Go back to class or forget salaries...Akala orders teachers

Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala yesterday ordered striking secondary school teachers in Oyo state to report to work next Monday or to forfeit their monthly salaries from the state government. He announced the ultimatum while speaking at a meeting with the principals of secondary schools across the 33 Local Government areas of the Oyo state. The governor also stressed that there was no basis for the teachers' strike, since the last time there was a strike in the Oyo state, teachers' salaries were raised.

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This article illustrates social and economic tensions which are threatening the Oyo state of Nigeria. Some of the teachers believe that they should be paid more, so they go on strike, which in turn creates a social disaster, impairing students from learning in regular conditions.

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West Africa pirate threat on rise

Attention on piracy has shifted from the coast of Somalia to the growing threat of attacks off West Africa. The International Maritime Burea says that it knows of over 100 pirate attacks off west Africa, though only 40 were reported. The lack of reportings has been party due to a reluctance of shipping countries to upset local West African authorities. The latest attack happened recently when pirates shot at a Greek-ownedtanker off Nigeria's coast. Many claim that the piracy off Somalia has overshadowed the piracy occuring off the Western coast of Africa and that awareness must be raised.

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This article demonstrates the economic tensions that Nigeria and many African nations are facing. Many Africans are upset regaurding the unequal distribution of wealth and have resorted to violent tactics. Pirating has been very prominent along the Western coast of Africa, and the government has had a troubling time trying to enforce it's authority in the trade waters.

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