Lecturers in Nigeria’s polytechnics have renewed pressure on the Federal Government after institutions in the South-South and South-East threw their weight behind a strike ultimatum. The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) said the 21-day notice, effective from 18 August, followed the government’s failure to honour previous agreements. The union suspended a two-week strike in…
Nigeria’s top oil workers’ union has urged the government to clamp down on petroleum marketers inflating pump prices, despite a global drop in crude oil prices, saying regulatory inaction is costing ordinary Nigerians dearly. At a world press conference in Abuja on Monday, Mr Festus Osifo, President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff…
Kenyan President William Ruto, the champion of the African Union (AU) institutional reforms, on Monday said conflicts is hindering Africa’s potential, resulting in estimated losses of 18 billion dollars annually, displacing millions of people. Ruto, said Africa currently hosts 35 million internally displaced persons, 8.9 million refugees, 1.1 million asylum seekers, and 1 million stateless…
