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Nigeria has planted the “Never Again” tree – Save Ni...

January 17, 2012 no comments

The following is the press statement from the Save Nigeria group released on Tuesday, 17 January, a day after labour unions called off the nationwide strike accepting the federal government’s c...

Labour backs down, calls off nationwide strike

January 16, 2012 no comments

Labour leaders today called off its nationwide strike in protest of the January 1 subsidy removal that led to an increase in fuel prices, taking it from N65 to N141. The strike was called off today b...

Petroleum to Cost N97; Read Jonathan’s Speech on Deregulation an...

January 16, 2012 no comments

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will deliver a speech Monday morning announcing the government approved reduced pump price of petrol, N97 per litre, down from N141 per litre. The question...

Nigeria Puts Strike on Pause for Ongoing FG/Labour Negotiations

January 14, 2012 no comments

Oil-rich Nigeria is awaiting the results from ongoing negotiations between labour leaders and the Federal Government. Both parties met today in hopes of coming to an agreement on the issue of fuel su...

No Deal; Labour Organisations Turn Down Government’s N120/Litre ...

January 13, 2012 no comments

Closed-door negotiations between Federal Government and Labour leaders have ended in a stalemate, with labour organisations turning down government’s latest N120/litre offer. President of the N...

Talks Between Labour and Federal Government Ends in Deadlock

January 12, 2012 no comments

The labour-led strike action in protest of the fuel subsidy removal and subsequent rise in fuel prices is set to enter its fifth day as yet another meeting between Labour unions and the Federal Gover...

Fuel Subsidy: Labour Groups Call on Nigerians to Join Mass Protest

January 1, 2012 no comments

Hours after the PPPRA confirmed the abrupt removal of fuel subsidy, Nigeria’s labour and civil society groups have put the word out calling on disgruntled Nigerians to join a mass protest against the...