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Don’t go on strike, respect court order, AGF tells NLC

Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, has urged organised labour to obey the National Industrial Court’s June 5 order prohibiting both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from engaging in any industrial action over the removal of fuel subsidies and other issues. In a September 26 letter to the NLC and TUC’s counsel, Femi Falana (SAN), Fagbemi stated that the decision by both...

NLC strike: Stock your home with food, others – Labour Party tells supporters

The Labour Party has advised its followers across the country to pack their homes with essential things ahead of organised labor’s scheduled indefinite strike. According to Probitasnews, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, may shut down the country’s economy on October 3 in order to press their demands for better working conditions. The Labour Party leadership also proclaimed support for the proposed indefinite strike in a statement issued on Wednesday...

Bandits: Seven killed, nine injured in Zangon Kataf attack

Gunmen suspected of being bandits assaulted Takanai Gora hamlet in Kaduna State’s Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, killing six civilians and injured six others. In a statement, Yabo Chris Ephraim, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Chairman of Zangon Kataf, said the six slain were buried Wednesday morning in the presence of the local government chairman, Francis Sani. According to him, the chairman, who denounced the incident, also asked the community to remain...

Teenager detained for allegedly murdering 17-year-old

Zakariya Saad, 19, was detained by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly killing Muhammed Yahaya, 17 years old. The command stated in a statement on Wednesday that Zakariya was apprehended on Tuesday from his home in Wuro Hausa, Yola South Local Government Area, on suspicion of murdering Yahaya. According to a statement signed by the state police image maker, SP Suleiman Nguroje, Zakariya was apprehended after residents of Damdu Ward in the same Yola...

Police arrest pro-Biafra activists in Anambra

Some members of the pro-Biafra Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have been arrested in Anambra State. According to a news release made accessible to media, the police arrested members of the organisation, including Beka Udemefuna, 66, and Mr Amauche Ode, 53. It was also claimed that the police took portraits of Biafra leader Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and group leader Chief Ralph Uwazurike. According to a press release issued...

In Qaraqosh, over 100 people killed in fire outbreak at wedding party

A wedding party was wrecked by a fire that killed over a hundred people and injured another 150. This melancholy tragedy occurred during what should have been a joyous occasion in Iraq’s largest Christian town, Nineveh province. The specific cause of the incident is uncertain, while rumours claim that fireworks may have sparked the blaze. Due to flammable panels, the fire quickly enveloped the arena, causing pieces of the ceiling to fall. The use of...

Ibukun Solomon’s mom used pestle to kill Dad while he slept, says son

Ibukun Solomon, a 12-year-old kid, has told the story of how, following a small quarrel in Ondo town, Ondo State, his mother Tayelolu killed his father Felix with a pestle while he was sleeping. According to information obtained by ProbitasNews, the mother of three killed her farmer husband, 65, while he slept in their home in Ondo town’s Government Reservation Area (GRA), by striking him three times with a pestle.   According to reports, the...

‘2Baba’ Okpolowu in possession of 40 guns, acquired spiritual powers to kill Rivers DPO — Accomplice

Present David Okpala Okpolowu, also known as “2Baba,” is the mastermind behind the murder and beheading of Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Rivers State Superintendent Bako Angbashim. He is in possession of more than forty firearms. They overcame DPO Angbashim physically because “2Baba” also got in touch with a local physician in the Ogoni region of the state to assist him in killing the officer spiritually. A person who was part of Okpolowu’s group and...

Customs intercept live parrots, hawk worth N6 million

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, intercepted live endangered species of African Grey Parrots, Green Parrots, and a hawk worth around N6,859,832. Customs Area Controller Comptroller Timi Bomodi announced this on Wednesday. He said that the seizure was based on reliable intelligence. The animals were apprehended at the Gbaji checkpoint on their way to Benin Republic. “These animals were intercepted by our officers around 4 a.m. today; we received intelligence that they were being...

Akwa Ibom AAC rejects 4 bags of rice offered as palliative by FG

The Akwa Ibom State branch of the African Action Congress, AAC, has rejected four sacks of rice that it claims were provided to it by the Federal Government as a consolation prize for the painful economic effects of subsidy removal. Elder Utip Etiebiet, the state AAC chairman, claimed the palliative arrangement was designed “to mock and manipulate the intelligence of Nigerians.” Etiebet bemoaned the fact that the palliative was politicised and distributed along political party...