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A three-day industrial action scheduled for Thursday, by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Kano State chapter has been suspended. The strike was planned to express its displeasure over the non-payment of N30,000 minimum wage for the month of March 2021. This was just as the state government said that the deduction from March salary will be paid along with April salary if the federal allocation accruing to the state is improved. However, the state NLC bowed to pressure and shelved the strike. The union also suspended the proposed peaceful protest…

An abducted student of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Mando, Kaduna State, has narrated how five of the 39 students were released from captivity. Francis Paul, a 200 Level Student of Agriculture Technology at the institution, who was one of the freed victims, reunited with their families on Wednesday, said the bandits released them voluntarily. He said: “One afternoon, they (the bandits) came and started selecting us… I was very ill that day. So, they asked me to sit aside and they added some girls and put us on…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced through its head of the Nigeria national office, Patrick Areghan that, it is likely to postpone the 2021 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Nigeria. Areghan said, the coronavirus pandemic distorted the academic calendar so much that there is no guaranty the annual terminal examinations will be held on schedule. “It will, therefore, not be possible to have the examination in May/June this year,” Areghan said. “A convenient International Timetable for the conduct of the examination will soon be…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Usman Alkali Baba as acting the Inspector General of the Nigerian Police. Baba was a deputy inspector general before his promotion, which takes with immediate effect. Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi made the disclosure at the Presidential Villa, Tuesday. Recall that Buhari had on February 4th extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for three months. Baba takes over from Mohammed Adamu who, until now, was serving a tenure extension. The Minister said the change is in line…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP says the failure of the government to address the sorry state of polytechnics and monotechnics and the expiration of the ultimatum issued since March 2020, has led to an indefinite strike which commences today. The action is coming less than a week after resident doctors embarked on a nationwide strike over non-payment of allowances and other issues. Announcing this at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the ASUP President, Anderson Ezeibe, said academic activities had been shut shown in all polytechnics and…