Indefinite Strike begins on Osun Over Unpaid 7 Months Salaries

Workers in Osun state have embarked on an indefinite strike over the failure if Governor Rauf Aregbesola to pay their salaries for the past seven months.
Osun Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Adekomi Jacob gave notice of the strike on Monday. He said, ''The strike will commence from May 26 until when the demands of the unions and workers are met''.

''All workers in the state are advised to stay at home until further directive by the Labour''

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'Lost' Memories Restored in Mice

In a feat that calls to mind the memory-tweaking technology in the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," a team of researchers restored "lost memories" in the brains of mice. The mice in the study were given a drug that prevented them from consolidating a fearful memory. But when neurons involved in encoding the memory were stimulated with pulses of light, the animals were able to retrieve the forgotten recollection. In some forms of amnesia, past memories may not be erased, but may just be inaccessible for recall, said Susumu Tonegawa, director of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan and co-author of the study, said in a statement. If the findings are confirmed in humans, the knowledge could benefit people who suffer from retrograde amnesia, an inability to recall memories that were made before the amnesia, which is common in traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders. Scientists have long debated whether retrograde ...

Sale of dried meat banned in Maiduguri

he Borno Government on Friday banned the sale of dried meat in order to curtail the activities of Boko Haram terrorists currently engaged in cattle rusting to fund their operations. Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno announced the ban at the inauguration of a committee for the management of the Maiduguri Cattle Market in Maiduguri.

Kanye West gets Nigerian backup for his ‘beautiful ideas’

Access Bank Nigeria have gone on their Twitter handle and announced that they are ready to help fund Kanye West’s ideas. “But I need access to more money in order to bring more beautiful ideas to the world” the popular American rapper tweeted.

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