Abia Poly, ABSUTH Workers Protest Months Of Unpaid Salaries

Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, has been shut over non payment of 8 months arrears of salaries owed workers of the institution.

The Academic Union of Polytechnics, ASUP and its affiliate unions in the state owned institution on Monday, prevented members of the school’s Governing Council from gaining entrance into the school premises, leading to a heavy gridlock on the busy Aba-Owerri road.

Some of the workers bore placards which read; “we are not slaves, we deserved to live, You must pay us our 8months salaries, This is sheer wickedness and injustice, No money, but you have N2, 000, 000 to go to Abuja, Pay us our salaries, No more Council, change management in Abia Poly, Living is better than caskets, Another death has occurred on Saturday.”

11 Gambian Ambassadors Urge Jammeh To Step Down

Eleven Gambian ambassadors serving in various countries around the world have called on outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to hand power and congratulate his rival Adama Barrow.

The diplomats' move comes in the wake of Mr Jammeh's decision to challenge the outcome of the 1 December presidential election, which he had initially accepted - even congratulating Mr Barrow.

In their joint appeal letter, the diplomats, including the ambassadors to Beijing, London, New York, Moscow and Brussels, say:

Photo: Bukola Saraki's 54th Birthday Cakes

The Senate President turned was 54 yesterday. In the photo above, he is seen with his wife, family members and friends... The cutting of the cake took place in Ilorin, Kwara State.

Photos: Arik Workers Protest Unpaid 7 Months Salaries

Arik Air workers kicked off their protest this morning at the domestic airport in Lagos over seven months unpaid salaries.They are asking that their salaries be paid so they can have a better life. More photos below....

Chinese Media Says Trump Unfit To Rule A Superpower Nation

The Chinese media are far from happy with Donald Trump's Tweet accusing them of stealing a US drone they found in the South China sea. The media have condemned him and described him as unfit to rule a superpower Nation.

 “‘Unpresidented’ Trump adds fuel to fire”, a mocking reference to a misspelt tweet the President-elect put out earlier this week the newspaper accused the brash US leader of adding “the most fuel to the fire”.

“Trump is not behaving as a president who will become master of the White House in a month,” it reads. “He bears no sense of how to lead a superpower.”

Man Who Drove Into Berlin Christmas Market Killing & Injuring Many Is A PAKISTANI ASYLUM SEEKER

Forced into a police van with his head covered, this is the Pakistani asylum seeker believed to have used a hijacked 25-tonne Polish lorry to murder 12 people and injure 48 more at a Berlin Christmas market last night.

The masked 23-year-old named as Naved B had only been in Germany for months and was already known to police because of petty crime. He turned off the truck's lights before mounting the pavement at 40mph and ploughing through 80metres of crowds of people enjoying mulled wine after work.

Emenike: I'm Like A Prisoner At Fenerbahce

Former West Ham United of England forward Emmanuel Emenike has spoken out about his unhappiness with the way fans of Fenerbahce are treating him.

Emenike back after a season out on loan, started this season on a high but suffered a dip in form that saw him drop out of the starting line up, and most recently out of the squad on match days.

Reports in the Turkish press claim he is unhappy with coach Dick Advocaat while some reportedly said he had a fall out with Dutch defender Gregory Van Der Wiel.

” I am like a prisoner at Fenerbahce, I give everything to the team, just like I have done at Spartak Moscow, Al Ain and West Ham, I don’t know why am treated this way”, he said.