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OOUTH Resident Doctors Begin 10-Day Strike Over Unpaid Allowances and Staff Shortages

OOUTH Resident Doctors Begin 10-Day Strike Over Unpaid Allowances and Staff Shortages

Resident doctors at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun State, have commenced a 10-day warning strike, citing years of unpaid allowances and severe staffing shortages that they say have pushed healthcare workers to…

LASUTH Doctors’ Strike Highlights Growing Welfare Crisis and Threatens Patient Care

LASUTH Doctors’ Strike Highlights Growing Welfare Crisis and Threatens Patient Care

The three-day warning strike embarked upon by resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has brought renewed attention to worsening welfare conditions for medical personnel, with patients increasingly bearing the consequences. The…

Resident Doctors Issue 21-Day Ultimatum to FG Over Unpaid Allowances and Welfare Concerns

Resident Doctors Issue 21-Day Ultimatum to FG Over Unpaid Allowances and Welfare Concerns

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared an industrial dispute with the federal government and issued a 21-day ultimatum over unresolved welfare, remuneration and training-related issues affecting doctors across the country. The association…

UCH Resident Doctors Begin 72-Hour Warning Strike Over Assault on Colleagues

UCH Resident Doctors Begin 72-Hour Warning Strike Over Assault on Colleagues

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has commenced a three-day warning strike following the alleged assault of two doctors and several other hospital workers at the hospital’s Emergency…

Edo Doctors to Continue Strike Over Abduction of Colleague, Demand Improved Security

Edo Doctors to Continue Strike Over Abduction of Colleague, Demand Improved Security

Doctors in Edo State have vowed to continue their ongoing strike until their abducted colleague, Dr. Abu Babatunde, is released unharmed. The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Edo State branch, said the industrial action is a…

Industrial Court steps in as resident doctors’ planned strike faces legal roadblock

Industrial Court steps in as resident doctors’ planned strike faces legal roadblock

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has granted an interim injunction restraining members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) from embarking on any form of strike or industrial action. The order was…

Inside the Doctors’ Strike: FG Blames Policy Gaps, Defends Health Sector Reforms

Inside the Doctors’ Strike: FG Blames Policy Gaps, Defends Health Sector Reforms

The Federal Government has attributed the ongoing strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to structural and policy challenges within the health sector, rather than neglect by the administration. The Minister of State…

Resident Doctors Set for Fresh Shutdown as NARD Fixes 12 January for Strike Resumption

Resident Doctors Set for Fresh Shutdown as NARD Fixes 12 January for Strike Resumption

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to resume its industrial action from 12 January 2026, citing the Federal Government’s failure to address long-standing welfare and professional concerns affecting its members. The…

Resident Doctors Suspend Strike After MoU With FG, Give Four-Week Ultimatum

Resident Doctors Suspend Strike After MoU With FG, Give Four-Week Ultimatum

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its strike, 29 days after it began, following the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government. The announcement was made on…

FG Appeals to Resident Doctors to End Strike, Assures Action on 19-Point Demands

FG Appeals to Resident Doctors to End Strike, Assures Action on 19-Point Demands

The Federal Government has appealed to members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend their ongoing strike, assuring that their 19-point demands are already being addressed. The Minister of State for Health,…

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