The United States retained the women’s World Cup on Sunday as a Megan Rapinoe penalty and a superb Rose Lavelle strike gave the holders a 2-0 victory over a battling Netherlands side in Lyon. Having been kept at bay by the brilliant Dutch goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal throughout the first half, the USA finally went…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has made it clear that it might embark on another strike following the failure of the Federal Government to meet up with its initial promises. The Union said this late on Wednesday that its members should not be held responsible if there is any disruption in the university system.…
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For the second year running, Spanish women went on strike Friday for International Women’s Day, with several protests kicking off over what has become a hot topic in the country’s election campaign. “If we stop, the world stops.” Armed with this slogan, Spain’s largest unions CCOO and UGT organised a two-hour work stoppage — the…
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The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, in the early hours of Thursday announced the suspension of its two-week-old strike which has crippled activities in public hospitals nationwide. The suspension of the strike, which came after a meeting of NARD executives, came on the heels of a series of meeting between Federal Government officials and…
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The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has stated that the unions will begin a “total and comprehensive indefinite” strike from Monday, joining their academic colleagues. THEWILL recalls that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had…
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The National Executive Committee, NEC, of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, early on Monday voted for a total and indefinite strike as they rebuffed recent attempt by the federal government to persuade them into suspending the industrial action. The resident doctors are embarking on a nationwide strike as a result of government’s failure…
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The Senate has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to call off its ongoing strike in the interest of the students and Nigerians in general. Senator Jibrin Barau, Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, made the appeal while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that while the Senate sympathized with…
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has pleaded with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to seek alternative avenues to resolve its dispute with the Federal Government. News that ASUU intends to begin an indefinite strike has been circulating in the media. Bestman Okereafor, the National Public Relations Officer of NANS, made the appeal in a statement issued in…
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The federal government has suspended the sack of members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) pending the conclusion of the ongoing negotiations on the matter. This was part of the resolutions reached at the mediatory meeting initiated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, between the federal…
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The Minster of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, yesterday directed the chief medical directors and medical director of federal tertiary hospitals to fill the vacancies created by resident doctors who have “abandoned” their training programme by refusing to report for work. This directive was contained in a circular signed by the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry…
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