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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Executive Council of the Nasarawa State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has impeached its embattled Chairman, Abdullahi Adeka. A statement signed by Ahmed Naibi, the Secretary, said that Adeka was removed for announcing the suspension of the strike, immediately after his reinstatement. It said that the “surprising” action violated the resolutions reached at the NLC headquarters as a condition for his reinstatement. “In the meeting held at our national secretariat in Abuja on May 23, we all agreed that Adeka must sustain the strike. That was a condition for his reinstatement. “We also agreed that his mother union, the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, and all other affiliates of the NLC, must join the strike to maximise its effect. “But, instead of sustaining and widening the strike, Adeka announced its suspension, a day after he was reinstated,” the statement said. The statement declared that Adeka, by that action, had demonstrate...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain’s June 8 election, according to a projection by polling company YouGov. In stark contrast to opinion polls that have until the past week shown May on course for a big win in the snap election she called, the YouGov model suggested May would lose 20 seats and her 17-seat working majority in the 650-seat British parliament. The YouGov constituency projection, based on 50,000 interviews over the course of a week, showed May would win 310 seats, down from the 331 seats won by her predecessor David Cameron in 2015. The opposition Labour Party could win 257 seats, up from 232 seats in 2015, YouGov said. Smaller parties, including the Scottish National Party and Northern Irish parties, could win 83 seats, The Times newspaper quoted YouGov as predicting. If the YouGov model turns out to be accurate, May would be well short of the 326 seats needed to form a government in June, when formal Brexit neg...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Federal Government has declared its readiness to increase Nigerians’ consciousness in the direction of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) toward national development. Mr Abayomi Oguntade, the Director, Bio-resources Technology Department, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) made this known in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, the ministry is planning to intensify efforts on STI awareness to help the masses to appreciate great influence of technology on industrial sector in nation building. “One of the things the present administration has done is to bring consciousness of the nation toward Science, Technology and Innovation, which many did not know about before. “Now, the Federal Government has formulated STI policy to improve science management at the national level.” Oguntade commended President Muhamadu Buhari’s administration on efforts to subdue Boko Hara, fight corruption  and  the...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Two fallen peacekeepers from Nigeria, Commodore Christopher Ademu Abu and Sergeant Mayehm Norbert, are among the 117 that would be honoured with the posthumous Dag Hammarskjöld medal. NAN reports that the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal is a posthumous award given by the UN to military personnel, police, or civilians who lose their lives while serving in a UN peacekeeping operation. The medal is named after Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the UN, who died in a plane crash in what is now Zambia in September 1961. The UN, in a statement, said the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, would award the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal posthumously to the 117 fallen heroes at the UN Headquarters on Wednesday. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the UN headquarters would observe the 2017 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on May 24. “Two fallen peacekeepers from Nigeria are among those to posthumously receive the Dag H...