Day: 13 September 2023

NLC threatens indefinite nationwide strike over failed subsidy talk

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Barely one week after leading a two-day nationwide warning strike, the organised labour on Tuesday threatened to begin an indefinite strike should the Federal Government fail to meet its demands at the end of a 21-day ultimatum which will expire in approximately one week’s time. The workers union said the proposed strike was necessary following the failure of the Federal Government to provide palliatives to assuage the Nigerians hardships as a result of the fuel subsidy removal. The Nigeria Labour Congress said the industrial action which may commence any day…

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Abuja family pays N2.8m as ransom to free mother and daughters

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Three members of an Abuja based family, Mistura Olasinde and her two daughters, Hauwa and Fatima, residents of Starwood Estate, Galadimawa, in the Federal Capital Territory, were abducted on Friday, September 8, 2023. Mistura’s husband, Surajudeen Olasinde, a staff member of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, revealed that the incident happened at Kabusa Garden Estate while his wife and children were driving home in their Toyota Highlander from Garki to Starwood Estate located in-between Galadimawa and Lokokogoma areas of Abuja, where they…

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Gift David Okpara Okpolowu: See the face of the cult leader who murdered Rivers Police DPO

Jide Ige

Pictures of Gift David Okpara Okpolowu (a.k.a. 2-Baba), the leader of the Iceland Cult gang who has an N100 million bounty on his head for allegedly leading the attack that led to the brutal murder of a Divisional Police Officer, DPO Bako Angbashim of Ahoada Division in Rivers State have emerged. Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had on Saturday evening placed a bounty of N100 million on the head of 2-Baba over the murder of the DPO around the Odiemudie Community in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state.…

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Police narrates gory details of how cultists murdered Rivers’ DPO, vows to revenge

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, has said the late Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim, played into the hands of his killers. Nwonyi revealed that the cultists had sold a dummy to the late Superintendent of Police that they were ready to turn in their arms if they would be granted amnesty in return. He disclosed this during a solidarity protest by a human rights advocate, Charles Jaja, at the headquarters of the state Police Command in Port Harcourt on Monday. Nwonyi expressed regret that the…

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Army establishes special forces to tackle insecurity -COAS, Lagbaja says sit-at-home has ended in South-East

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the sit-at-home order enforced by the Indigenous People of Biafra across the South-East states has ended. IPOB in August 2021 commenced the sit-at-home order to demand the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from prison. The order impacted the economy in the region and resulted in the loss of lives and properties of residents in the South-East. Speaking at the COAS combined second and third quarters conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Lagbaja said the menace ended as a result…

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Way out of dialysis as scientists invent artificial kidney

Jide Ige

Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have developed a bioreactor device that uses human kidney cells cultured in the laboratory and mimics some of the key functions of a kidney. The device, according to the scientists, could one day free people from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune system after a transplant. The scientists said the device has been successfully tested in pigs for a week with no obvious side effects or issues. According to the statement on the university’s website, the…

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Labour Party loses three Reps from Peter Obi’s stronghold

Jide Ige

the Labour Party has lost thre members of house of representatives from Abia State in the South East zone considered as its presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s political stronghold. The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital had on Monday sacked three House of Representatives’ members elected on the platform of the Labour Party. A panel of the tribunal led by Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe had sacked the member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Mr Ibe Okwara Osunwa, for non-compliance with the electoral act 2022, in a petition…

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Oyo Govt. pays 92 pensioners N206m gratuities

Jide Ige

No fewer than 92 pensioners in Oyo State on Monday received cheques worth N208 million as gratuities from the Oyo State government. This, according to the Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi, is in fulfillment of Governor Seyi Makinde’s promise to the executives of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Oyo State Chapter. The Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi made the disclosure during an interactive session with the Executives of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Oyo State Chapter and the symbolic presentation of cheques to some…

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Model Smart School: Oyo conducts e-based entrance exam for 1,395 pupils

Jide Ige

No fewer than One Thousand, three hundred and Ninety-five pupils, on Monday sat for the year 23/24 e-based Entrance Examination into Oyo State Model Smart School. The pupils were tested in English language, Mathematics and General knowledge at the Smart School, Sogunro, Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan. The Executive Secretary, SUBEB, Jacob Dairo stated that the exercise was smooth and hitch free in the centre, adding that seven hundred and ninety-six candidates were disqualified, as a result of double entry. Mr. Dairo, added that the turnout was very impressive. The…

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Oyo Govt. promises to rid Oke-Ogun of insecurity

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Oyo State Government has said it remained committed to winning the war against insecurity in Oke-Ogun Zone. The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Barr. Bayo Lawal said this on Thursday, during a Stakeholders meeting ahead of the 2024 fiscal year, held at Kisi for all the Local Government in Oke-Ogun Zone II. The Deputy Governor added that the present administration would stop at nothing to ensure citizens are safe in all zones in the State. He commended the efforts of security outfits at ensuring peace and stability in the…

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