Nationwide Blackout Looms as Electricity Workers Down Tools in Nigeria
Electricity workers in Nigeria have begun a nationwide strike over pay and working conditions, triggering blackouts in major states and raising fears of a wider grid collapse.
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Tinubu Approves ₦25bn for FCT Health as Wike Ends Doctors’ Strike
On Friday, Wike addressed the striking doctors, stating: “I have signed all the doctors’ requests on my table today.”
Strikes: Outdated Disruption or Necessary Last Resort? – Dr. Ehindero
The current moment in Nigeria is instructive. Economic reform, subsidy removal and currency adjustments have raised the political salience of wages and welfare; unions are responding to the erosion of purchasing power just as much as to broken promises. If leadership wants fewer strikes, it must treat labour peace not as a policing problem but as a governance challenge requiring transparent budgets, credible timelines and institutional investment.
Resident Doctors Begin Strike Across Nigeria, Patients at UCH Stranded
Among NARD’s grievances are non-release of the 2025 Medical Residency Training Fund, salary arrears under the revised Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS), delays in payment of specialist and hazard allowances, and non-recognition or non-issuance of post-graduate certificates.
NUPENG Calls Off Strike After Dangote Agrees to Unionisation Rights
NUPENG has directed members to return to work immediately. The agreement will require both parties to report back to the Minister of Labour one week after the unionisation process concludes.
NUPENG Strike Persists After Talks with Government and Dangote Stall
Despite hours of negotiation, no memorandum of understanding (MoU) was agreed upon, and the meeting ended without resolution. Sources said that disputes over “offensive clauses” proposed by Dangote representatives triggered two walkouts by NUPENG negotiators.