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By Femi Alabi In readiness for the planned protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC in conjunction with other unions on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Commissioner of Police in Delta, Abaniwonda Olufemi has warned all intending protesters to be law abiding. He held that anyone found wanting of the law will be arrested and duly prosecuted. Abaniwonda stated that has ordered massive deployment of personnel across the state to ensure adequate security and safety during the protest and to ensure that the protest is not hijacked. He said, the measure was taken in line with the directive of the Inspector…

Agency Report In what looks like solidarity with the Palestinians against Israeli war in Gaza, a United States military service member by name of Aaron Bushnell has set himself ablaze. The soldier carried out this act outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. He was said to have doused himself in a clear liquid and set himself on fire, screaming “Free Palestine,” The Soldier was later taken to an area hospital after the fire was put out by U.S. Secret Service officers, DC Fire and EMS posted online. The soldier remains in critical condition, a Metropolitan…

By Femi Alabi Contrary to expectations that the Association of Master Bakers will shut down operations as from tomorrow, a group of bakers in the country, has kicked against the nationwide strike declared by some of their counterparts. In a statement on Monday, some bakers under the umbrella of Supreme Bakers and Confectioners Association of Nigeria said embarking on strike at a time Nigerians are going through a lot is uncalled for and could exacerbate the situation. The association’s Acting National President, Edmund Egbuji, urged all members of the group not to participate in the strike. The statement read, “The…

By Femi Alabi Tragedy struck on Sunday when three kids of the same parents died in a borrowed car by their father as a result of extreme suffocation in Ilorin, Kwara State. The car, it was gathered, was borrowed by their father from his sister within the same premises of their quarters for quick domestic use. The boy and two girls were playing in the car parked inside their compound and mistakenly locked themselves in the car. NPO reports gather that the incident occurred at No. 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters in the Ilorin East local government area of Kwara…

By Femi Alabi The last might not have been heard about the impeachment of the Speaker of Zamfara Statehouse of Assembly, Hon. Bilyaminu Moriki as 16 Lawmakers have been Suspended Over Move To Impeach Zamfara Speaker. The House under the leadership of its Moriki on Monday described as illegal, the legislative sitting by the eighteen members last Thursday. Seven out of the twenty-four members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly at a sitting on Monday suspended sixteen members who threatened to impeach the Speaker of the House last Thursday. They accused the members of breaking into the offices of…

By Halimah Olamide The Joint Action Front on Monday said its protests which started on Monday is an independent one that has nothing to do with the Nigeria Labour Congress. NPO Reports that protesters had taken residents by surprise when the stormed Ojuelegba, a major location in Lagos Monday morning. The protests, which Comrade Tunde Aremu, JAF leader said is taking place simultaneously in different parts of the country like Ibadan, Osogbo and other places is against the spreading hunger in the country. “JAF has a history of independent initiatives and mass actions that dated back to 2012. In…

By Halimah Olamide A group, Take it Back Movement has initiated a mass protest in Lagos ahead of the nationwide protests proposed by the Nigerian Labour Congress. The movement’s protest broke out in the Ojuelegba area of Lagos with many participants carrying placards with various slogans speaking to the hardship in the country. The protest is in spite of the warning by the Lagos Command of the Nigeria Police against any form of unrest and disturbances.

By Femi Alabi In what appears as irreversible, Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN has said power supply to the North-East will drop by 5 Megawatts. Power supply challenges in the country got to the peak yesterday as suspected insurgents vandalised two power transmission towers along Gombe-Damaturu 330kV line. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, in a statement in Abuja, explained that the incident which occurred on Friday dropped power supply to the North-East by 5 Megawatts. TCN General Manager,Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, in the statement said: “TCN regrets to announce the vandalism and destruction of two of its transmission towers,…

By Femi Alabi The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has said the EFCC had recovered over N60bn and $10m, in less than four months since he assumed office. Olukoyede, speaking on Saturday in Lagos as the guest lecturer at the 20th-anniversary lecture of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resources Centre, said the EFCC in less than 100 days of his assumption of office, the anti-graft agency received over 5,000 fraud petitions which 3000 out of it was approved for investigation. The EFCC boss was appointed as the Chairman of the Commission on…

By Femi Alabi In its resolve to ensure that fake and substandard medicines do not thrive in the country, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has engaged stakeholders in the pharmaceutical products supply chain. NAFDAC said there is no Increase of Fake Drugs in the country, warning that it would not hesitate to clamp down on wholesale and retail outlets where fake drugs are dispensed for public use. The Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke at a stakeholders meeting weekend also emphasised the need to explore how to combat the sale and distribution of Substandard…