Taraba State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, has directed its members not to comply with the federal government’s directive for schools resumption on September 22. At a news conference in Jalingo, the state capital, Aliyu Mafidi, chairman of the union in the state declared that there was no reason to justify the…
Rivers to sanction schools that flout Oct 6 resumption date
The Rivers State Government has announced that it will sanction any school that resumes before October 6. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Michael West, on Monday informed newsmen in Port Harcourt, the state capital, that government opted to reopen schools on October 6 to make certain that preventive and protective measures were put in…
INEC extends CVR in Abuja by seven days
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has extended the Continuous Voter Registration by one week in the Federal Capital Territory. This was announced in a statement signed by the FCT INEC Administrative Secretary, Abdulrahman Adamu, and released on Monday in Abuja. As stated in the statement, the extension would start on September 22 and run…
Turkey Shuts Down Syria Border
Turkey has begun to shut some of its border crossings with Syria after at least 70,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country since Friday. The shut down followed the clash that broke out after a solidarity demonstration by Kurds on the Turkish side of the border on Sunday. The clash was between Turkish security forces and…
Lagos Schools to Now Resume October 8
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said primary and secondary schools in the state would no longer resume on Monday, September 22 as earlier announced. Lagos government said the schools would now resume on Wednesday, October 8. With this decision, the state government joined other states in the South-West, which had postponed the resumption of…
Ukraine Clashes Continue After Signing Truce
Ukrainian army and pro-Russia separatists have continued fighting even after signing a truce to create a buffer zone. NATO’s top military commander said, Fighting in Ukraine is continuing and a ceasefire signed on September 5 to end fighting between the army and pro-Russia separates is “in name only”. “The situation in Ukraine is not good right…
Oil workers suspend Strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, on Friday night, suspended their five day-old strike action. The suspension was announced in a communiqué issued at the end of a marathon meeting with the minister of petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke, and the…
Unity schools Embark on indefinite strike
Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has directed its members in 104 Federal Unity Colleges across the country to commence an indefinite strike action with effect from Monday, September 22 over the non-payment of their arrears and entitlement estimated at N1.8bn. A statement released on Friday in Abuja by the Secretary-General of ASCSN,…
Seized jet scandal: SERAP wants FG probed
A non-governmental organization, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked the Financial Action Task Force, FATF to probe the admission by the Federal Government of Nigeria that it hired a private jet to convey $9.3 million in cash to procure arms from South Africa. In a petition dated September 19 and addressed to FATF President,…
Ebola: Sierra Leone Begins Three-day Lockdown
A three-day curfew is currently under way in Sierra Leone. The curfew was imposed in order to enable health workers find and isolate cases of Ebola and halt the spread of the deadly disease. The measure was taken by the Sierra Leone government because many people have been reluctant to seek medical treatment for Ebola,…
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