Workers of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) across the country have been directed to immediately commence indefinite industrial action.

The directive to proceed on strike was issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN).

Immediate past Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr. Joe Abah, has been appointed Country Director for Nigeria by Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) Global, a Maryland US-based social and economic development company.

DAI announced his appointment on Wednesday.

The Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCNI) has taken a drastic measure to stop rape and spread of the Human Immune Virus (HIV) in Internally Displaced Persons’ Camp.

Alhaji Tijanni Tumsah, Vice Chairman, PCNI in a monthly review meeting with stakeholders and development partners in the North-East, said the committee was relentless in its move.

Former U. S. president Barack Obama, has picked Nigeria’s Kehinde Wiley, to paint his official presidential portrait.

The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery while making the announcement said Wiley is an exciting choice for the presidential portrait.