BREAKING: UNION SUSPENDS STRIKE IN NIGERIA

June 4th, 2024

By Adejide

BREAKING: UNION SUSPENDS STRIKE IN NIGERIA

Nigeria Labour Congress and trade unions have jointly agreed with the Federal government to call off industrial action while negotiations continue.

Business activities stood still since Monday and flights were also cancelled due to the demand made by the Labour Congress and Trade Unions to raise minimum wage of workers.

Previously, the federal government have raised the minimum wage from 30,000 naira to 60,000 naira which was initially rejected. Unions thereby embarked on industrial action since Monday as the salaries of workers can no longer match the inflated price of commodities in the market.

Eventually, the strike has been suspended while the Union expects the federal government to increase minimum wage within a week. Critically, unions warned they’ll strike again if government is not close to their demand.

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FAMILY PUZZLED OVER THOMPSON INVOLVEMENT IN CONGOLESE COUP

The family of US national involved in Congolese coup are seriously worried for not being able to gain access to see him.

Tyler Thompson, 21, travelled out of US with his friend Marcel Malanga who happens to be the son of late politician that led the failed coup in DR Congo last month.

Many suspects including Thompson were arrested and detained with no access to any of their families. Even, US consular officials could not secure access to see the three Americans involved. Thompson’s family remain prepared to follow due process to get him out of detention.

Thomson’s step-mother, Miranda Thompson expressed her disbelief when she received the news. “We have zero idea how he ended up there,” she said.

Tyler Thompson’s family have launched a campaign in the US at Washington to secure his release.

American Tyler Thompson who is in detention for getting involved in a coup plot in Congo

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TWO JAILED FOR ACCUSING PM OF TOLERATING SAME SEX IN SENEGAL

Two men who criticized PM Ousmane Sonko for permitting homosexuality in Senegal have been jailed by Senegalese court.

Iman Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Ndao and Bah Diakhate were allegedly jailed for three months for spreading false news against the PM. They’ll also pay a fine of 100,000 CFA francs ($165, £130) each.

They were annoyed that Mr Sonko gave a platform for French politician Jean–Luc Mélenchon to express his support for gay marriage.

However, Mr Sonko advised African countries to desist from LGBTQ as it betrays and deviates totally from our culture.

Gay topic came up at student forum attended by French politician, Jean-Luc Mélenchon(L) and Senegal’s PM Ousmane Sonko(R).

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TEMS TO FEATURE IN GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL

Nigeria pop star, Tems has been added to the bill in Glastonbury Festival which kicks off in three weeks.

More acts line up for the bills which are: The Zutons, The Snuts, Rachel Chinouriri, Coldplay, SZA and Manchester legend James.

The tickets for the event have been sold out in October and BBC media platforms will make the full coverage available to audience.

There will be surprise set at 18:00 on Saturday 29 June, on the Woodsies stage.

Dua Lipa will headline the opening night of the festival

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NRC NAMED BURKINA FASO WORLD MOST NEGLECTED CRISIS CONFRONTED NATION

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) named Burkina Faso the most neglected crisis embattled nation in the world for the second time in a row.

At least, hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in attacks across the country in 2024. The annual report of NRC revealed the West African nation experience a new record of 706,000 people displaced in 2023.

Other African countries such as Cameroon, Central African Republic, Mail and Niger occupy second to fifth positions accordingly.

The criteria for evaluating the level of crisis are; lack of humanitarian funding, lack of media attention and lack of international political and diplomatic initiatives in respect to the number of those needed.

NRC reported hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in crisis across Burkina Faso in 2023

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