide strike declared by organised labour over minimum wage. Mr Samuel Wuyep, Chairman of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN), Abuja chapter,  confirmed this to  Newsmen in Abuja According to him, The Nigeria Labour Congress […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/striking-workers-shut-abuja-airport/feed/ 0 Blackout-Labour unions shutdown national grid -TCN  https://freedomonline.com.ng/blackout-labour-unions-shutdown-national-grid-tcn/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/blackout-labour-unions-shutdown-national-grid-tcn/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:46:36 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=228034  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says that the Labour Unions have shut down the national grid, resulting in black out  nationwide. Mrs Ndi Mbah, TCN’S General Public Affairs Manager, said this in a statement in Abuha on Monday. Mbah said that the national grid shut down occured at about 2.19 a. m this morning. […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/blackout-labour-unions-shutdown-national-grid-tcn/feed/ 0 Ukraine appears to expose Russian air defense gaps with long-range strikes https://freedomonline.com.ng/ukraine-appears-to-expose-russian-air-defense-gaps-with-long-range-strikes/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/ukraine-appears-to-expose-russian-air-defense-gaps-with-long-range-strikes/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:58:01 +0000 https://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=179717 A third Russian airfield was ablaze on Tuesday from a drone strike, a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometers deep into Russian air space with attacks on two Russian air bases. Officials in the Russian city of Kursk, located close to Ukraine, released pictures of black smoke above […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/ukraine-appears-to-expose-russian-air-defense-gaps-with-long-range-strikes/feed/ 0 Ex-PENGASSAN spokesman: This is not a good time for strike https://freedomonline.com.ng/ex-pengassan-spokesman-this-is-not-a-good-time-for-strike/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/ex-pengassan-spokesman-this-is-not-a-good-time-for-strike/#respond Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:27:59 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=38203   Former National Public Relations Officer, PENGASSAN, Mr Oluwaseyi Gambo, on Monday, called for peaceful resolution to the current impasse between the government and the two unions in the oil and gas industry. Gambo said in Lagos that the current impasse was unfortunate, adding that the present economic situation in the country did not call […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/ex-pengassan-spokesman-this-is-not-a-good-time-for-strike/feed/ 0 Strike: Fayose writes NLC President, blames national economic crisis for non-payment of salary https://freedomonline.com.ng/strike-fayose-writes-nlc-president-blames-national-economic-crisis-for-non-payment-of-salary/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/strike-fayose-writes-nlc-president-blames-national-economic-crisis-for-non-payment-of-salary/#respond Sun, 05 Jun 2016 22:07:02 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=36575 Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has replied the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, attributing the state’s inability to pay workers’ salary regularly to the current downturn in the nation’s economy and the heavy loan burden left by his predecessor. The governor, in his response to the NLC President’s letter on […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/strike-fayose-writes-nlc-president-blames-national-economic-crisis-for-non-payment-of-salary/feed/ 0 NLC suspends nationwide strike over petrol pump price increase; why TUC shunned strike, by President https://freedomonline.com.ng/nlc-suspends-nationwide-strike-over-petrol-pump-price-increase-why-tuc-shunned-strike-by-president/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/nlc-suspends-nationwide-strike-over-petrol-pump-price-increase-why-tuc-shunned-strike-by-president/#respond Sun, 22 May 2016 22:07:27 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=35815 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday in Abuja suspended its nationwide strike over hike in electricity tariff and increase in the pump price of petrol in the country. This is contained in a communique at the end of an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the congress. The communique, signed by […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/nlc-suspends-nationwide-strike-over-petrol-pump-price-increase-why-tuc-shunned-strike-by-president/feed/ 0 NSE trading defies strike, appreciates by 0.41% https://freedomonline.com.ng/nse-trading-defies-strike-appreciates-by-0-41/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/nse-trading-defies-strike-appreciates-by-0-41/#respond Wed, 18 May 2016 19:49:34 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=35666 Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday defied strike called by a faction of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to protest fuel price hike with the index appreciating by 0.41 per cent. The NSE All-Share Index rose by 108.35 points or 0.41 per cent to close at 26,763.83 compared with 26,655.48 recorded on Tuesday. […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/nse-trading-defies-strike-appreciates-by-0-41/feed/ 0 Subsidy removal: NLC faction threatens to ground flight operations at Lagos airport https://freedomonline.com.ng/subsidy-removal-nlc-faction-threatens-to-ground-flight-operations-at-lagos-airport/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/subsidy-removal-nlc-faction-threatens-to-ground-flight-operations-at-lagos-airport/#respond