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Strike: NLC Paralyses Activities In Edo, Public Offices, Others Shut
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6 months agoon
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EditorJoseph Kanjo, Benin
The Nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) recorded a huge success in Benin City, the Edo State capital, as government offices, public schools, courts, some banks were shut by officials of the state chapter of the NLC.
Other public places shut were the National Museum, the house of assembly complex.
The closure of the State Secretariat situated along Sapele Road, Benin was supervised by the chairman of Edo chapter of the NLC, Odion Olaye alongside some workers and union executives.
Speaking, Olaye stated that he had sent members to schools, airports, petrol stations, and the Nigeria Petroleum Development Corporation to ensure that they were shut.
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“We are complying with the directive by the national body. I am delighted with what the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Edo State chapters have displayed today. Our enforcement teams were on the ground and the enforcement was total.
“As you can see, we are in the premises of the State secretariat. No official activity is taking place here. We went round. Locked up Banks, NPDC, Airport, Schools and more.”
Also speaking, Comrade Alabi Precious, Chairman Edo State Trade Union Congress said, “Our action was necessitated by the brutalization of the national president of NLC, Joe Ajaero and we are ready to get to the end of this matter.”
Meanwhile, litigants were sighted stranded at the entrance gates to the High Court Complex while some personnel did not also open the judges gates through which High Court judges enter their offices.
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN) Afolabi Olayiwola, who couldn’t access the court premises said the strike embarked upon by members of the organised labour was a sign of a failed system.
He expressed shock that despite a court order stopping the strike, the judiciary workers still embarked on the strike and called for a mutual resolution of all the issues.
“Ordinarily, the strike ought not to have been because there is a court order and if judiciary staff cannot obey a court order it shows it is a failed system and if it escalates it becomes a problem. If other sectors go on strike the judiciary arm ought not to have embark on it and they are aware of the court and that is where I am worried”
At the Benin Airport, an official said planes landed and took off from the airport in the morning.
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Travellers were also seen making their way into the airport to catch their flight to different destinations.
Banks along Akpakpava, Mission roads, Forestry and other areas were shut down with customers trying to get money from a few ATMs that dispensed cash.
Government schools in the GRA were also shut as students were seen loitering around their schools.
Also, a security officer at NPDC said the staff were complying with the strike with only essential workers allowed in the premises.
Also, Oredo, Egor and other local government Secretariats visited in Benin City complied with the strike as workers in their numbers hung around the councils’ premises.
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Delta Lady Dies After Friends Allegedly Pushed Her Into Pot Of Boiling Pepper [Photos]
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1 day agoon
May 3, 2024By
EditorA Nigerian lady identified as Roseline has died due to severe burns after she was pushed into a big pot of boiling grounded fresh pepper and tomatoes by her friends in Delta State.
Activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who confirmed the incident in a Facebook post on Friday, May 3, 2024, said Roseline died last Friday after two weeks of fighting for her life in a hospital in Warri.
According to Joe, before Roseline passed away, she revealed that her friends were ‘beefing’ her but she still travelled with them for a catering job in Sapele where the incident happened.
The activist is demanding justice for the deceased, vowing to bring the perpetrators to book.
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He wrote: “RIP, dear Rozzy. She was pushed into a big boiling pot of grinded fresh pepper and tomatoes by her friend on Saturday, 13th April. She battled for about two weeks with her roasted/boiled body and finally died last week Friday 26th April,” he wrote.
“Rozzy was buried four days ago, but we can’t just allow things to slide as though nothing happened. What an evíI friendship like those I once had.
“Nobody in the neighbourhood in Otokutu knew Roseline had been allegedly kíIIed by these same friends she was living with. She was buried with no one to bid her goodbye and with no single bųríaI poster to honour her. Just two days in the morgue, the mortuary attendants demanded she be carried away to bury.
“According to Rozzy, her friends were beefing her, but she still decided to travel with them for a catering job in Sapele where they were speaking their local language with this Yoruba girl, Rozzy, not understanding their conversation.
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“All of a sudden, she landed in a very big pot of boiling fresh pepper and tomatoes where they even still delayed in rescuing her. She was later rushed to Sage Hospital, by Estate in Warri, where they managed the situation, but my friend couldn’t make it.
“What pains me is that these two girls are still walking and gallivanting everywhere like nothing happened. I hate intimidation and oppression, especially against persons who are non-indigenes.
“No report to the police, no investigations, no arrest, nothing. The law is superior, a citizen is a citizen and possesses the full right of citizenship. Keep your “indigeneship” in your pocket, the police must smoke them out so they can face the law. Na God dey help who nor get helper.
“We shall fight for Rozzy, you can not just be kílled like a chicken and buried like an aŋímąl. Nobody deserves such a hørribIe dęąth. We never got to meet Rose, only chatting on Facebook due to endless busy schedules only to see you, at the most disgusting sight at Sage Hospital, hoping for your recovery, but dęąțĥ stole you. Justice shall prevail, including if you would be exhumed.
#Justice4Rosy Rest on Dearest.”
Metro
JUST IN: Terrorists Kill Vigilantes, Abduct Two Village Heads, Others In Kaduna
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1 day agoon
May 3, 2024By
EditorSome terrorists have reportedly killed eight vigilante members and two other persons in Kakangi and Unguwan Matinja communities in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The village heads of Kakangi and Kisaya villages under Kakangi Ward were also abducted.
A resident of the LG identified as Idris Khalid, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said the gun-wielding men invaded the villages at about early Thursday.
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The eight vigilante members who were killed in Kakangi were Bala Kamba, Abdurrahman Musa (Ubale), Kabiru Dan Dugui, Hambali Abu, Aliyu Abu, Nura Jika (Maleka), Mubarak Musa (Dan Wamba) and Ikra Hantsi.
Khalid added that the two victims in the Ungwan Matinja community under Gayam Ward were identified as Christopher Abubakar and Isah Gambo.
He said the vigilantes were attacked while trailing the kidnapped victims who were abducted on their way to a burial between Kakangi and Sabon Layi.
“The vigilantes engaged the terrorists, killing scores of them but could not rescue the two traditional rulers and others.
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“Normally, anytime there is a kidnap incident, the vigilantes always trail the terrorists to rescue the victims.
“It’s unfortunate that in the process, eight gallant officers of the vigilantes who have been sacrificing in ensuring the safety of our people were lost,” the resident said.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, ASP Mansir Hassan, said, “We are investigating the matter to unravel the true story because the area where the incident happened had a network problem.”
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Court Remands Tenant For Setting Landlord’s House On Fire In Ibadan
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2 days agoon
May 2, 2024By
EditorAn Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a 35-year-old man, Dickson Peter, be remanded in a correction facility for allegedly setting his landlord’s house on fire.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police charged the defendant with two counts of felony and arson.
The Magistrate, Mr M. Mudashiru, who did not take his plea due to lack of jurisdiction, ordered that he be remanded in the Abolongo Correctional Facility, Oyo Town.
Mudashiru said the remand is pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
He adjourned the matter until July 23, 2024, for reference.
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Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Femi Oluwadare told the court that Peter, on April 18, at about 12:30 am, was alleged to have unlawfully set fire to the house of his landlord, Cepas Okeme, and destroyed properties worth N6.5 million.
Oluwadare said that after he set the building on fire, it also spread to the next house property belonging to Bose Ali ‘F’ and destroyed property worth N3.5 million.
He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 443 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.
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