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Oxford, Cambridge… 61 UK varsities to go on 2-week strike

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About 61 top universities in the United Kingdom will be going on an industrial strike action for two weeks over planned changes to staff pensions. According to BBC, University of Oxford, Cambridge University, Imperial College London, University College London (UCL), University of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and York are among the universities affected. A week ago, members of the University and College Union (UCU) voted in favour of industrial action, with staff expressing fear about the pension changes, which they say could cost an average lecturer £200,000 (N101 million) over the course of their retirement.On Monday, the  UCU confirmed plans   to embark on the industrial action, except demands are met. Four Welsh Universities also confirmed plans  to join the strike . Of the universities present, 61 voted overwhelmingly in favour of action, with 88 percent in favour of strikes and 93 percent in favour of action short of a strike. The strikes are planned to begin on Feb

Why We Ferried Ezekwesili, BBOG Members To Our Station – Police

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Why We Ferried Ezekwesili, BBOG Members To Our Station – Police THE Nigeria Police on Wednesday explained why it ferried the convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), Obiageli Ezekwesili, and some of her group members from the Unity Fountain to its headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Ezekwesili, a former minister, yesterday through her verified Twitter handle, @obyezeks, alleged that she alongside other members of her group was been arrested and detained by the police. She and her group members were later ferried in a hilux van to the police command at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). But the police in a statement by it spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah said they were only brought to the Abuja command to forestall breakdown of law and order. “The FCT Police Command wishes to clear the air and set the record straight that it did not arrest or detain Prof Oby Ezekwesili and some members of the Bring Back Our Girls group (BBOG) as being speculated on some social media platforms.

Oyo workers begin warning strike

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Three labour unions in Oyo have directed workers in the state employment to stay from their duty posts for three days, starting from Wednesday. The unions are the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC). The directive was issued in a statement jointly signed by Kofo Ogundeji, NLC state secretary, Falegbe Mayowa, TUC state secretary and Olabode Akinfenwa, JNC assistant state secretary. They said the action was to call on the state government to address the 13-week-old strike of the state-owned tertiary institutions and 256 sacked workers of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. It is also in solidarity with complaints presented by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) of 56 months accumulated unpaid pensions and gratuities of retired primary school teachers and a halt in workers’ promotion since 2010. Waheed Olojede, the state NLC chairman, who spoke alongside Emmanuel Ogundiran, chairman, JNC/TUC, s

Michigan Man Who Lives With Three Sex Dolls: His “wife” And Two “mistresses

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A Michigan man who calls himself “Davecat” lives with three sex dolls: his “wife” and two “mistresses.” The 40-year-old who has shunned 'organic women' to marry a synthetic doll and keep another as a mistress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJtmcJM-Rw A nattily attired black male from Michigan who goes by the handle “Davecat” is a proud owner of three sex dolls. Although the United States Supreme Court still does not recognize marriage between human beings and inanimate objects, Dave insists that he is married to the first sex doll he purchased, which he has named “Sidore Kuroneko.” Davecat also houses two other sex dolls that he has dubbed “Muriel” and “Elena,” but these are not his wives—they’re only “intimate friends.” According to Davecat;  He wrote:  "Dolls don’t possess any of the unpleasant qualities that organic, flesh and blood humans have. A synthetic will never lie to you, cheat on you, criticize you, or be otherwise disagreeable."

"My Friend's Girlfriend Was Raped To Death In Libya" - Nigerian Man

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Nigerian returnee from Libya, Omo Harry, has narrated the bizzare and unfortunate things himself and other Nigerians faced while they were trapped in Libya on their way to Europe . In an interview with Vanguard, Omo who recently returned to Nigeria, narrated how his friend, Denis’s girlfriend, Rita, whom they all embarked on the journey to Europe in April 2016, was raped to death because she could not afford the money needed for her to continue her journey from Libya to Euope. Omo said Rita was handcuffed and boys took turns to rape her. She died when one of the boys tried to penertate her. Her corpse was abandoned for two days before it was removed. Her boyfriend watched the men take their turns to have sex with her. My friend, Denis, said I could travel to Europe if I could raise at least N500,000. He told me that he was also trying to raise same amount for an agent that would facilitate it. I had to sell all my property , including the parcel of land I acquired at Ogudu Bale are

Man Flies In From Abroad, Proposes To His Girlfriend As She Cries (Photos)

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A Nigerian lady Faith Orji was surprised by her abroad based partner with a marriage proposal. According to reports, the lady was in complete shock because she was told she was coming for a friends dinner party not knowing it was her day. Her boyfriend flew in from an undisclosed country and came in straight from the airport. His lady had no idea that he was in the country.... After all the screaming and reactions of disbelief, the handsome man finally got her to the proposal spot and asked for her hand in marriage... She was very shocked after being ambushed with the marriage proposal in the presence of her family and friends who had already planned with her boyfriend. She finally said yes not after bursting into tears. Congratulations to them.

Obasanjo To Buhari: You Must Step On Toes Of Friends, Well-wishers

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A former President Olusegun Obasanjo, (Dr) has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he must step on toes on friends and well-wishers in order to achieve the desired transformation and change  agenda of his administration. Obasanjo, said hard choices must be made consciously or unconsciously to get Nigeria out of poverty and starvation. He spoke on Saturday in Abuja where he was conferred with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Christian Theology at the 7th convocation ceremony of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). President Buhari, speaking on the occasion ordered that every discrimination against the graduates of NOUN should be stopped, saying the government would continue to accord the graduates of NOUN and those of other Distance Learning institutions in Nigeria due recognition. He said there shall be no discrimination in terms of employment and opportunity for graduates of Open and Distance Learning programmes to pursue higher degrees either in conventional uni

Is My Sexual Preference Unholy?

I will start from the beginning so that i will be better understood, soo sorry if it is too long I and my husband met in one of our ICAN classes so we hit it off immediately, became friends, dated then got married. It was blissful, we had our kids, to me life was perfect till one day he changed.  He started picking fights on irrelevant things, wouldnt talk to me for days, i thought it was just a phase until one day he didnt come back home, after so much calls to family members, friends collegues at work, we found out he left the country with another woman, this was 4 years ago, we later found out he paid for the house rent for two years and he vowed never to have anything to do with me and my kids anymore. Even after pleadings from family members he still refused so i moved on, believing that one day he would come back to me because i believe his actions was not normal, he asked for divorce, i refused cos my bible is against it (luke 16:18). Since then God has been soo good to me, i

I Beat Up My Husband Anytime He Demands Sex – Wife

Opytainment Gist World. A housewife , Bayonle Bamidele , on Tuesday told an Idi - Ogungun Customary Court in Agodi , Ibadan , that she denied and beat up her husband, Adeyemi Bamidele , anytime he demanded sex for fear of contracting HIV. Bayonle said this in court while defending herself in a divorce suit filed by her husband over her refusal to have sex with him . She said her husband was a womaniser who always brought his female friends to their matrimonial home . He said , “ I have warned him to stop promiscuity to avoid contracting HIV, but he didn’ t listen to me . “ So , I denied him sex for fear of contracting HIV due to his carefree sexual attitude , ” she said . Bayonle urged the court to grant the request of her husband, saying she was not ready to give her body to a flirt. The husband , a retiree , had approached the court for dissolution of his eight - year marriage with Bayonle on the ground that she denied him sex. He also alleged that the defendant always beat him and