THE FCT wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has announced the suspension of its over three-month-old strike by primary school teachers, with a directive for members to return to classrooms starting Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The decision follows the intervention of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who convened a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday, July 3rd, to address the lingering impasse. This was contained in a communique dated July 4th, 2025, made available to our correspondent on Wednesday. Recall that Primary school teachers in the FCT had embarked on industrial action on March 24, 2025, over…
Author: Abubakar Garba Katagum
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BY every reckoning of political decorum, the office of a state governor is expected to exemplify maturity, dignity, and diplomacy. Alas, when a man trades honor for hubris, and leadership for loud-mouthed lunacy, he reduces the sacred seat of governance to a theatre of shame. Such is the sorry tale of Governor Bala Mohammed, Kauran Bauchi the Executive Governor of Bauchi state —whose recent outburst against the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has left a bitter taste in the mouth of right-thinking Nigerians. What should have been a graceful journey—bearing the Vice President of the Federal…