Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike if Israel prepares to attack it, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told broadcaster Al-Alam on Sunday, a day after his boss warned that conflict was inevitable.
Amidst rumours of strike that have, in recent times, engulfed the campus of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, the university’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has debunked the rumours. The chairman of ASUU in the university, Dr. Busuyi Mekusi, while briefing journalists shortly after the end of the [...]
BENIN CITY – As bloc of Tertiary Institution strike roughly enters a third week a Students Union President of Edo State College of Agriculture, Agenebode Campus, Comrade Ikessi Augustine Anomhe has called on a state supervision and a distinguished lecturers to come to discourse in sequence to solve their differences in a seductiveness of a [...]
By OKEY NDIRIBE, Abuja Workers unions in the nation’s electricity sector yesterday in Abuja accused the Federal Government of failing to fully implement agreements reached by both sides during past negotiations. This accusation was made by Comrade Bede Okpara, the President of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) and Comrade Joe Ajaero, [...]
Activities resumed fully on Saturday at the general hospitals and the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, as doctors called off a three-day warning strike. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who visited some hospitals such as the Surulere General Hospital, Igando General Hospital and LASUTH, reports that doctors have been attending [...]
(CNN) — Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority dismissed concerns about the health of jailed activist Abudlhadi al-Khawaja, for whom Monday marked the 61st day of a hunger strike and two days since his family last heard from him. “He’s fine,” IAA’s Fahad Binali told CNN. “His life is not in danger.” Mohammed al-Jeshi, the lawyer for [...]
Madrid (CNN) — Spain’s new conservative government announced 27 billion euros ($35 billion) in cuts from the budget this year to reduce the deficit in the midst of the nation’s prolonged economic crisis. “We are in a critical situation. This is the most austere budget in our democracy, and with tax measures to bring in [...]
30 March 2012 Last updated at 00:15 ET Massive crowds took to the streets of Spanish cities on Thursday to protest labour reforms The Spanish government is due to unveil what is expected to be one of the toughest budgets in its recent history. Newly-elected Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has already warned the budget will [...]
*Demand release of kidnapped colleague By FESTUS AHON UGHELLI – MEDICAL doctors in the service of Delta State Government, yesterday, declared an indefinite strike action in protest against the spate of insecurity in the state, following the increase in kidnap cases. They are also demanding the release of their colleague, Dr. Ngozi Chukwuebulim, attached to [...]
Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I’m Robert Siegel. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I’m Melissa Block. In South Africa last week, tens of thousands of people took to the [...]
9 March 2012 Last updated at 23:24 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Local men battled to extinguish a large car fire caused by the strike Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed at least 10 Palestinians including a senior Palestinian militant leader. Zohair al-Qaisi, secretary general of the Popular Resistance [...]
The strike also was called to protest new highway tolls that the federation says will hurt the poor by adding to the cost of goods and services and of commuting to work. “The introduction of a tolling system that brings in the private sector to operate the tolled roads is, in our view, nothing else [...]
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces significant pressure at home to coordinate with the United States in any attack against Iran’s nuclear program, despite his public insistence on Israel’s right to act alone. With the clock ticking toward a monumental decision by Netanyahu, it largely could come down to whether he trusts President [...]
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE- PRIMARY school teachers and their secondary school counterparts in Ondo State have been polarised over a strike called by leaders of the state chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT. The strike followed government’s alleged breach of the agreement with the teachers on the payment of Teachers Specific Allowance, TSA, of [...]
In a forceful address to the group, the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Mr. Obama declared that he would not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran and would act — with military force, if necessary — to prevent that from happening. But he made it clear that he did not believe that a strike on Iran [...]
From the corridors of Congress to a gathering of nearly 14,000 American Jews and other supporters of Israel here this weekend, Mr. Obama is being buffeted by demands that the United States be more aggressive toward Iran and more forthright in supporting Israel in its own confrontation with Tehran. While defenders of Israel rally every [...]
By ANNE GEARAN, AP National Security Writer – 35 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered his most explicit threat yet that the United States will attack Iran if that’s what it takes to prevent it from developing a nuclear bomb. At the same time, he warned Israelis they would only make a [...]
Akure — Following the industrial action embarked upon by the Ondo state branch of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), the government has said that the decision of the Union has some political undertone. Teachers in primary, secondary and technical schools in the state yesterday began an indefinite strike over non payment of their 27.5 [...]
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to meet in Washington next week, amid global concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and possible pre-emptive action by Israel. Tensions between Iran and Israel have increased steadily in recent months, as has speculation about a possible Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear sites. An Iranian [...]
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Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa
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Malian children face education crisis
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Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
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Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge
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Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians
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Syria’s Gains Renew Pressure on US
By NOUR MALAS in Beirut, SAM DAGHER in Damascus and JULIAN E. BARNES in Washington Reuters Hezbollah backers Monday attend a funeral for a fighter near Baalbeck. The Syrian army battled Monday alongside Hezbollah militants to reclaim a rebel-held city, amplifying pressure on President Barack Obama to find a way to alter the course of [...]
Kevin Rudd’s support for gay marriage puts him at odds with Julia Gillard
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