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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…

By Halimah Olamide The Defence Headquarters on Monday ordered a clampdown on an online media organisation, Sahara Reporters over its report on a possible coup by the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Army had earlier Sunday night described as “Fake News” the report by the onine publication which claimed that members of the elite military wing the Brigade of Guards, had been placed on red alert over a coup attempt. The report came amidst worsening economic hardship across the country. The Defence house said its attention was drawn to what it called “a malicious and unfounded article published online. “The publication…

By Halimah Olamide Kunle Afolayan’s latest series, “Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre”, premiered in Lagos on Sunday. The series is described as a spinoff from the hit movie, “Anikulapo.” The premier, which was held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, had in attendance all the major cast of the new series and some other A-list actors in their colourful and adorable attire. Anikulapo: Rise Of The Spectre, a six-part epic series, is to be launched on Netflix March 1, in over 190 countries across the globe. The Producer and Director of the series, Kunle Afolayan, during the premiere appreciated everyone who…

In a bid to benefit from the sales of the seized custom rice in Lagos, a member of the All Progressives Congress APC, Comfort Adebanjo has lost her life. The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos has confirmed the deceased as one of its members. The party made the confirmation on Saturday in an obituary message released to mourn the late party member and those feared dead. The Controller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, flagged off the sale of the seized rice at astronomically price of N10,000 per bag of 25 kilograms to cushion the effects of the economic hardship…

By Femi Alabi Your Allegation is Speculative – FG Leaders of the organised labour on Sunday alleged that the government is making plans to frustrate its nationwide protests by attacking its members. The Nigeria Labour Congress President, Comrade Joe Ajaero made the allegation in a statement signed by him and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. NPO Reports that the NLC has concluded its plans for a two-day nationwide peaceful rallies for February 27 and 28 to register its displeasure with the state of the economy and general hardship. The Federal Government has however denied the allegation saying…

By Halimah Olamide Leaders in the organised private sector on Sunday revealed what President Bola Tinubu told them over the troubled country’s economy. NPO Reports that the President had met businessmen and leaders of corporate interests in the country to intimate them with details of what government has been doing and what other proposals they might have to solve the logjam. Dangote said after the meeting late Sunday, “I think we had a very good meeting and what we discussed is generally about the economy, food security and security of the nation. We discussed everything in detail,” Mr Dangote said,…