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At least 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion in Pakistan, police tell the BBC. The blast happened near a mosque in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday as people gathered to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad. The police suspect it was a suicide attack targeted at the religious gathering in Mastung city. Officials have declared a state of emergency. The casualties are being transported to two hospitals, police said. Two Mastung city police officials confirmed the death toll to BBC News. Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti called the blast a “very heinous…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Government has called on labour unions to shelve their proposed strike and refrain from actions capable of undermining the subsisting court orders. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN made the call in a letter addressed to Falana’s law firm, counsel to the labour unions. The letter was copied to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chief Of Staff to the President, the National Security Adviser, the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General, State Security Services. It would be recalled that the National Industrial Court had on June 5…

By Kamil Opeyemi The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has intervened into the impeachment saga of the Ondo state Deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa by the state’s Assembly over alleged misconduct. While announcing this in a statement on Thursday, Mr Edwin Olofu, Ganduje’s Chief Press Secretary quoted the Chairman to have set up a nine-man committee to intervene in the crisis rocking Ondo State Government. He said the committee which would be under the leadership of Aminu Masari, a former governor of Katsina State would also see to the peaceful reconciliation of all parties involved. “The…

By Kamil OpeyemiThe Joint Task Force of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday crushed more than 470 motorcycles impounded for operating illegally in the capital city, Abuja. The motorcycles were impounded by the taskforce during an operation that began from the Carwash Bus Stop, Lugbe, through Gosa, Bill Clinton Drive, Trademore Estate, Lugbe Junction and Kubwa. NPOReports had in August reported how FCTA impounded and crushed over 400 motorcycles during a similar operation for the same offence. Mr Obokutom Nyah, Secretary, Transportation Secretariat, FCTA, told journalists during the exercise that the decision to crush the motorcycles was in…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Labour Congress has declared that it has not agreement with the Federal Government to halt its proposed national strike. The Labour union said enough is enough as the Bola Tinubu-led government has demonstrated that it has no plan for the good of the people. In a statement by Benson Ujah Director of Press at the Labour House, the workers said it became germane to tell the world that at no time did the NLC enter into a pact with the Ministry of Labour and Productivity that the strike would be shelved. Referring to a claim…

By Kamil Opeyemi A music promoter and one of those being a accused of having hands in the sudden death of singer, Oladimeji Ilerioluwa Aloba, Mohbad, Samson Balogun, also called Sam Larry, has been arrested. Spokesman of the Police Command in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this disclosure via his X handle late Thursday. “Balogun Olamilekan Eletu aka Sam Larry is now in our custody. He is currently assisting with ongoing investigation,” tweeted Hundeyin late Thursday NPO Reports that Sam Larry has remained at the centre of the entire saga over the death of the singer since the incident on September…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Emee Oil And Gas Nig. Ltd., Florence Onojame, who allegedly defrauded Access Bank of N4.4 billion. Onojame appeared before an Ikeja Special Offences Court alongside her company, on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and receiving fraudulently-obtained property. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. EFCC counsel, Mr Fatai Mohammed, thereafter prayed the court for a trial date and remand of the defendant. Mohammed told the court the defendant committed the offences with four others at large, sometime in February…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bauchi State Chapter, on Thursday condemned the alleged police torture of 28-year-old Aminu Abidina to death in Bauchi. Mrs Sadiya Saleh, Chairman of the Human Rights Committee (HRC) of the NBA, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Bauchi. She said the HRC of the Nigeria Bar Association strongly condemned the alleged torture that led to the death of Aminu Abidina while in police custody. Saleh expresses deep concern over the recent tragic incident involving the killing of Abidina due to alleged torture by the police in Bauchi. “The…

Halimah Olamide Mohbad: Iyabo Ojo, Tonto Dikeh Visits Funeral Home to Shop Casket for Mohbad By Halimah Olamide A befitting burial is on its way for the late singer Oladimeji Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly called Mohbad. The plan is against the alleged shoddy manner in which his remains were buried on September 13, less than 24 hours after his demise. Announcing the offers after a visit to the Ebony Vaults Funeral Homes in Ikoyi on Thursday, Actress Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dike, were all excited after the Chief Executive officer of the company gave a generous discount on the cost of…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command, says three persons lost their lives while five others sustained injuries in a lone accident on Osogbo-Ilobu highway on Thursday morning. The Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamasia, in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, in Osogbo, said the accident involved a white Mazda commercial vehicle. Benamasia said that the accident which occurred near Ojutu bridge on Ilobu highway, claimed the lives of two male and one female, while five other passengers sustained injuries. He attributed the cause of accident to excessive speed which led to…