WORKERS WILL RATHER WORK FOR FREE THAN ACCEPT N48, 000- NLC.(PHOTO).

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 Workers will rather work for free than accept N48,000 — NLC The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned that it would rather mobilise workers to remain at home with their families or offer free services than accept the paltry N48,000 new minimum wage being offered by the Federal Government when they meet on Tuesday. The Deputy President of the NLC Political Commission, Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, disclosed this in an exclusive interview. On Wednesday, the NLC and the Trade Union Congress had walked away from the negotiation table after the FG offered to pay N48,000, a figure far below the N615,00 the unions demanded as the new national minimum wage. After the session, the labour leaders told newsmen at an emergency press conference that it was ‘an insult to the sensibilities of Nigerian workers.’ Did you know a tribe that digs up corpses, dresses them for celebration?0:00 / 1:01 But 24 hours after the revolt, the Chairman of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, Alhaji Bukar Go

BURKINA FASO PRESIDENT BLAISE COMPAORE,RESIGNS TODAY AFTER YESTERDAY'S PROTEST.

                 Today friday Burkina Faso's president Blaise Compaore announced his resignation in a statement today and called for a 90 day transition to free and transparent elections in the country.''I declare a vacancy of power with a view to allowing a transition that should finish with free and tansparent elections in a maximum period of 90 days''.Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida of the presidential guard had earlier announced Compaore's departure in the Central Place de la Nation in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to cheering from tens of thousands of protesters.Huge crowds had gathered to demand the presidents resignation after a day of violent protests yesterday thusday.Eye witnesses claimed that they saw President Compaore travelling out of the country towards the Southern town of Po near the border with Ghana.More pictures below.                   An army spokesman speaks to anti-government protesters outside military headquarters in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014. REUTERS-Joe PenneyAn army spokesman speaks to anti-government protesters outside the military headquarters in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014. REUTERS-Joe PenneyAnti-government protesters take over the parliament building in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014.  REUTERS-Joe PenneyAnti-government protesters take over the state TV podium in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014.   REUTERS-Joe PenneySoldiers attempt to stop anti-government protesters from entering the parliament building in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014.  REUTERS-Joe PenneyAnti-government protesters enter the parliament building in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014. REUTERS-Joe PenneyA man watches cars burn at a hotel where members of the parliament were said to be staying in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014.  REUTERS-Joe PenneyRiot police arrest an anti-government protester in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014.  REUTERS-Joe PenneyPeople load goods looted from a building, which according to locals, belongs to Francois Compaore, the younger brother of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore, in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014.  REUTERS-Joe PenneyAnti-government protesters set fire to the parliament building in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 30, 2014.  REUTERS-Joe Penney

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