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Labour Calls Off Strike After Meeting With Tinubu
Barely 24 hours after embarking on nationwide protests against the removal of fuel subsidy, the Organised Labour has suspended its proposed strike action. The President of Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo made this known during an interview with Arise News on Thursday morning. He said the Labour leaders who had earlier met with President Bola Tinubu extracted some commitments to some...
Fuel Subsidy: Labour Suspends Strike, Embraces Dialogue
The Organised Labour has suspended its proposed strike action, 24 hours after embarking on nationwide protests against the removal of fuel subsidy. President of Trade Union Congress (TUC) Festus Osifo announced this during an interview with Arise news on Thursday morning. He said the Labour leaders who had earlier met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu extracted some commitments to some of the issues...
Trafficking: Immigration Intercepts, Rescues 52 Victims In Kebbi
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Kebbi State, intercepted and rescued 52 trafficked victims and handed them to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in February last year. Rabi Bashir Nuhu, the Kebbi NIS Comptroller, told newsmen during a briefing to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the service that upon her assumption of office in February last...
Guber Elections: We Will Clear Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it is certain of winning the November 11 governorship election in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi States, going by the level of its acceptability by the people. The acting National Chairman, of PDP, Umar Damagum, said this in Abuja at the inauguration of the party’s National Campaign Council for the election in the three...
South East: Over 250 Killed Through Enforcement Of Sit-At-Home Order Since 2021 — Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, decried the impact of sit-at-home in the South East, saying that over 250 people have been killed through the enforcement of the order since August 2021. President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, said that Ndigbo would not allow the continuation of such illegal orders, which have subjected residents of...
Niger Coup: Immigration Deploys Personnel To Checkmate Illegal Routes
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, says following the situation in Niger Republic, it has deployed personnel to check all the unorthodox roads through which foreigners may likely infiltrate. Mr Mustapha Sani, the NIS Comptroller in charge of Jibia command, in Katsina State, disclosed this at a joint celebration with the state’s command to commemorate the service at 60. Sani said with...
Court Order Restraining Ikpeazu’s Investigation A Huge Joke, Says Abia Govt
The Abia State government, South East Nigeria, has described as laughable an ex parte order by a Federal High Court in Abuja, restraining the State Judiciary Panel of Enquiry on Recovery of Government Property and Funds, from investigating former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Briefing the Press in Umuahia, after the State Executive Council meeting, the Abia State Commissioner for Information, Okey...
Osun Police Arrest Father, Son For Alleged Kidnapping
A middle-aged man and his teenage son have been apprehended by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping members of a church during a vigil in Osun State. According to information made available by the Police Commissioner, Patrick Kehinde Longe, the man, Adamu Saliu and his 15-year-old son abducted the church worshippers in the Osun area of the State. READ...
2023: NNPP Will Takeover Governance In Imo – Ex-Presidential Candidate, Kwankwaso
The former Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, in the 2023 general election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has affirmed the readiness of his party to take over the governance of Imo State, come November 11th governorship election. Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State noted that the National leadership of the Party will show much commitment to ensure...
Youth Coalition Backs NLC, Mobilizes Two Million Protesters
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, says it has mobilized at least 2 million persons in the region to join the nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. NLC and the Trades Union Congress, TUC, have slated Wednesday (today) for its strike and nationwide mass protests following the hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidies. The decision...
