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The involved tanker came from Kano and had driven around 110 kilometers on its way to Yobe State on 15 October. [5] [6] While traveling on an expressway near the town of Majiya in Jigawa State, the tanker overturned while attempting to avoid crashing into a truck, causing petrol to spill onto the road.
The strike has been met with mixed reactions from the Nigerian public, with some expressing support for its aims of raising the minimum wage, while others worried that its targeting of public infrastructure would harm average Nigerians. [2]
1981 Nigerian general strike [9] 1982 Nigerian dockworkers' strikes [10] 1988 ASUU strike, strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities members in Nigeria against structural adjustment, the first strike in the union's history. [11] 1988 Nigerian fuel strikes, series of strikes in Nigeria protesting increases in fuel prices. [12] 1989 Anti-SAP ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian government workers on Tuesday continued working after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship that could have ...
Unions representing Nigeria's government workers have announced they will go on strike starting next week to demand pay raises and to protest the austerity measures of the West African nation's ...
Early reporting said that the Nigerian military had received information that Boko Haram forces were gathering in preparation for an attack on a military target. [6] Major General [6] Lucky Irabor, the commander of Nigerian forces fighting Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, said that he had ordered an airstrike on the location where the militants were believed to be gathering.
Frontline doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Friday ended a three-week strike to press for a pay rise after the removal of a subsidy on petrol, the doctors' union said. The National ...
Bus Stand, Abuja, Nigeria 71 Two bombs exploded in a crowded bus station in the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria. [46] 2014 Gamboru Ngala massacre: 2014-05-06 Gamboru, Borno, Nigeria 300+ [47] Militants attacked at night and set houses ablaze. When people tried to escape, they were shot dead. [48] Gwoza massacre: 2014-06-02 Gwoza, Borno, Nigeria 200 ...