Strikes & Negotiations

1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (245+ words) The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has directed the Controller and Accountant-General's Department to prepare a supplementary payroll to facilitate the payment of 51,000 teachers whose data has been processed and validated. The teachers are expected to receive their salaries by…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (456+ words) Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has called on the government and pre-tertiary teacher unions to intensify negotiations to end the ongoing nationwide strike and restore teaching and learning across the country. According to Eduwatch, the strike, which began on September 25, 2026, had…...

2+ hour, 58+ min ago   (117+ words) College has just confirmed that all teaching activities will be cancelled on Wednesday, October 14th, due to the upcoming strike. The college has also confirmed that campus will remain accessible to staff, students, residents, and contractors for essential work, but it…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (233+ words) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University graduate students have voted to authorize a strike after more than a year and a half of contract negotiations have failed to produce an agreement. Thousands of graduate students went on strike for 40 days back in…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (416+ words) The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chapter, has rejected the indefinite strike declared by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing, directing secondary school teachers and education officers to remain at work and…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago   (486+ words) The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, FCT Council, has announced an indefinite strike throughout the Federal Capital Territory due to unresolved matters regarding the promotion and welfare of teachers. The strike began on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, after a decision was reached at…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (344+ words) Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST), Dr Peter Anti, has backed the decision by pre-tertiary teacher unions to maintain their nationwide strike, arguing that industrial action is necessary to compel government to address their outstanding concerns. Speaking…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (433+ words) Education policy analyst and Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST), Dr Peter Anti, has defended the decision by pre-tertiary teacher unions to maintain their nationwide strike, arguing that government failed to act with urgency to address their…...

6+ hour ago   (325+ words) Teachers on Wednesday said they would be going ahead with Thursday’s planned protest outside the presidential palace over the education ministry’s new proposal on teacher appointment reforms, which minister Athena Michaelidou defended, saying they were fair and balanced. Oelmek chairman…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (510+ words) The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has confirmed that the Federal Government has released eight months’ salary arrears to its members on Wednesday. The release follows a 14-day ultimatum issued to the government to pay up the salary…...