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The Senate Committee on Education has failed to broker a truce between the Federal Government and striking members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). (AllAfrica)

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Nigerian health workers will begin an open-ended strike this week, joining primary and secondary teachers whose own strike has entered the third week, officials of health told AFP yesterday. (AllAfrica)

Katsina State House of Assembly has initiated dialogue between the state government and Katsina State chapter of the NUT. The meeting is aimed at ending the four-week long industrial action embarked upon by the teachers. (AllAfrica)

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has sent an urgent letter to President Umar Musa Yar'Adua calling for his direct and urgent intervention in the four-week national strike of the Nigeria Union Teachers over failure of government to issue a circular on the implementation of the Teachers' Salary Structure. (AllAfrica)

The death of about 17 graduate job-seekers and hospitalisation of over 85 in locations across the country, a forth night ago, has more than highlighted the dire unemployment situation in the country, and the sadistic pre-disposition of officialdom in dealing with citizens in need or distress. (AllAfrica)

Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro cried out yesterday over the increase in the spate of kidnappings in the country saying it was impossible for the police to stop the crime as the police cannot attach its personnel to 140 million Nigerians. (AllAfrica)

Dockworkers Monday embarked on a go-slow that has delayed a ship and threatens to cause a cargo pile-up at the Mombasa port. (AllAfrica)

Sierra Leone Bar Association Tuesday called on members of parliament to ensure an employee protection act that would guarantee workers rights and welfare in the country. (AllAfrica)

Lev Leviev Diamonds and Polishing Company Namibia (LLD) has accepted the olive branch extended to it by the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), but not without queries. (AllAfrica)

An umbrella union has refuted claims of a nationwide strike today to demonstrate against surging food and fuel prices. (AllAfrica)

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume negotiations with a view to resolving their differences over the sack of 44 University of Ilorin lecturers. (AllAfrica)

WITH months of negotiations between Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) Namibia and the Mineworkers' Union of Namibia (MUN) only leading to the dismissal of more than 220 workers from the diamond cutting and polishing factory early this month, the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has decided to step in and get involved. (AllAfrica)

PENALTIES against child labour are not deterrent enough in fighting the practice in the country, the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Cde Nicholas Goche has said. (AllAfrica)

THE repatriation of skilled personnel is a key factor in the restoration of the Zimbabwean economy, leading businessman lawyer and mayor of Harare Mr Muchadeyi Masunda has said. (AllAfrica)

James Odit, Regional Director of the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) in Africa, has praised the Zambia Youth Workers Association (ZYWA) as a 'model' organisation for youth workers across the continent. (AllAfrica)

KATSINA State House of Assembly has made a passionate appeal to the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to suspend the strike it embarked upon one month ago. (AllAfrica)

ZIMBABWE should relaunch in earnest the social dialogue process as one of the key strategies that will ensure sustainable economic regeneration. (AllAfrica)

Officials of the Gombe State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) have embarked on picketing "uncooperative schools" and unleashed terror on the staff of Zenith International College in the metropolis. (AllAfrica)

As part of efforts to check unemployment among the teeming unemployed youths and meet challenges of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bauchi State, Governor Isa Yuguda has approved the proposal for the realisation of one million jobs to be created before 2015 in the state. (AllAfrica)

The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili, has stressed the need for pharmacists to put reason above selfish interests. (AllAfrica)

As teachers in Nigerian public primary and secondary schools continue their strike, eminent legal practitioner, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) yesterday in Ibadan advocated improved pay package for them, saying they deserved better remuneration in the overall interest of their students. (AllAfrica)

The Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Alhaji Zakari Angulu Dobi has said that the council is ready to pay the proposed Teachers Salary Scale (TSS) immediately the federal government gives its approval. (AllAfrica)

Abdullah Musa's captivating article titled: 'Talaka: Masochist of some sort' published in Daily Triumph of Monday, 26th May, 2008, which could catch in a spectacular yet deceptive way the attention of any serious reader made an interesting reading. Even though I share some of the brilliant comments and fundamental observations he made, I still find it expedient to react to some of the unreflective and uncritical views canvassed in the said article. (AllAfrica)

Ajiyan Yauri and the Chairman, Governing Council of Parliament International School, Alhaji Abdullahi Yelwa, has called on the Federal Government, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) as well as stakeholders in education sector to put their heads together and solve the problem of continuous strike by teachers. (AllAfrica)

Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday suggested political solution to resolving the on-going strike embarked upon by the union in the country, stating that the strike would not be called off without solution reached. (AllAfrica)

A face-off is brewing between Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and some civil servants in the state over the lease of government quarters as the governor has been accused of undue favouritism in the lease of the properties. (AllAfrica)

STRIKING doctors in Anambra State have suspended their one month old strike, but insisted, yesterday, that they would resume the strike after two months without further notice if government failed to meet their demands. Speaking at a news conference in Onitsha, spokesman for the doctors, Dr Joe Uyammadu, said they decided to suspend the strike because of the hardship their patients were going through, in addition to pleas by well-meaning Nigerians. (AllAfrica)

The number of primary school teachers reduced by 18,000 between 2006 and 2007, according to the latest report by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). The teacher-pupil ratio also went up during the same period from 48 to 57, while the standard ratio ought to be one teacher to 45 pupils. (AllAfrica)

The Teachers Service Commission will recruit 10,307 primary school teachers to replace those who have died or retired. (AllAfrica)

The Government was complicating the issue of performance contracts for teachers by failing to reveal the contents of the document, unions have said. (AllAfrica)

In this era of technological progress people should be working less, not more, says Ashok Subron. (AllAfrica)