British mercenary Simon Mann was jailed today for 34 years by a court in Equatorial Guinea for a failed 2004 coup plot in which he said the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was also involved.
Teachers of Nigerian public schools comprising primary and secondary have embarked on an indefinite strike action. According to the Nigerian Union of Teachers, principals, head teachers and teachers of all primary, secondary, technical, unity, special and command schools in the
A critical review of the political role of labour leadership events leading up to this year's May day in Nigeria again places a central challenge before the labour movement to lead a campaign to end poverty in Nigeria.
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) at the weekend expressed dismay over the neglect of stakeholders in the much talked about state of emergency in the power sector with a vow that they would resist the state of emergency
Public primary and secondary schools have been shut down for over a week. Critical mass of our pupils and students are out of schools on account of the ongoing avoidable strike. Many of them expected to write their external examinations,
The government will deliver on its pre-election promise to review the salaries of primary school teachers, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka said on Saturday.
As the nation-wide strike by primary and secondary school teachers entered its second week, the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has appealed to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, to consider the plight of millions of school children in
The striking Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has said that it will continue to explore avenues of constructive and result-oriented dialogue with the Federal Government towards an acceleration of the issuance of the circular on the implementation of the new
The first phase of an initiative, involving the setting up of a vocational centre to provide world class training" in wide ranging skills in the oil and non-oil sectors, had been inaugurated in Delta State.
As the nationwide strike continues today, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday expressed apprehension over Federal Government's inability to pay the Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) that has been agreed upon after 17 years of negotiation.
There were indications last night that the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by teachers across the country recently will not end soon as expected by some stakeholders. The National Union of Teachers (NUT), the umbrella body of the aggrieved teachers,
An environmental catastrophe is looming in most wildlife protected areas in Matabeleland North due to an upsurge in poaching activities by Zanu PF militias camped at bases throughout the province, it has been learnt.
Colgar Sikopo, the Deputy Director for Parks and Wildlife Management in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, will give a presentation tomorrow on the collaborative management of parks.
The top United Nations envoy to Sudan today strongly condemned the shooting by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) of a military observer with the world body and a national monitor with the Sudanese forces.
The Deputy Commander of the United Nations-African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region wants Rwandan soldiers on the mission to ensure that they are different from those who carried out the Genocide, RNA reports.
The Angolan Family and Women Promotion minister, Cândida Celeste da Silva, Monday here praised the Methodist Church's contribution, mainly, that of Zion Anglican Episcopal, during a meeting held with ladies' society of that religious congregation.
UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative, Henry Anyidoho, has stated that modest progress has been made in the work of the Mission. "Where we are today is not where we started from," he said.
Members of Parliament have given their blessings to the Anti-Terrorism Bill which is seeking to position Ghana to detect and combat acts of terrorism in any part of the country.
Last Friday, the Anti-Terrorism Bill which is seeking to position Ghana to detect and combat terrorism in any part of the country was taken through the Consideration stage by Parliament.
