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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J School principals in Nasarawa state on Monday ignored an earlier appeal by labour for them not to supervise the National Examination Council (NECO) in the area. The  workers in the area had embarked on strike over the failure of the state government to meet their demands. The workers had accused the government of failing to grant them annual salary increment and promotion even when they deserved it. Pensioners were also not paid their full entitlements as and when due. Mr Abdulahi Agwai, the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Education had on May 26 announced that commissioners, permanent secretaries, principals of schools and their deputies would supervise the exam following the workers’ strike. Abdullahi Adeka, who had been removed as chairman of the union, announced the suspension of the strike, saying government had begun negotiations to meet the workers’ demands. But on May 27, Mr Bala Umar, who replaced Adeka, urged workers not to resum...

http://ift.tt/2qjT5nd A British army soldier (L) and a police officer (R) secure an entrance to Downing Street in central London on May 25, 2017, after Operation Temperer was put into force putting soldiers under police command on British streets in response to the May 22 terror attack at the Manchester Arena. Police said they arrested two men Thursday in the Manchester area in connection with the deadly bombing of an Ariana Grande pop concert, while a detained woman was released without charges. Britain has raised its terror alert to the maximum level and ordered troops to protect strategic sites after 22 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a Manchester pop concert. / AFP PHOTO / NIKLAS HALLE'N Libya is working closely with Britain to identify possible “terrorist networks” involved in the attack at a pop concert in Manchester, a senior Libyan official said Thursday. “We are working closely and intensively with our British partners to probe possible terrorist networ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The absence of prosecution counsel on Tuesday stalled the trial of seven Boko Haram suspects at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The defendants are: Mohammed Usman (a.k.a Khalid Al-Barnawi), Mohammed Bashir Saleh, Umar Mohammed Bello (a.k.a Abu Azzan), Mohammed Salisu (a.k.a Datti), Yakubu Nuhu (a.k.a Bello Maishayi), Usman Abubakar and a lady, Halima Haliru. They are being tried on an 11-count charge, bordering on abduction and murder of their victims in February 2013. The defendants were alleged to have abducted seven foreigners from a construction site in Bauchi and took them to Sambisa Forest, in Borno, where they murdered them. At the resumed trial, the prosecuting counsel, Miss Adeola Hope, who held brief for the lead prosecution counsel, Mr Shuaibu Labaran, informed the court of his ill health. She said the lead prosecuting counsel was unavoidable absent due to his health and urged the court to adjourn the matter to enable him come and continue with the ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has maintained that, despite the plots by both the federal and state governments to stifle its coming Biafra Day remembrance, neither President Muhammadu Buhari that nor the security agencies can stop its members from observing the sit-at-home orders it gave to Igbos on May 30 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 declaration of the Republic of Biafra. Disclosing this to newsmen on Sunday, the spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful said no man can stop the celebration from holding. He therefore appealed to the people of the South East to obey the order in honor of Biafra fallen heroes. “We are aware that the saboteurs in and outside Biafraland, even those who claimed to be fighting for Biafra freedom, the federal and state governments in the East and security agencies are planning to stop the remembrance of our heroes and heroines who died for our people to live today in Nigeria and to forestall the sit-at-home order i...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Friday handed over 100 bags of cannabis they impounded at Badagry creeks to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Navy Commodore Maurice Eno, who handed over the substance to the Agency, said that the suspects abandoned their two fibre boats on sighting naval men at Igbooja Village near Badagry. “The substance was packaged in 77 big bags and 23 medium bags, weighing about 4226.6kg with an estimated street value of over N40 million. “The seizure was sequel to a tip-off about some criminal elements indulging in transportation of cannabis and other illicit substances within the area through the waterways. “The suspected traffickers absconded before the navy patrol team got to the scene of the crime, as such no person was arrested,’’ said Eno, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT. Eno said the navy was committed to assisting the NDLEA in dealing with trafficking of illicit substance in its efforts to rid the w...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said that a person infected with the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo has died. A spokesperson for the UN’s WHO Eric Kabambi, told Reuters: “It (the case) is in a very remote zone, very forested, so we are a little lucky. “We always take this very seriously”. The last outbreak of Ebola in Congo was in 2014 and dozens of people died. The post WHO says person infected with Ebola in Congo has died appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2psLkiq

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An Ijede Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, near Lagos has sentenced two brothers to 42 months in prison for breaking into three shops. The Chief Magistrate, R. O. Davies, told the convicts on Friday: “the two of you sound enlightened and ought not to see crime as a way out of hardship. “The two of you have pleaded guilty to the first two counts levelled against you and therefore, will face the punishment for that. “Crime is not the way out of difficult situations and cannot be excused on any ground. “Having admitted to two out of the three counts, I sentence you each to six months in prison on the first count and three years each on the second count,’’ Davies ruled. He also ordered that trial on the third count, which the convicts did not admit to, would continue as they served their sentences. Earlier, Jundullah Mohammed, 26, and Jamiu Mohammed, 23, had pleaded guilty to two out of three counts brought against them. The convicts were arraigned on three counts...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J U.S.-based mobile messaging service, WhatsApp, was fined 3 million Euros (3.3 million dollars) on Friday in Italy for insufficient transparency on data sharing with its parent company, Facebook. WhatsApp was taken over by Facebook in 2014 and two years later, it introduced new terms of service and privacy policies that gave Facebook access to WhatsApp users’ data. Italy’s Antitrust Regulator — AGCM — said in a statement that “the opportunity for WhatsApp users to refuse the handover of data to Facebook was available `but it was inadequately flagged.” The regulator also criticised WhatsApp for introducing “unfair clauses” to its term of service, such as giving the company the right to cut off services or start charging customers without warning. In December, the European Commission, which regulates antitrust matters in the EU, launched an investigation into Facebook’s conduct prior to the WhatsApp buyout. The EU executive accused Facebook of misleadingly telli...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested eight suspects following a street fight at Iyana-Ipaja which claimed one life. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, told newsmen that the fighting broke out at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday and lasted until about 2 a.m on Wednesday. “At about 10 p.m., we received distress call that some youths are on rampage at Iyana-Ipaja and we sent the police response team there. “The fight raged and continued till 2a.m when normalcy was restored. “Eight suspects were arrested and one person was killed in the course of the fight. “Investigation, however, revealed that fighting ensued over a girl, who resides at Abule-Oki area of Iyana-Ipaja. “The girl had gone to a party at Elere, Agege, where she was molested. “On getting back to her area, she told the youths who later blocked the road and led a fight towards Elere during which the police moved in to stop them. “Investigation is still on and will be extended ...