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The Hearse, Ambulance and Undertakers Association at Umuahia, Abia State, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest against the alleged extortion of its members by officials of the revenue task force said to be working for the state government. The Chairman of the group, Mr Uche Kalu, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, lamented that vehicles belonging to his
Members of the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) have begun a two-week warning strike from today (Monday). Ibeji Nwokoma, NAAT President, in a statement, asserted that the warning strike was because of the failure of the Federal Government to execute a 2009 agreement. According to the statement, the beginning of the two-week strike followed
Nigerian Airline operators are demanding operational licenses from the federal government to begin importation of fuel, following the recent fuel scarcity across the country. Airpeace Chairman, Allen Onyema, warned that Airlines in the country would shut down operations over the non-availability of Aviation fuel to run their operations. ‘We have only three more days, all
Police men and women are planning to go on an unprecedented two-week warning strike across the nation beginning on March 26 in protest against poor working conditions, New Telegraph has learnt. The morale of police officers is said to be at a low ebb, with many grumbling about poor salaries, a lack of genuine welfare
ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another two months. The decision to extend the strike was taken at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja last night. Although the union has not made any public statement regarding the outcome of the meeting, a source told Vanguard
The Trade Union Congress says it will embark on a solidarity strike with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if the Federal Government does not resolve the lingering issues with the academics within two weeks. ASUU is currently on a one-month warning strike as it negotiates with the government. “Everything must be done to
A fresh crisis has hit Arik Air over a strike action embarked upon by pilots of the airline. The development has forced the airline to take a drastic action by dismissing no fewer than eight local pilots. The management of the airline (In Receivership) confirmed that it dismissed several pilots for “gross acts of indiscipline.”
The federal government has stated that it has paid lecturers N30 billion Revitalisation Fund and N22.5 billion Earned Academic Allowance, stressing that it has made lot of progress in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding reached with the university workers. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who spoke to THISDAY at
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have threatened to embark on another industrial action following a three-week ultimatum issued by the union last month. They, however, called on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to honour the agreement reached with the union. The lecturers made the call on Friday at
The workers of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, have embarked on industrial action there y plunging the company’s franchise areas into darkness. Jkcyno news , however, learnt that the workers of AEDC acting under the instruction of the union shutdown the company’s facilities and thereby disrupting evacuation of electricity from the transmission chain. The workers