Danfo drivers under the leadership of Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN) has reiterated the commitment of its members to embarking on a seven-day boycott of Lagos roads, beginning from Monday, October 31, 2022, over the alleged extortion by the motor parks and garages management in the state. JDWANContinue Reading
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has written to the University of Jos; asking it to probe and recall the doctoral degree of the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba. Nigerian university workers, under the aegis of ASUU, had commenced a month’s strike on February 14, 2022. After theContinue Reading
FEC Approves 12 New Varsities Amid ASUU Strike The Federal Government appears unconcerned about the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), as President Muhammadu Buhari presided over a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) that approved the establishment of 12 new private universities. Lai Mohammed, Minister ofContinue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna State Council, has dismissed as false, the claims by the state government that the union had mobilised mob to disrupt peace during the ongoing five-day warning strike. A statement by the state NLC Chairman, Mr Ayuba Suleiman on Sunday, May 16, assured workers and the generalContinue Reading
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, on Tuesday, November 3, expressed optimism that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would resume duties at tertiary institutions on Wednesday. 4wardwego had reported that ASUU embarked on strike in February over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and funding of universities inContinue Reading
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, on Monday, September 14, has appealed to the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) to suspend the one-week warning strike nationwide. Ehanire made the appeal during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF)on COVID-19 in Abuja. “I use this opportunity to appeal to JOHESU to suspendContinue Reading