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Two Oyo State Sec-school students hospitalized after their protest in Ibadan

According to reports, after the protest by Secondary school students over the planned privatization of their public schools in Oyo state yesterday, two of the protesters whose state of health deteriorated, were admitted at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. The two boys who were admitted, were among those rejecting the state government's plan to invite some private individuals to financially manage public school. They are still receiving treatment but are now stable.

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Skye Bank fires 200 staff

Skye bank yesterday June 6th, laid off 200 of its staff, disregarding the Federal government directive to all banks to halt all retrenchment exercise. According to the management of the bank, the sacking of 200 of its workers was because the affected staff failed in their 2015 appraisal. The affected workers got to work yesterday only to be handed their termination of appointment letters and severance packages. Last week, Ecobank fired 1040 of its staff while Diamond bank sacked 200 members of its staff.