Strike: FG, Labour on collision course (Sun) /The Federal Government and the organised labour appeared to be headed on a collision course over the planned nationwide strike. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had at…
*Farmer discovers newborn baby dumped in Jigawa farm (Guardian)*Eid-el-Maulud: Tinubu, Kalu, others hail Muslims, urge prayer for Nigeria (Sun)
Farmer discovers newborn baby dumped in Jigawa farm (Guardian) A farmer, identified simply as Dubore, has found a newborn baby concealed inside a carton, and abandoned it on his farm in Gwaram Local Council of Jigawa State. The baby was…
*Mayhem in Sagamu, blood-thirsty cultists engage in deadly clashes, residents live in fear (Punch)*MohBad was brought in dead — Lagos hospital breaks silence (Tribune)
Mayhem in Sagamu, blood-thirsty cultists engage in deadly clashes, residents live in fear (Punch) The atmosphere in Sagamu town has been tense lately due to clashes by rival cult groups, causing residents to live in perpetual fear, Bankole Taiwo writes…
*$10b Debt: CBN defaults on payment to banks, dollar nears N1k (Punch)*Traffic offence: Danfo driver goes berserk, strips self naked after stabbing LASTMA officer (Vanguard)
$10b Debt: CBN defaults on payment to banks, dollar nears N1k (Punch) Over two weeks after the Central Bank of Nigeria promised to clear over $10bn foreign exchange debts owed Deposit Money Bank, the apex bank has yet to do…
Troops rescue 6 kidnapped Gusau Varsity female students (Tribune)*FG raises salaries for junior lecturers to 25%, retains 35% for professors, others (Punch)
Troops rescue 6 kidnapped Gusau Varsity female students (Tribune) Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin-Daji, have rescued six female students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, abducted in the early hours of Friday. Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin-Daji, Cpt.…
*5 die, 12 injured in Lagos-Ibadan road crash (Punch)*Fresh hike in price of rice looms over scarcity of paddy (Guardian)
5 die, 12 injured in Lagos-Ibadan road crash (Punch) Five people died while 12 others were reportedly injured in an early morning crash on Sunday around the Foursquare camp, Ajebo on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway when a DAF truck with registration…
*NLC ends strike, asks members to prepare for indefinite action (Leadership)*Lagos moves to end child deaths (Punch)
LC ends strike, asks members to prepare for indefinite action (Leadership) The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday ended its two-day warning strike over unmet agreements by the federal government on the consequences of fuel subsidy removal, with a directive to…
UNILAG researchers unravel novel Parkinson’s genetic risk factor in Africans (Guardian)*Man dies as soldiers, residents clash in Lagos (Punch)
UNILAG researchers unravel novel Parkinson’s genetic risk factor in Africans (Guardian) Researchers from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have uncovered a genetic variant that increases the risk of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in Africans and African admixed populations, as part of…
Police rescue 3 kidnap victims, arrest 2 suspects (Vanguard)*We must reposition APC, Tinubu tells party leaders (Nation)
Police rescue 3 kidnap victims, arrest 2 suspects (Vanguard) The Police in Abia State has rescued three kidnap victims identified as, Azubuike Okorie, Oluebube Nwafor and Ekene Ike, at a kidnap den in Umunneochi council area. Vanguard gathered that the…
*Senate engages protesting workers after pulling down National Assembly gate (Leadership)*LagosNMA declares indefinite strike over colleague’s death (Punch)
Senate engages protesting workers after pulling down National Assembly gate (Leadership) The Senate, on Wednesday, set up a committee to dialogue with protesting workers’ unions after forcing their way into the National Assembly Complex on Wednesday to protest fuel subsidy…