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Aviation unions in Nigeria have directed all workers within the sector to withdraw their services from the country’s airports from September 28 to in solidarity with planned nationwide strike action to protest harsh anti-people economic policies and bad governance under President Muhammadu Buhari. The groups are the National Union of Air Transport Employees, National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals. See Also ACTIVISM NLC Vows To Proceed With Planned Strike Action Over Petrol, Electricity Tariff Hike 0 Comments 3 Days Ago A statement by the joint unions reads, “As you are aware, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria have declared indefinite nationwide strike action with effect from Monday, September 28, 2020. “Our unions as above named are in full support of the strike action. “As such all workers in the aviation ...

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum (centre). No less than 30 people mostly security agents, who were in the convoy of Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, have now died after an attack by Boko Haram terrorists. Two sources told AFP on Saturday that the number of fatalities from the attack on Friday had doubled as more bodies were found. Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum. See Also Exclusive Seven Policemen, Three Soldiers Killed As Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Borno Governor, Zulum’s Convoy 0 Comments 16 Hours Ago The victims include 12 policemen, five soldiers, four members of a government-backed militia and nine civilians. Friday’s attack which is the second on the governor’s convoy in less than two months, happened along the Baga Highway in the Northern part of the state when the party was heading to Baga town ahead of government’s planned return of internally displaced persons from Maiduguri.   VIDEO: Furious Borno Governor, @ProfZulum , ...

Komi Selom Klassou Komi Selom Klassou, Togo’s Prime Minister, has resigned his position in the West African nation’s government. Klassou has served as Prime Minister since 2015. Komi Selom Klassou He resigned late on Friday after serving in the government of President Faure Gnassingbe, who has ruled the country for 38 years. Gnassingbe congratulated Klassou and his team for their “economic, political and social efforts and the encouraging results despite the health crisis around the world”. The resignation comes as part of a political reshuffle expected in the country since Gnassingbe was re-elected in February for a fourth term in office. The President’s election win, which came after a constitutional change allowing him to run, extended more than a half-century of dynastic rule over the former French colony by the Gnassingbe family. The victory was disputed by the main opposition challenger, who has faced official harassment in the wake of the votes. International New...

Piotr Cywinski Piotr Cywinski, Director of Auschwitz Memorial Museum, Poland, has offered to serve part of the 10-year jail sentence given to a 13-year-old Nigerian boy, Umar Farouq, for blasphemy. A Sharia court in Kano had convicted Farouq for using disparaging language on Allah during a disagreement with his friend. Piotr Cywinski In a letter dated September 25 and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, Cywinski sought pardon for Farouq. See Also Human Rights 13-year-old Boy Sentenced To 10-year Imprisonment For Blasphemy Appeals Judgment 0 Comments 2 Weeks Ago The activist said regardless of what Farooq said, he cannot be treated as fully aware and responsible given his age. He said, “I permit myself to write to you personally about a young boy named Omar Farouq, who was convicted recently in a Sharia court in Kano State in North-West Nigeria after being accused of blasphemy used during an argument with a friend. “I wish to request the pardon of this 13 year...

Workers in Oyo State have been directed to join the nationwide strike commencing on Monday, September 28, 2020, to protest the recent hike in petrol pump price and electricity tariff. In a statement jointly signed by the state secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Ibrahim Muhammed, and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Comrade Falegbe Mayowa Festus, they called on affiliated unions to begin mass mobilisation of all professional groups, religious organizations, market women, civil society allies to ensure total compliance of the indefinite strike action. See Also ACTIVISM NLC Vows To Proceed With Planned Strike Action Over Petrol, Electricity Tariff Hike 0 Comments 3 Days Ago The statement reads, “Following the directives of both the national bodies of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, in reaction to the insensitivity  of the Federal Government to the well-being of her citizenry by the sudden and unwarranted increase in petrol pri...