Nigeria Labor Congress Set To Ramp Up Action As Strike Remains Feeble

The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) today barred all traders and artisans using the union’s building in Yaba from selling or displaying their wares as Nigeria entered into the second day of protests against President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to sharply increase the price of fuel. A union member who identified himself simply as Lanre described the action as a case of charity beginning at home. “It is not right for the traders and artisans to open today or any day until the strike is suspended. If they open, it shows that we cannot even control our house.”

 

But some of the irate traders said they were more concerned about the disruption of their means of livelihood, adding that they did not ask labor leaders to fight for them. A female trader, who said she was not interested in participating in the strike, expressed her nonchalance. “If they like they should strike till next year, I don’t care. The labor congress should not fight or stop me from opening my shop. Some of them voted for Buhari; they should not complain,” she said.

Nigerian Troops Rescue A Second Chibok Schoolgirl

The Nigerian Army has rescued another young woman who was part of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted on April 14, 2014, from Chibok in Borno State.

A statement released by a military spokesman Col.  SK Usman disclosed that the girl’s rescue came today as various units of the Nigerian Army conducted clearance operations at Shettima Aboh, Hong and Biladdili areas in Damboa local government area of Borno State.

Pepsi Releases Soda Cans With Emojis: Proves We No Longer Need Words to Function

These days, there's an emoji for everything. Chances are, if you own a phone, you probably have several emoji keyboards at your disposal. You probably threw a party back when they rolled out the middle finger, and you selfied up a storm when Snapchat finally got with the emoji program. Your Android fam was stoked when they heard they were improving their emoji keyboard, and your friends lost it when Taco Bell blessed us with a taco emoji. T-Bell isn't the only one with an emoji, however. Dove released curly-haired girls, and Pepsi created their #PepsiMoji keyboard. If you're overwhelmed with this list, so are we.

Colton Haynes Comes Out as Gay: "I'm Happier Than I've Ever Been"

Colton Haynes is not only eager to start a new chapter in his career, but the actor is also ready to let us in on more of his personal story.

The Arrow star, who recently walked away from the hit TV show and Teen Wolf, has come out as gay. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Haynes touched on a previous social media post that put his sexuality in question.