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If you had passed through Ugbowo - Lagos Express way, Benin City this morning, you would wonder if that is the venue of the annual EdoFest as members of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria University (SSANU) came out en mass to protest the release of their allowance, reinstatement of staff school teachers into the university payroll in line with court judgement and government productiveness in bringing the new minimum wage to workers among others. The protest has resulted in a heavy traffic jam along the Ugbowo - Lagos Express way. The protest is still ongoing as of the time of writing this report.

The PUNCH reports that Workers at the National Assembly, under the auspices of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, have begun their four-day warning strike. The workers stormed the entrances to the National Assembly Complex in the early hours of Monday to barricade the gates and prevent entry. More security operatives have been deploy to manage the protesters. Details later… Source: https://www.tori.ng/news/113103/breaking-news-national-assembly-workers-begin-stri.html

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has singled out Liverpool left-back, Andrew Robertson for praise after his side were defeated 3-1 at Ansfield. Liverpool ran out 3-1 winners in the big game. It was goals from Sadio Mane and Xherdan Shaqiri that finished United off at Anfield. However, Mourinho made special mention of Robertson after the game. The Scotland international was superb once again for Liverpool. Robertson is now one of the first names on manager Jurgen Klopp’s team sheet, and Mourinho was suitably impressed by him today as well. The Portuguese was quoted by journalist Melissa Reddy, on Caughtoffside, as saying that he felt tired out after watching Robertson’s energetic display. Mourinho said “I am still tired just from looking at Andy Robertson! “Absolutely incredible – he makes a 100m sprint per minute.” Source: http://dailypost.ng/2018/12/16/epl-mourinho-singles-one-liverpool-player-praise-man-uniteds-3-1-defeat/

Work four days a week, but get paid for five? It sounds too good to be true, the media reports on Monday. However, companies around the world that have cut their work week have found that it leads to higher productivity, more motivated staff and less burnout. “It is much healthier and we do a better job if we’re not working crazy hours,” said Jan Schulz-Hofen, founder of Berlin-based project management software company Planio. The company introduced a four-day week to the company’s 10-member staff earlier this year. In New Zealand, insurance company Perpetual Guardian reported a fall in stress and a jump in staff engagement after it tested a 32-hour week earlier this year. Even in Japan, the government is encouraging companies to allow Monday mornings off. Meanwhile, other schemes in the workaholic country to persuade employees to take it easy have had little effect. Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) is pushing for the whole country to move to a four-day week by t...

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A lady returning from her village has narrated how soldiers stopped their bus, questioned their driver for playing a certain kind of music, and forced the young men with full hair to cut their hair. Sharing photos of the male passengers being forced to cut each other's hair with razor blade, Ify Nnamani wrote: This here, is so wrong on many levels I'm traveling back from the village and these soldiers stopped our bus. First, this one questioned our driver for playing music that reminds him of his days in the 'depot.' Then he asked these three guys to come down for carrying full hair. Now they are making them barb each other with the blunt razor they forced our driver to provide. I don't know when carrying full hair or playing music in the bus became illegal that these soldiers had to detain us for over 30 minutes. I was so angry on behalf of those guys, especially as some of the older folks in our bus kept saying they deserved to have their hairs cut that ...