Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has charged Air Component Commanders to intensify precision air operations and adopt smarter tactics in the ongoing fight against insurgency, terrorism and banditry. Speaking during a meeting with commanders from all operational theatres in Abuja on Wednesday, Aneke said the nation’s security landscape demanded swift,…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has commended Governor Peter Mbah for significantly improving doctors’ welfare in Enugu State and said it would not join the strike declared by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). At a press briefing marking Physicians’ Week 2025 and the Enugu South-East Regional Health Summit, the state NMA Chairman, Dr…
Striking resident doctors in Nigeria say they will not return to work until the government meets all their demands, rejecting what they describe as “token gestures” towards resolving the crisis. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), which represents thousands of trainee and junior doctors nationwide, began an indefinite strike on 1 November after a…
Medical services at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) have been paralysed as resident doctors under the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embarked on an indefinite strike, citing poor pay, inadequate facilities, and poor working conditions. The action, which began at the weekend, has left patients in distress, with many lamenting the lack…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a 19-point demand to the Federal Government, warning that failure to meet these minimum expectations will trigger a total and indefinite nationwide strike from Saturday. Dr Muhammad Suleiman, NARD President, announced the resolutions on Monday in Abuja during a media briefing following the association’s Extraordinary National…
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced it will commence an indefinite nationwide strike from 11:59 p.m. on Friday, 31 October 2025. The decision was reached after a five-hour meeting of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) held on Saturday, NARD said in a statement issued on Sunday. According to the National President,…
The Federal Government has cautioned the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against embarking on a strike, reiterating that the “no work, no pay” policy remains in full effect. The warning was issued in a statement released on Saturday by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, and…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a two-week warning strike beginning from midnight of Monday, Oct. 13, over the Federal Government’s failure to address its outstanding demands. ASUU President, Mr Chris Piwuna, announced the decision at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. Piwuna said the strike followed the expiration of a…
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has cautioned that the ongoing strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) could amount to economic sabotage and further weaken the country’s fragile economy. NECA’s Director-General, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said while unions had the right to strike,…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government 14 days to resolve lingering issues affecting Nigeria’s university system or face a nationwide strike. The ultimatum was contained in a communiqué issued after the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at Yakubu Gowon University (formerly University of Abuja). ASUU President, Prof….
