Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have suspended the nationwide strike. The group had embarked on a strike since July 26 over the failure of the federal government to implement the demands of its members. Confirming that the strike has been called off, NARD’s President …
Read More »NLC and TUC suspend planned strike over fuel subsidy removal
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has suspended its plans to embark on strike on Wednesday, June 7, over the removal of fuel subsidy. The suspension was taken after its leaders had a closed-door meeting with the representatives of the Federal Government at the …
Read More »Suspend $800m loan to FG – SERAP tells World Bank
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President, Mr David Malpass, to suspend any disbursement of $800m loan to the Federal Government of Nigeria and ask the incoming administration to provide satisfactory explanations before the loan should be disbursed. The Federal Government headed by …
Read More »Update: Bayern Munich suspend Sadio Mane for ‘misconduct’ after he punched team-mate Leroy Sane in the face
Bayern Munich have suspended Sadio Mane for misconduct after he punched team-mate Leroy Sane in the face during a bust-up. Mane punched his team-mate in the face after his side’s 3-0 defeat by Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Etihad. The Senegalese …
Read More »Reps asks tertiary institutions to suspend academic activities for students to vote
The house of representatives has appealed to management of tertiary institutions in the country to suspend academic activities ahead of the elections. In the appeal made to National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NABTE), National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), and the ministry of education, the lower chamber …
Read More »‘Dark October’: Parents of slain students call Linda Ikeji and Netflix to suspend movie premiere
Vanguard reports that the families made a statement through a rights group, The Integrity Friends for Truth and Peace, and said the movie was made without their consent. Livingstone Wechie, the organization’s executive director, claimed that the anguish brought on by the terrible deaths of their children has been reawakened …
Read More »Update: Aviation workers suspend strike action
The strike action embarked upon by Aviation workers under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has been suspended. International flights were disrupted in Lagos and Abuja airports …
Read More »Three foreign aid groups suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bars female employees | CNN
CNN — Three foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work. “We cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need in Afghanistan without our female staff,” aid …
Read More »Taliban suspend university education for women in Afghanistan | CNN
CNN — The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education confirmed the suspension to CNN on Tuesday. A letter published by …
Read More »Roundup: Selena Gomez Opens Up About Lupus; Nets Suspend Kyrie Irving; James Harden Out a Month
The Nets suspended Kyrie Irving … Gabby Petito’s parents file $50 million lawsuit against Utah police … Paul Pelosi released from the hospital … Judge agrees to appoint monitor for Trump Organization assets … Stock futures fell slightly heading into Friday … Warner Bros. Discovery wants more Harry Potter movies …
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