17 Nigerian-Turkish schools caught in Ankara coup crossfire
The authorities and parents of Nigerian-Turkish International Colleges (NTIC), Lagos, Ogun branches have explained why the 17 schools Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan requested Nigerian government to shut down cannot be closed. They said the schools were run by Nigerians for Nigerians.
‘IS child bomber’ kills at least 51 at Turkey wedding
A suicide bomber as young as 12 killed at least 51 people at a wedding in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, pointing the finger at the Islamic State group.
Oil rebels announce conditional ceasefire
A Nigerian rebel group has announced a conditional ceasefire and agreed to hold talks with the government following months of attacks on key oil and gas facilities that have hammered the economy.
Salary: NLC to apply `no pay, no work’ rule
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says all state councils where salary liabilities of up to three months exist will apply no pay, no work’ rule.
State of the economy: “What would PDP have done differently?”
However, arguments as to what PDP would have done about the current economic situation which APC-led government is not or has not done rather xrayed some economic solutions which could be relevant for discussions by policy makers in Nigeria. These arguments in some comments by some Nigerians were compiled from a Vanguard’s news story, “Economic Recession: Nigerians have realised electing APC was a costly mistake- Usman” Read.
Return of the wild polio virus
ON 24 July 2014, for the first time ever, Nigeria interrupted the transmission of the wild polio virus, leading to its removal by the World Health Organisation (WHO) from the list of countries where the disease is endemic.
