Ministries and schools in Cross River State remained closed, yesterday, despite the calling off of the proposed warning strike by labour leaders over the non-implementation of the approved minimum wage.

In the art of body decoration, colour depicts various things. It symbolizes situations, conditions and event. It can be used to convey a sense of awe or reverence. For example, red stands for fertility and marriage, yellow stands for sickness, white stands for purity or for magic, black and indigo dyes are generally used depending on the occasion.

Workers of Plateau State Government-owned tertiary institutions who resumed their suspended eight-month old strike on Monday have vowed not to resume work despite the threat of sanction from the government.

The Benue State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has reserved July 25, for ruling on applications filed by counsel to Governor Gabriel Suswam and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking an extension of time to enable them regularise their replies to Senator Daniel Saror’s petition challenging Suswam’s victory.

Chairman of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna, Justice G. A. Kwajafa, yesterday, rejected an application for the dismissal of the petition challenging the election of Governor Patrick Yakowa which was filed by the gubernatorial candidate of the Congress for Progress Change, CPC, Haruna Saeed.