Wed, 18 May 2016 19:22:16 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=35644 The Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to ground flight operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos from Thursday, if the Federal Government refuses to revert the pump price of petrol to N87 per litre. Mr Adelegan Solomon, Vice-President, NLC, made this known while addressing protesters at the […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/subsidy-removal-nlc-faction-threatens-to-ground-flight-operations-at-lagos-airport/feed/ 0 N145 per litre: Why strike must go on, by Wabba https://freedomonline.com.ng/n145-per-litre-why-strike-must-go-on-by-wabba/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/n145-per-litre-why-strike-must-go-on-by-wabba/#respond Wed, 18 May 2016 10:51:09 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=35629 President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has given reasons for workers’ strike against the N145 per litre of petrol introduced by the Federal Government. He said since the Federal Government was not ready to see reason with workers’ position on the matter, the strike action must start on Wednesday. In Lagos, the […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/n145-per-litre-why-strike-must-go-on-by-wabba/feed/ 0 FG to workers: Don’t participate in illegal strike action, says ‘security agencies have been directed to ensure unimpeded access to offices, work places, markets’ https://freedomonline.com.ng/fg-to-workers-dont-participate-in-illegal-strike-action-says-security-agencies-have-been-directed-to-ensure-unimpeded-access-to-offices-work-places-markets/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/fg-to-workers-dont-participate-in-illegal-strike-action-says-security-agencies-have-been-directed-to-ensure-unimpeded-access-to-offices-work-places-markets/#respond Tue, 17 May 2016 22:09:58 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=35603 The attention of all Public Officers is drawn to the notice issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on an indefinite strike from Wednesday, 18th May, 2016. This notice is regrettably given in spite of an Order by the Industrial Court against the strike action. 2. Government, therefore, calls upon and advises all […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/fg-to-workers-dont-participate-in-illegal-strike-action-says-security-agencies-have-been-directed-to-ensure-unimpeded-access-to-offices-work-places-markets/feed/ 0 Court order or no order, we’ll go ahead with strike, says Labour https://freedomonline.com.ng/court-order-or-no-order-well-go-ahead-with-strike-says-labour/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/court-order-or-no-order-well-go-ahead-with-strike-says-labour/#respond Tue, 17 May 2016 19:29:39 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=35576 Despite a court order, organised labour has vowed to go ahead with its strike action on Wednesday over the increment of the price of a litre of petrol from N86:50 to N145. It said the only way it would shelve the strike action was for the Federal Government to reach on agreement with labour leaders […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/court-order-or-no-order-well-go-ahead-with-strike-says-labour/feed/ 0 Labour to FG: Annul recent petrol price increase or face nationwide strike https://freedomonline.com.ng/labour-to-fg-annul-recent-petrol-price-increase-or-face-nationwide-strike/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/labour-to-fg-annul-recent-petrol-price-increase-or-face-nationwide-strike/#respond Sun, 15 May 2016 07:12:29 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=35444 Labour leaders have threatened to begin an indefinite strike by midnight on Tuesday if the Federal Government fails to annul the recent increase in the pump price of petrol and electricity tariff. The threat is contained in a communiqué at the end of an emergency meeting of the National Executive Councils of the Nigeria Labour […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/labour-to-fg-annul-recent-petrol-price-increase-or-face-nationwide-strike/feed/ 0 NLC proposed strike on electricity tariff: FG warns Labour https://freedomonline.com.ng/nlc-proposed-strike-on-electricity-tariff-fg-warns-labour/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/nlc-proposed-strike-on-electricity-tariff-fg-warns-labour/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:39:40 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=33363 The Federal Government has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to go on its proposed strike over hike in electricity tariff. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made the call on Thursday in Abuja at the Third Triennial National Delegates Conference of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC). […]

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]]> https://freedomonline.com.ng/nlc-proposed-strike-on-electricity-tariff-fg-warns-labour/feed/ 0 Osun doctors threaten strike over unpaid salaries https://freedomonline.com.ng/osun-doctors-threaten-strike-over-unpaid-salaries/ https://freedomonline.com.ng/osun-doctors-threaten-strike-over-unpaid-salaries/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:55:23 +0000 http://freedomonline.com.ng/?p=24357 Association of Medical and Dental Officers in Osun State has threatened to embark on indefinite strike if state government fail to pay outstanding salaries of its members on or before September 27. Dr Isiaka Adekunle, the chairman of the association, handed down the threat at a news conference on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital. […]

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