Olat10 Blog

UNPAID SALARIES: Nasarawa Workers Declare A Strike On Tuesday the Nasarawa State Joint Union of Local Government Employees declared strike over unpaid salaries by the State Government. Nasarawa state President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees  Abdullahi Adeka announced that in Lafia. He said: “The strike is necessitated by the inability of the state government to pay the workers their April and May salaries. The government left the union with no option than to embark on indefinite strike to press home its demands. The union had appealed to the government to pay them their outstanding salaries through many channels to avoid strike but the efforts proved abortive. Non-payment of the salaries had brought untold hardship to the workers. The union would set machinery in motion to monitor and ensure total compliance.” READ MORE: http://www.naij.com/452674-unpaid-salaries-nasarawa-workers-declares-strike.

                  question of the day? Now that general buhari is the president of nigeria do you think nigeria can be free from unemployment and electricity problem?

Planetary Society elated as ‘crashed’ LightSail rebooted by stray cosmic ray AFTER eight days in the dark, a privately funded solar sail satellite has rebooted itself and sent reassuring messages to its excited operators on Earth. “Our LightSail called home!” US science educator Bill Nye “the Science Guy” exulted in a press release this morning. “It’s alive!” The LightSail cubesat — a small, standardised satellite module about the size of a shoebox designed to offer universities and research organisations cheap “piggyback” rides into space — was boosted into space early last week. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. The rocket is carrying the X-37B space plane for the U.S. Air Force as well as 10 CubeSats and the Planetary Society's LightSail Mission. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)   Source:  AP It was carri...

Floyd Mayweather’s indecent marriage proposal Floyd Mayweather’s ex Shantel Jackson.   Source:  Getty Images GET a box of tissues ready because this marriage proposal is going to warm your heart. Or perhaps not. TMZ Sports  has published details of Floyd Mayweather’s proposal to former girlfriend Shantel Jackson and it’s not exactly what fairytales are made of. Not only did the world’s richest athlete propose to Jackson via text — at the same time he also demanded she improve her attitude. This is the error-riddled text — or perhaps what is better described as a contract offer — Mayweather sent, according to court documents accessed by the website. “This is what I offer to you. Let’s get married move in together you can go back in forth to L.A and stay at the condo,” Mayweather wrote. “I promise I will get you in 3 A list movies this year and I’m willing to go to counselling to make us work and you can get the stuff you want and I’m willi...

Chelsea v Sydney FC video highlights: EPL champions defeat A-League outfit 1-0 at ANZ Stadium SAME result, different English Premier League opposition. For the second time in three days Sydney FC were beaten by a goal to nil, this time against the champions Chelsea in front of a record crowd of 83,598 at ANZ Stadium. But the Sky Blues will be far from disappointed with their showing, particularly when a late flurry of chances so nearly earned them an equaliser. Graham Arnold’s men were beaten by a stunning Loic Remy strike, who led the line of a near full-strength Chelsea side that included stars Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Nemanja Matic and John Terry. But Sydney gave an excellent account of themselves, particularly young Alex Gersbach down the left. In a moment he just might cherish for a while, the 18-year-old got the better of Cesar Azpilicueta at the byline, before cutting the ball back to Robert Stambolziev, who blazed his shot high and over. ...

China deports Aust cannabis grower: report An Australian man has been deported from China after police found him growing cannabis.   AN Australian man has been repatriated from China after he was allegedly found growing cannabis in his home. DAVID Robert Ancel Green, 34, an English language teacher, was reportedly discovered growing the drug in his home in Changsu, in eastern China, the Xinhua news agency said. Green told police he obtained the cannabis seeds from the Netherlands and Shanghai. He said he was growing the cannabis for his personal use. Green was detained for 13 days before Chinese officials deported him.

UN official says Ebola will end in Sierra The UN Ebola chief says it's only a matter of weeks before the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone ends.   THE United Nations' Ebola chief says he believes it's only a matter of weeks before the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone ends. BUT Dr David Nabarro says that stopping the deadly disease in Guinea will take more time because in some areas unsafe traditions still triumph over what's good for people's health. Nabarro said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday that the Ebola epidemic "absolutely isn't over" though Liberia has been Ebola free since May 9. "We have cases occurring, not in huge numbers but enough to be very disturbing, in Sierra Leone and in Guinea," he said, and the situation in Guinea is especially troubling because surprise cases have been popping up that are not part of known chains of transmission.

Aussie skydivers break record in US IN a race against time and gravity, 119 Australian skydivers have broken a formation record over California. THE daredevils had been training at Perris Valley, outside of Los Angeles, since May 20 and made eight failed freefall formation attempts. Late on Sunday afternoon, on their last chance, the 119 skydivers jumped from 5.8km above the Earth and came together to create an Australian record, beating the 112 set in 2010. "After the jump, participants had a nail-biting wait for the judging, but confidence was high," team captain Greg Jack said. "There were cheers, hugs, and wild celebrations as the seven planes did a formation fly-by to mark the achievement. "Then the official word came through and the celebrations kicked in for real," he said. The team came to California because the skydivers needed multiple planes equipped with oxygen and pilots skilled at keeping the aircraft close together for the ...

Okorocha Rejigs His Cabinet, Dismisses IMSU VC Following his re-election for a second term in office, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has dissolved the state’s executive council and appointed his son-in-law as his chief of staff. Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, is the immediate past commissioner for land in the state. He is married to the first daughter of the governor. Okorocha also appointed his former chief of staff, Sir Jude Ejiogu, as the secretary to the state government. FOR ADVERT PLACEMENT CONTACT 08146653557 OR OSIBOTU@GMAIL.COM The governor also sacked the vice chancellor of the Imo State University, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, for his alleged loyalty to Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu. Awuzie, the immediate past chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, placed advertorials in two national newspapers congratulating Onu over the recent award of an honorary doctorate degree given to him by the Abia State University. Awuzie’s action was said to have infuria...

Man Mysteriously Dies In NSCDC Custody A 38-year-old graduate of the College of Agriculture, Bakura in Zamfara State, Jamilu Abdullahi has mysteriously died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Sokoto state. According to his mother he was allegedly tortured to death by the officials of the NSCDC, Daily Trust reports. Abdullahi was said to have been detained and tortured at the Sokoto south divisional headquarters of the NSCDC command, before he was taken to the Usmanu Danfodiyo Teaching hospital where he died. Narrating what happened, she said: “ There was a misunderstanding between him and one woman in our neighbourhood and she reported the matter to the Sokoto South divisional headquarters of the NSCDC whose men came around 6:30pm and arrested him. FOF ADVERT PLACEMENT CONTACT 08146653557 OR OSIBOTU@GMAIL.COM “We visited the headquarters several times, seeking his release, instead, they tortured him to a state of comma after w...

Police uncover underground cell, shrine in Ibadan I badan— A shrine, suspected to be a hideout for kidnappers has been discovered by Oyo State Police Command at Isase, Ojoku, in Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state. Fake dollar notes and posh cars were discovered at the shrine, which is located in a very remote place, by a team of policemen led by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Muhammed Katsina. The cars include two Toyota Camry, with number plates LAGOS AAA-125 and LAGOS AAA-207 DH; and another Nissan Almera, with number plates LAGOS AGL 882 DF. Other items found at the shrine include idols, charms, cowries and mats. There was an underground cell where captives were believed to be kept. Also discovered in the place was a substance that looked like palm oil and salt, which were poured on some statues. Though two of the suspects escaped, policemen arrested one of them whose name was given as Ismail Adesina, 43. Confession Oyo State Commissioner of Police...