Aviation workers at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State, held a solidarity march today over an alleged plot by the federal government to concession the airport without their involvement. The workers under the aegis of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), and the Association of Nigeria Avia...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps yesterday warned the Nigeria Labour Congress against its planned March 1 shutdown of telecommunication services in response to the recent 50 per cent tariff hike. The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Association of Telecommun...
•The protesters A protest has erupted in the Omagwa community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State following the extra-judicial killing of a youth by a police officer. The incident occurred when the policeman attached to the Omagwa Division of the Rivers State Police Command, shot and killed Chikuma Egbule, a native of the community,...
•Former Niger Delta militants Some former Niger Delta militants have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged misappropriation of funds at the Presidential Amnesty Programme. In a petition sent to the EFCC yesterday, the ex-militants, under the banner of the Niger Delta Liberators and Ex-Agitators Forum, demanded a ...
•Nigerian workers Bauchi State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed its support and readiness to join the one-day peaceful protest against the increase in telecoms services tariffs. Addressing journalists at the end of an emergency meeting held at its Secretariat today, the NLC stated that the protest became necessary in ...
•Telecoms sector The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN) has announced the suspension of its planned protest against the recent 50% increase in telecom tariffs approved by the federal government. This decision was made during the Council’s presentation of its findings and official position on the controversial tariff hike announc...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The House of Representatives’ Committee on Communications is interfacing with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to avert the nationwide protest scheduled February 4, 2025, over the 50 per cent hike in telecom tariff. The Nigerian Communications Commission recently approved a 50 per cent tariff increase for...
•Medical doctors protest The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja (FTHL), has renewed its plea to President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, to investigate the worsening conditions at the hospital, warning that it risks total collapse. •The protesting doctors During a peaceful protest h...
•Egbetokun and Sowore The Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, yesterday defended the continuous stay of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in office, saying it is legal and lawful. Fagbemi, who is also the Minister of justice, disclosed this in a statement he personally signed. He said Egbetokun’s appointment wh...
•Sharia panel Controversy has trailed the inauguration of the Independent Shari’ah Arbitration Panel in Ekiti State, with various groups and individuals expressing opposition to the move. The Yoruba Regional Alliance worldwide, in collaboration with other Yoruba self-determination organisations, staged a peaceful protest in Ado Ekiti, the stat...
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