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NGO Moves To Build Trust Between Citizens, Security Agencies

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4 years ago

October 27, 2022

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Our Correspondent, Bauchi

A Bauchi based Non Governmental Organisation, Foundation for Societal Empowerment and Rejuvenation (FOSER) has organised stakeholders engagement meeting on trust building between the citizens and security agencies in the state.

Speaking at the sideline of the one-day event with journalists in Bauchi on Thursday, Mr Bernard Yayock, Project Manager of the NGO, said the meeting was also to further promote the human rights of both the citizens and security agents.

According to him, it is expected that at the end of the event, people would be more enlightened about their fundamental human rights in order to fight any form of brutality in the state.

“This is a right stakeholders engagement meeting and we have it in series where we are engaging the relevant institutions and actors in the space of civil rights.

“This engagement meeting is centered on building trust, promotion of human rights between the citizens and the security agencies.

“At the end of this meeting, we want everybody to be enlightened, aware and sensitized on their fundamental human rights so as to fight against any form of brutality.”

He Highlighted some of the stakeholders in the engagement meeting to include; the Police, officials from the Department of State Services (DSS), and Road Safety Corps.

Others he said included; religious and traditional leaders, civil society groups, selected youth, women groups, the media, officials of civil right commission and the state’s Legal Aid Council.

“My message to Bauchi citizens is on the fact that we the citizens should not relent in struggling, we should be resilient in fighting against any form of brutality.

“The security agencies should also note that they have a number of officers that need to be retrained because we believe that there are some of them who don’t know the rights of citizens and their own right as security agents.

W”expect that the security agencies should create an avenue for training and retraining of their staff,” said the Project Manager.

Also speaking, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakili, said that the stakeholders engagement was apt and coming at a time when it was mostly needed.

Wakili who said that without the members of the public giving credible intel and the media being the fourth estate of the realm showcasing some of its achievements, added that the police in the state wouldn’t have achieved so much.

He, however, noted that there have been cases of civilians brutalizing police officers, adding that the rights of security agents should also be highly respected.

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Edo NLC Crisis: Caretaker Committee Drags Rival Exco, Govt To Court

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May 6, 2026

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The division in the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), took a new dimension on Wednesday as Prof. Monday Monday Lewis Igbafen-led caretaker committee approached the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Benin Judicial Division, seeking to affirm its authority and restrain a rival executive from parading itself as the council’s leadership.

Joined in the suit are the Edo State Government, the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, and the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

In a suit marked: NICN/BEN/12/2026, and filed before the court in Benin, the claimant, Igbafen, acting for himself and on behalf of the NLC Caretaker Committee in Edo State, is challenging the continued occupation of the union’s secretariat and control of its assets by members of the Bernard Egwakhide-led factional State Executive Council.

The claimants are asking the court to declare that the caretaker committee (Igbafen-led faction), constituted on August 11, 2025, by the NLC national leadership, remains the only lawful authority to administer the affairs of the Edo State Council pending fresh elections.

They further seek a declaration that the continued occupation of the NLC secretariat located at No. 1 Teboga Road, Benin City, as well as the retention of union assets, financial records, and official instruments by the defendants, is illegal and void.

The suit also prays for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from parading themselves as officials of the NLC Edo Council or interfering with the functions of the caretaker committee.

In addition, the claimants are seeking a mandatory order compelling the defendants to immediately hand over the secretariat, vehicles, financial documents, cheque books, and all other properties belonging to the union.

The caretaker committee further urged the court to restrain the state government and its officials from interfering in the internal affairs of the union, alleging undue support for the dissolved executive.

The claimants further demand N50 million as general and exemplary damages against the defendants for alleged unlawful usurpation of office and acts prejudicial to the administration of the council.

According to court documents made available to our correspondent, the crisis followed the dissolution of the Edo State Council by the NLC National Executive Council on February 27, 2025, over allegations of misconduct, anti-union activities, and constitutional violations.

However, the matter has yet to be assigned a hearing date.

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Transfer: Premier League Clubs Scramble For Dele-Bashiru

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6 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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Lazio midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is a subject of interest from three Premier League clubs, according to Sky Sports.

Lazio reportedly rejected offers from Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth for the Nigeria international in January.

La Biancolesti are bracing for more interest in Dele-Bashiru ahead of the summer transfer window, according to Sky Sports.

The 24-year-old has two years left on his contract with the Serie A club.

The attacking midfielder joined the Rome-based club from Turkish Super Lig outfit Hatayspor in 2024.

He has been a regular feature for Lazio this season.

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Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Students To Picket MTN, MultiChoice, Other Businesses

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May 6, 2026

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The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS South-West Zone D, has announced plans to picket South African companies in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country.

DAILY POST reports that some Nigerians were recently killed in South Africa over the violent attacks.

A statement issued to newsmen by Comrade Adeyemo Josiah Kayode, Coordinator, NANS South-West, Zone D, said that the association is mobilizing to take decisive and lawful action by organizing peaceful picketing and mass advocacy against South African business interests operating in Nigeria.

“We categorically state that the continued targeting of Nigerians under any guise is unacceptable and must come to an immediate end.

“This will include major corporations such as MTN Group and MultiChoice Group. It is morally indefensible for businesses to thrive in an environment where the lives of Nigerians are protected, while Nigerians are subjected to fear and violence elsewhere.

“This contradiction will no longer be tolerated,” the statement said.